Actor Christopher Lloyd (in passenger seat) arrives in a DeLorean car at Universal Studios Hollywood's "Back to the Future - The Ride" in University City, California, 02 August 2007. Lloyd, who portrayed Doc Brown in the 1985 film "Back to the Future," made the apearence to mark a month-long countdown to the closure of the 14-year-old ride. The DeLorean Motor Co. (Texas), a suburban Houston company that rebuilds DeLoreans, recently announced plans to manufacture a limited number of new Deloreans in 2008. The last DeLorean rolled off the assembly line in Northern Ireland in 1982. On the podium are "Back to the Future" writer and co-creator Bob Gale (R) and Universal Studios Hollywood's Chris MacKenzie (L). AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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