Driven by greed: The rise and dramatic fall of John DeLorean We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean. Credit:Netflix In Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 blockbuster Back To The Future, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) builds a time machine by retrofitting a DMC DeLorean with a “flux capacitor”, a fictional device that makes the time travel possible. It’s a silly but cracking story. The story behind the real DeLorean’s inventor is just as compelling, featuring great talent, greed, hubris and even some drug trafficking. Using archival footage from a 1981 doco by legendary Oscar-winning husband and wife team Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker, as well as new interviews,