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[Josh] Yeah,
this was a car company that was really having problems and desperate to raise the funds to keep it afloat,
John DeLorean got himself entangled in a plot
to buy and sell a massive amount of cocaine. A plot that turned out
to be an FBI sting operation that landed the automaker
in jail. The ensuing trial received
massive media coverage which is the reason
it got the attention of the Back to the Future
creative team. But the legal battle
irreparably damaged John DeLorean's reputation. So I was able to pick up
the pieces and bought all the inventory
this was a car company that was really having problems and desperate to raise the funds to keep it afloat,
John DeLorean got himself entangled in a plot
to buy and sell a massive amount of cocaine. A plot that turned out
to be an FBI sting operation that landed the automaker
in jail. The ensuing trial received
massive media coverage which is the reason
it got the attention of the Back to the Future
creative team. But the legal battle
irreparably damaged John DeLorean's reputation. So I was able to pick up
the pieces and bought all the inventory
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[Josh] Yeah,
this was a car company
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that was really having problems
00:00:04.403 --> 00:00:06.237
and desperate to raise the funds
00:00:06.272 --> 00:00:08.807
to keep it afloat,
John DeLorean got himself
00:00:08.841 --> 00:00:11.476
entangled in a plot
to buy and sell
00:00:11.051 --> 00:00:14.012
a massive amount of cocaine.
00:00:14.999 --> 00:00:17.998
A plot that turned out
to be an FBI sting operation
00:00:17.001 --> 00:00:19.717
that landed the automaker
in jail.
00:00:19.752 --> 00:00:23.998
The ensuing trial received
massive media coverage
00:00:23.001 --> 00:00:25.223
which is the reason
it got the attention
00:00:25.257 --> 00:00:27.325
of the Back to the Future
creative team.
00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:29.527
But the legal battle
irreparably damaged
00:00:29.562 --> 00:00:32.001
John DeLorean's reputation.
00:00:32.064 --> 00:00:34.199
So I was able to pick up
the pieces
00:00:34.233 --> 00:00:35.834
and bought all the inventory.
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Movie Summary
Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd set out an epic journey in search of the iconic DeLeorean Time Machine from the "Back to the Future" trilogy of movies, hoping to deliver it to The Michael J. Fox Foundation.