Emmy-award winning actor and star of the Back to the Future film trilogy Christopher Lloyd made an appearance at Universal Studios Hollywood last week to set the official “countdown tower” countdown to the closing of the theme park’s Back To The Future - The Ride attraction.

Lloyd, who was joined by screenwriter and co-creator of the blockbuster film trilogy Bob Gale, arrived at the event with a convoy of stainless steel DeLoreans to a crowd of fans at the park.

The event is part of a month-long countdown celebration leading up to the ride’s closing this Labor Day, to make way for a planned Simpsons ride.

Also part of this celebration is a contest at LiveMansion.com where fans can submit an original 90-second video that showcases their enduring fascination with the Back To The Future ride and film trilogy. Participating contestants will have the chance to win a variety of prizes.

For more details on the LiveMansion contest and prizes, check out the press release here after the jump.

[UPDATE: See images from USH event with Christopher Lloyd below.]

Press Release

Universal City, California – As part of its month-long countdown celebration marking “Back to the Future – The Ride’s” last voyage, Universal Studios Hollywood is partnering with Ckrush Digital Media Inc.’s (OTCBB: CKRH) LiveMansion.com to invite fans to produce original 90 second video submissions that showcase their enduring fascination with the ride and the award-winning film trilogy upon which the ride is based for posting on the popular user-generated website.

LiveMansion.com, an online creative community, has developed a video contest to help showcase this innovative user-generated cyber-space tribute. “Back to the Future” devotees who have spawned a myriad of fan sites dedicated to the thrill ride and film trilogy, can access guidelines for the video submissions at www.LiveMansion.com. More information is also available at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com.

All video submissions must contain original content and music and cannot exceed a total running time of 90-seconds. The online tribute will begin August 2 and will continue until September 3, 2007 when “The Back to the Future – The Ride” soars into the “space-time continuum” for the very last time. Participating contestants will also have a chance to win a variety of prizes including DVD of the movies and tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood to experience “Back to the Future” and become one of the last riders before the attraction becomes a thing of the past.

While at Universal Studios Hollywood, guests will also have an opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to drive off as the owner of a classic 1981 stainless steel DeLorean.”Back to the Future – The Ride” blends breakthrough simulator technology with a cutting-edge Omni-max 70mm film to create a total sensory experience. A signature attraction at “The Entertainment Capital of L.A.” for over 14 years, the ride is being closed to make way for the introduction of a new thrill ride based on the enormously popular “The Simpsons” TV series and movie. “The Simpsons” ride is slated to debut in Spring 2008.

“Back to the Future – The Ride” was introduced in 1993 as a continuation of the Oscar®-winning blockbuster “Back to the Future” film trilogy directed by Robert Zemeckis and executive produced by Steven Spielberg for Universal Pictures. The attraction features an eight-seat convertible DeLorean Time Travel Vehicle that elevates the theme park ride experience to an unprecedented level of detail, beginning with an artfully staged queue line experience that helps set up the ride’s narrative storyline.

LiveMansion.com is an online creative community featuring user-created content, entertainment news, gossip and reviews, and has enabled its members to collectively create, star and own entertainment content. It is the first online community to cast, shoot and produce a feature film, “LiveMansion: The Movie,” slated for theatrical release in 2008. LiveMansion.com launched in July 2006 by Ckrush Digital Media, Inc., a subsidiary of Ckrush, Inc.

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Images courtesy of Universal Studios Hollywood.