--- title: Back to the Future Day: Obama Tweets at Michael J. Fox description: Turns out President Obama is a Back to the Future fan, and he celebrated 'Back to the Future' Day by tweeting at Marty McFly himself canonical: https://time.com/4082355/back-to-the-future-day-president-obama-michael-j-fox/ author: Tanya Basu article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T20:55:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:58:59.065Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama Wishes Michael J. 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In honor of [_Back to the Future_ Day](http://time.com/4078798/back-to-the-future-day/?xid=homepage), Barack Obama reached out to Michael J. Fox on Twitter and got a tad philosophical and reflective about the state of the future as it really stands today. “Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then?” he says in awe. “That’s heavy, man.” Fox hasn’t responded just yet, but Marty McFly probably agrees: That sure is heavy, man. > [](https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/656926385882185728) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4082355/back-to-the-future-day-president-obama-michael-j-fox/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4082355/back-to-the-future-day-president-obama-michael-j-fox/"},"headline":"President Obama Wishes Michael J. 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