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- Michael J. Fox makes rare appearance to celebrate 'Back to the Future' 40th anniversary</p>
<p>KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY August 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM</p>
<p>Forty years after "Back to the Future's" release, Michael J. Fox isn't done delighting fans.</p>
<p>The Emmy-winning actor, 64, on Aug. 10 attended a Southampton, New York, IMAX screening of the film that jump started his career on the big screen.</p>
<p>The crowd at the sold-out stayed afterward for his conversation with Southampton Playhouse's artistic director, Eric Kohn, with topics ranging from the twists in Fox's life and career over the past four decades – including his life with Parkinson's disease – to his work with his Michael J. Fox Foundation.</p>
<p>"Michael's insights into his relationship to acting, and how it changed — first via blockbuster success and then through his diagnosis — made for a conversation that was by turns emotional, endearing, and inspirational," Kohn wrote in an Aug. 12 Instagram post.</p>
<p>Michael J. Fox attended a "Back to the Future" IMAX screening and Q&A at the Southampton Playhouse on Aug. 10, 2025, in Southampton, New York</p>
<p>The Oscar-winning film from Robert Zemeckis was made on a $19 million budget and released in theaters on July 3, 1985. It went on to earn $224 million at the worldwide box office and has since become a Hollywood classic, even getting inducted into the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2007.</p>
<p>Fox reprised his role as teen Marty McFly, alongside Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown, in two more "Back to the Future" movies.</p>
<p>Lloyd, 86, has also continued to appear in films and TV shows, most recently the second season of "Wednesday" and "Hacks." He made a rare public appearance alongside wife Lisa Loiacono at the Hollywood premiere of his latest project, the Bob Odenkirk-starring "Nobody 2," on Aug. 11.</p>
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<p>Since publicly revealing his Parkinson's diagnosis in 1998 – seven years after his diagnosis – Fox has continued to act in Hollywood while also advocating for and funding Parkinson's research through his foundation.</p>
<p>In January, President Joe Biden awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom as he "warms hearts and captivates audiences as a fearless advocate for those with Parkinson's disease."</p>
<p>The fastest-growing neurodegenerative condition in the U.S., Parkinson's is an incurable brain disorder, a progressive disease "that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements, such as shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with balance and coordination," according to the National Institute on Aging.</p>
<p>Over the years, Fox has sustained multiple broken bones, including both arms, his shoulder, his orbital bone and cheek and his hand, which resulted in a serious infection.</p>
<p>Fox combats his symptoms, such as paralysis of his facial muscles, through medication and trains to preserve his ambulatory skills.</p>
<p>"One day I'll run out of gas," Fox told Town & Country magazine in 2023. "One day I'll just say, 'It's not going to happen. I'm not going out today.' If that comes, I'll allow myself that.</p>
<p>"Certainly, if I were to pass away tomorrow, it would be premature, but it wouldn't be unheard of. And so, no, I don't fear that."</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Michael J. Fox celebrates 'Back to the Future' 40th anniversary</p>
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