Back to the Future fans in tears as Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd hug in onstage reunion 37yrs after hit film

BACK to the Future fans were left in tears as the film's stars Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd were reunited on stage.

The pair - who played Marty McFly and Dr Emmett 'Doc' Brown in the hit 1985 film - appeared at an event in New York.

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It is 37 years since the release of the first of the blockbuster Back To The Future - which spawned two sequels.

Michael, 61, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1991, took to the stage to enormous applause first - pausing to play air guitar in honour of Marty's moves from the first movie.

But the cheering really raised the roof when he was joined by Christopher, 83, onstage at the Comic Con festival.

The pair shared an emotional moment that left many viewers in tears as they hugged in front of an audience of fans.

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Answering questions about the movie, Michael praised his co-star as a "genius" and said they had "immediate chemistry".

One fan tweeted: "If you were a teenager in 1985, then Michael J. Fox was your guy.

"Marty McFly in Back to the Future is the coolest teenager in cinema history. Watching him hug Christopher Lloyd like this is so beautiful."

Michael was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s when he was just 29.

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Since speaking publicly seven years later, he has campaigned for greater research into the condition.

The actors were also reunited at a different convention, Awesome-Con in Washington, DC, last year.

Back To The Future first appeared on the big screen in 1985 before returning for two sequels in 1989 and 1990.

The adventures saw Marty travelling through time in Doc's time machine, visiting 1955 to undo a major mistake that stopped his parents falling in love - threatening his very existence.

Subsequent films saw the pair visiting a very futuristic 2015 and the Wild West of 1885.

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