At the 58th Academy Awards , '' Back to the Future '' won for Best Sound Effects Editing , while Zemeckis and Gale were nominated for Best Original Screenplay , " The Power of Love " was nominated for Best Original Song , and Bill Varney , B. Tennyson Sebastian II , Robert Thirlwell and William B. Kaplan were nominated for Best Sound Mixing . The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film . Michael J. Fox and the visual effects designers won categories at the Saturn Awards . Zemeckis , composer Alan Silvestri , the costume design and supporting actors Christopher Lloyd , Lea Thompson , Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson were also nominated . The film was nominated for numerous BAFTAs at the 39th British Academy Film Awards , including Best Film , original screenplay , visual effects , production design and editing . At the 43rd Golden Globe Awards , '' Back to the Future '' was nominated for Best Motion Picture ( Musical or Comedy ) , original song ( for " The Power of Love " ) , Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ( Fox ) and Best Screenplay for Zemeckis and Gale
39th British Academy Film Awards
39th British Academy Film Awards
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