Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Release date

1989-11-22

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Genre

Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Budget

$40 000 000

Revenue

$332 000 000

Website

http://www.backtothefuture.com/movies/backtothefuture2

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Actors

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Bob Gale, Neil Canton, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall

Operator

Dean Cundey

Composer

Alan Silvestri

Artist

Lynn Christopher

Audition

Mike Fenton, Valorie Massalas, Judy Taylor

Editing

Arthur Schmidt, Harry Keramidas
All team (127)

• During the filming of the 'future', Michael J. Fox played himself in old age, his son, and his daughter. Applying the makeup took about 4-5 hours. The episodes were filmed without the use of computer special effects; the frames were simply layered on top of each other. All the props that appeared in the frame had to be glued down so they wouldn't shift during subsequent filming of the same scene.
• In the original version of the script, the main events of the film were supposed to take place in the 60s, specifically in 1967.
• Robert Zemeckis was filming the comedy detective 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' while writing the script for this film.
• Instead of Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in "Back to the Future" (1985), Jeffrey Wiseman played the role of Marty's father and was made up to resemble Glover.
• Claudia Wells, who played Jennifer in "Back to the Future" (1985), chose to end her acting career in 1987. In "Back to the Future Part II", Elizabeth Shue played the role of Jennifer. The final scene of "Back to the Future" (1985) was specifically reshot with Elizabeth.
• Filming of the second and third parts of the film was done simultaneously.
• In the five years that passed since the completion of filming "Back to the Future" (1985), Michael J. Fox had forgotten how to ride a skateboard.
• The names of the two police officers are Reese and Foley. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale used these names for all police officers or government agents in the films for which they jointly wrote the screenplay.
• The movie theater is advertising "Jaws 19," directed by Max Spielberg. Steven Spielberg, who directed "Jaws" (1975), has a son named Max.
• In an antique shop in 2015, you can find the jacket Marty wore in 1985, a Roger Rabbit doll, and a "Jaws" video game for the "Nintendo" console. Robert Zemeckis directed "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). The "Jaws" video game was created by "LJN." This company also developed video games based on the second and third installments of "Back to the Future."
• During a television interview, Robert Zemeckis said that "hoverboards were invented a long time ago, but skateboard companies don't want to put them into mass production, but the film crew still managed to get a few of these boards." The director was just joking, but after the show aired, "Mattel" (whose logo can be seen on the hoverboards) was flooded with phone calls from people asking when such boards would go on sale.
• A "The Wild Gunman" arcade game was created specifically for the film. This game was developed exclusively for the "Nintendo Entertainment System" and was never released for arcades. In the film, the game's sound effects are exactly the same as for the video game console, but the graphics are completely new. Paradoxically, the animation in the actual video game was an order of magnitude better.
• The working title of the film was "Paradox." On the DVD release of the film, this title can be seen on the clapperboards when viewing the bonus features.
• Crispin Glover sued Steven Spielberg for using footage of him in the film without his permission. The court ruled in favor of Glover, and the 'Actors' Guild' adopted new rules regarding the use of video and photographic materials featuring actors.
• The scene where Marty meets his brother, Dave (Mark McClure), in an alternate 1985 was cut from the film.
• Michael Balzari, aka Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, played Needles. He also played Needles from the present in 'Back to the Future Part III' (1990).
• In 2015, several cars from other science fiction films can be noticed, including the 'Spinner' from 'Blade Runner' (1982) and the 'StarCar' from 'The Last Starfighter' (1984). Other cars are mostly modified 'Ford Probes' and various models of 'Mustang,' as well as various concept cars.
• The rail on top of the clock tower, which Doc broke in 1955, is still broken in 2015.
• The final scene of the first film was reshot as the opening scene of the second film. However, changes were made to this scene, particularly regarding how Christopher Lloyd delivers his lines.
• This film marks Elijah Wood's film debut.
• In the area where Marty lives in 2015, you can spot a dog being walked by one of the robots from the film 'Batteries Not Included' (1987).
• Production of this film was delayed for three years until Robert Zemeckis finished working on 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' (1988).
