I was watching for fun Back to the Future Part III and as Marty got ready to blast through time to 1885 I noticed something in the background there a sign which said: "Pohatchee Drive-In Theater". I wondered if it was a real place or fictitious on a movie lot or what so I googled it and this is part of what I found:
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http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/Pohatchee_Drive-In_Theater
"Marty saw nothing but Indians. / Sure, this place was
called the 'Pohatchee Drive-In' after the Indians who used to live
around Hill Valley, but Marty thought the designers of this particular
outdoor movie theater might have gone a little overboard. Besides the
neon Indian on the marquee out front, everything — from the concession
booth to the base of the movie screen — was painted with teepees,
arrows, and lots and lots of Indians. / Marty supposed the folks who
built this place needed some sort of gimmick to get the crowds way out
here. The Pohatchee Drive-In was a good forty minutes from the middle of
town."
The Pohatchee Drive-In was an American Indian themed drive-in movie theater located about 20 miles outside of Hill Valley in 1955. The terrain was mostly desert and mesa. It was chosen by Emmett Brown as the location to send Marty McFly back to 1885
as there were no trees in either time at that location and because it
was far enough away from Hill Valley that there would be minimal risk of
the DeLorean time machine being seen. A bear cave, however, existed in both times not far from the site of the theater.
Following the 1950s, drive-in movies were gradually in decline,
largely due to land becoming too valuable for summer-only businesses
like drive-ins. Even in a temperate region like California,
where drive-ins could operate year-round, their decline was also
attributed to improved conditions in traditional movie houses and the
rise of television. The drive-in is not seen or mentioned in 1985,
and it may have closed down by that year. In the altered timeline, the
fire trails left by the DeLorean may have done some damage to the
theater screen.
It was named for the Pohatchee
tribe of Indians that inhabited the area in the 19th century. The men's
restroom, where Marty changed into his novelty cowboy costume, bore a
hanging sign reading BRAVES, while the unseen women's restroom was presumably indicated by one which read SQUAWS.
Behind the scenes
The theater set from above.
The drive-in was constructed in Monument Valley, Utah, and deconstructed after filming.
One of the posters seen on the building is for Revenge of the Creature, which starred Clint Eastwood in his first movie as a lab technician where he said "I've lost my white mouse". The other poster is for Tarantula, which also had Eastwood in an uncredited role as a jet squadron leader.
Doc had provided Marty with a garish cowboy outfit which was
adorned with atomic symbols, with possible reference to the 1950s being
the "atomic age" during which nuclear bombs were tested in the desert
Southwest, Marty driving a nuclear powered vehicle, as well as the
popularity of cowboy films in that era.
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The theater set from above.
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