• For the filming of the first movie, the Hill Valley 1955 sets were built first. After shooting the middle of the film, they were converted into Hill Valley 1985, and the beginning and end of the film were shot. For 'Back to the Future Part II', the sets were again remodeled to match 1955. This rebuilding of the sets cost the creators more than it would have to build them from scratch.
• Griff Tanner's car in 2015 is a modified BMW 6 Series.
• Cheryl Wheeler-Dickson, Darleen Vogel's stunt double, was injured while filming the scene with the flying boards.
• If you pay attention to the article in 'USA Today' about Griff's gang, you can learn the real names of Data, Spike, and Whitey – Rafe Anger, Leslie O’Malley, and Chester Nogura, respectively.
• The advertising slogan for 'Jaws 19' is 'This time it's very, very personal'.
• We never learned Griff's last name, so it's unclear whether he is Biff's granddaughter's son or his grandson. We only know that Biff is Griff's grandfather.
• The neon sign above Biff's casino was modeled after the "Vegas World Casino" (now Stratosphere) in Las Vegas.
• Initially, only one sequel was planned. A script titled "Paradox" combined elements of the second and third parts of the trilogy, compressed into a single film. However, by watching the bonus features on the DVD release of the film, one can learn that an even earlier version of the script existed, in which Marty meets his parents when they were college students in the 1960s.
• In "Cafe 80's", you can spot several television series filmed in the 1980s, including "Family Ties" and "Taxi", in which Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd starred, respectively.
• During the filming of the school dance, Michael J. Fox genuinely plays the guitar himself. It's not editing or a stunt double. The music was broken down into chords, and the actor learned each one – chord by chord – to make the performance look 100% believable. The scene took 2 weeks to film.
• All the main actors from the first film agreed to reprise their roles in the sequel, with the exception of Crispin Glover (George McFly, Marty's father). He set too strict conditions for the producers. Therefore, in the second part of the film, the screenwriters "kill" him off. All the shots in the film featuring young George McFly are taken from the first part of the trilogy.
• When Doc is reading the newspaper and watching the headlines change, one of them transforms from “Nixon runs for a fifth term” to “Reagan runs for a second term.”
• The television version of the film, shown in 1990, contained two additional scenes cut from the theatrical release: Biff disappears upon returning to 2015; Marty sees the destroyed Hill Valley High School.
• On the fax informing Marty of his firing, you can notice the address “11249 Business Center Road, Hill Valley, CA 95420-4345”. Although the address is, of course, fictional, the zip code belongs to the town of Caspar, which is 500 miles north of Los Angeles.
• Charles Fleischer, who voiced Roger Rabbit, played an old man complaining that he didn't bet on the baseball champions.
• The futuristic taxi that Biff uses to follow Marty and Doc is a Citroen DS.
• In 1955, Doc Brown from 1985 talks to Doc Brown from 1955, who doesn't know who he's speaking to. During this conversation, the Doc from 1985 is wearing a brown coat and hat. While watching "Back to the Future" (1985), you can notice a person dressed in exactly the same clothes (presumably Doc) walking down the street shortly before the scene with the clock tower begins.
• One idea for a sequel involved a virtually identical plot for the first two-thirds of the film, but in the final part, old Biff was supposed to give the sports almanac to young Biff in the 1960s, not 1955. When Marty and Doc went back in time to stop him, Marty accidentally encountered his parents, who had become hippies, and almost prevented his own conception. Robert Zemeckis decided that this concept was too similar to the first film and came up with the idea of showing the original story from a different angle with two Martys in 1955.
• When Jennifer, who has lost consciousness, is taken home by two police officers in 2015, you can notice that the face of one of the law enforcement officers is persistently hidden from view. Mary Ellen Trainor, Robert Zemeckis' wife at the time of filming, played this police officer.
• By reading George McFly's tombstone, you can learn his middle name – Douglas.
• A heavily cut scene of a family dinner made it into the final edit. When older Marty says, "I missed everything," he is commenting on a deleted scene where Lorraine mentions her Uncle Joe being back in jail.
• Doc says he left Einstein in the animated kennel in 2015. This phrase was added to the film's script to explain where Doc's dog disappeared to: when Doc goes to the future after talking to Marty, Einstein is with him, but when Doc picks up Marty and Jennifer from 1985, Einstein is no longer with him.
• In the 2015 newspaper, you can notice the following headlines: “Washington prepares for a visit from Queen Diana,” “Big-thumb bandits strike again.” The latter article discusses the fact that in the future, people will use thumbprints for payments (for example, this is how Biff pays for a taxi). Therefore, bandits will begin to “steal” thumbs.
• Doc says he visited a rejuvenation clinic. This episode was added to the script so that Christopher Lloyd would not have to wear makeup again that made him look older.
• The man who talks to Marty about the baseball championship is the mechanic who fixed Biff's car in 1955.
• When Biff returns to 2015 and gets out of the “DeLorean,” he accidentally bumps into his cane and writhes in pain. However, according to Robert Zemeckis, in addition to the pain from the impact, Biff is experiencing the same thing as Marty during the dance in the first film at that moment: he is fading from time. The creators' idea was that, having returned to 1955 and given the sports almanac to himself, Biff changed the future. According to Zemeckis, Biff's wife (Marty's mother) shot him after 1985. In a deleted scene, we see Biff disappear.
• One of the newspaper headlines from 2015 reads: "Marshall ran a mile in three minutes."
• The video waiters in the "Eighties Bar" are a direct reference to the "Max Headroom" show, where an actor in makeup performed "as" a computer model using audio and video effects.
• In the jacuzzi scene, Biff is watching Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964).
• At the end of the film, when Doc and Marty are chasing Biff's car in the DeLorean, a shot clearly shows small green wheels on which the "flying" car is riding, and the shadow of the camera operator's dolly.
• At the 22nd minute, when Marty (played by Michael J. Fox) climbs the stairs next to the fountain, a logo is visible above the stairs – an arrow clock and a lightning bolt striking it.
• During the filming of "Future," Michael J. Fox played himself in old age, his son, and his daughter. Applying the makeup took about 4-5 hours. The scenes were filmed without the use of computer special effects; the frames were simply layered on top of each other. All props that appeared in the frame had to be glued down to prevent them from shifting during subsequent filming of the same scene.
• While writing the screenplay for the film, Robert Zemeckis was filming the comedy detective story "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
• Instead of Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in "Back to the Future" (1985), Jeffrey Wiseman played the role of Marty's father, and was made up to resemble Glover.
• Claudia Wells, who played Jennifer in "Back to the Future" (1985), chose to end her acting career in 1987. In "Back to the Future Part II", Elizabeth Shue took on the role of Jennifer. The final scene of "Back to the Future" (1985) was specifically reshot with Elizabeth's participation.
• In the five years that passed since the completion of filming "Back to the Future" (1985), Michael J. Fox had forgotten how to ride a skateboard.
• The names of the two police officers are Reece and Foley. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale used these names for all police officers or government agents in the films for which they jointly wrote the screenplays.
• The movie theater is advertising "Jaws 19," directed by Max Spielberg. Steven Spielberg, who directed "Jaws" (1975), has a son named Max.
• In an antique store in 2015, you can find the jacket Marty wore in 1985, a Roger Rabbit doll, and a "Jaws" video game for the "Nintendo" console. Robert Zemeckis directed the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988). The "Jaws" video game was created by "LJN." This company also developed video games based on the second and third installments of "Back to the Future."
• During a television interview, Robert Zemeckis said that "flying skateboards were invented a long time ago, but skateboard companies don't want to put them into mass production, but the film crew still managed to get a few of those boards." The director was just joking, but after the broadcast, the "Mattel" company (whose logo can be seen on the flying skateboards) was inundated with phone calls from people asking when such boards would go on sale.
• Crispin Glover sued Steven Spielberg for using video footage of him in the film without his permission. The court ruled in favor of Glover, and the "Screen Actors Guild" adopted new rules regarding the use of video and photographic materials featuring actors.
• Michael Balzari aka Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers played Needles. He also played Needles from the present in "Back to the Future Part III" (1990).
• In 2015, several vehicles from other science fiction films can be spotted, including the "Spinner" from "Blade Runner" (1982) and the "StarCar" from "The Last Starfighter" (1984). Other vehicles are mostly modified "Ford Probes" and various "Mustang" models, as well as different concept cars.
• In the area where Marty from 2015 lives, a dog being walked by one of the robots from the film "Short Circuit" (1986) can be noticed.
• Production of this film was postponed for three years until Robert Zemeckis finished work on "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).
• The promotional slogan for "Jaws 19" was: "This time, it's very, very personal."
• At the end of the film, when Doc and Marty are chasing Biff's car in the DeLorean, small green wheels are clearly visible in one of the shots, on which the "flying" car is riding, and the shadow of the camera operator's dolly.