His sister Marlene McFly will later attempt to break him out of jail, only to cause further acrimony for the McFly family. He claims not to recognize Marty, and thinks he's the guy who's been stealing the newspapers from his porch. See Back to the Future video games for a list. During all scenes in which the George McFly character appears in both this film and Back to the Future Part III, he is played by Jeffrey Weissman and seen wearing sunglasses, from the back, upside-down in an Ortho-lev harness, or out of focus in the background. He wants her to go with him to the dance, but she rebuffs him, as she's going with "Calvin Klein" (Marty's alias in Back to the Future). Doc and Marty take Jennifer out of the DeLorean and lay her to the side as she is still sleeping and as to not get in the way of the mission. Using a hoverboard, Marty manages to escape the gang. The man explains that the letter was given to Western Union seventy years earlier, with the explicit instructions to deliver it to Marty "at this exact location, at this exact minute, November 12, 1955". However, this was still short of the first film's gross, and the film experienced a drop of over 50% in its second weekend, a steep figure at the time. First, these events created a time paradox. Nike released a limited edition pair of MAG trainers which lit up, and Nike designer Tinker Hatfield claims that by 2015, they will have auto-lacing Nikes. In 2010, fan Blake Bevin designed a shoe with working automatic lacing at the touch of a button. Using a blackboard, Doc theorizes that somewhere in the past, the timeline has diverged into an alternate reality. Marty runs upstairs, and Biff shoots at him several times, but misses. However, it still proves little, since both teams are in the National League and not the World Series, which the Marlins won against the New York Yankees. With the stuff #Netflix has in movies & kids shows, I wonder why they singled out one scene.”. Most visual effects nominations were due to the development of a new computer-controlled camera system, called VistaGlide, which was invented specifically for this movie — it enables one actor to play two or even three characters in the same scene while the boundary between the sections of the split screen and the camera itself can be moving. (Since Jeffrey Weissman is six years older than Crispin Glover, and this movie was made four years after the original). While exploring 1985A's rundown Hill Valley, Marty encounters the Hill Valley High School which is fenced off and in ruins, following the fire mentioned by the 1985A equivalent of Principal Strickland. The gang gets angry and chases after Marty, much like the chase in 1955 involving Biff. The cast of Back To The Future reunited earlier this month for a lockdown special. Back to the Future Part II, Movie, 1989 Pictures provided by: antp , wickey , francisharley , 93montero, mike962 Display options: Display as images Display as list Make and model Make and year Year Category Importance/Role Date added (new ones first) Episode Appearance (ep.+time, if avail.) Okay @netflix, fuck you for censoring Back to the Future Part II. It's as if the earlier film had been squared. Marty asks, "Father?". At the dance, Marty continually tries to obtain the almanac. Marty sees the almanac as a way to make a little extra money and possibly keep his life from going down the toilet, but Doc catches him and puts it in the trash, berating Marty that he did not build a time machine for such trivialities as making money (even though in the first movie, Doc mentions that going to the future would allow him to "see who wins the next 25 World Series", although this did not imply Doc was a gambler and merely wanted to see the winners for curiosity's sake). Since then, two expansion teams have been placed in Florida: the National League's Florida Marlins (1993), which as of 2012, will be known as the Miami Marlins, further supporting the rumor; and the American League's Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998), now known as the Rays as of 2008. Doc's plan is for Marty to impersonate his son and to tell Griff he will not join in. Marty hides in the back of the car even as Biff and Terry return, still arguing. Futurepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. Technically, just taking the almanac from Biff and not letting him get it back, should've caused the timeline to repair itself. Ahead of the film’s upcoming 35th anniversary, the series’ stars, including Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown), Michael J.Fox and Lea Thompson (Lorraine Baines-McFly) joined Frozen actor Josh Gad as part of his YouTube series Reunited Apart. However, after a talk with Bob Gale, who even felt that they were paying Wilson, Thompson and Fox too much, his salary was reduced by $25,000.[2]. So now Netflix censored Back to the Future II. Old Biff then stuffs the almanac into the back pocket of Biff's pants, and tells him to never tell anyone about it either. It's Mr. Strickland, who is wearing a bulletproof vest over his nightshirt. Glover sued Universal for compensation, on the grounds that his contract for the first film did not allow subsequent uses of his portrayal of George McFly in the sequels, and that the footage had been used without his permission and without his receiving any payment. Back to the Future Movies News. Biff tosses it back and tells old Biff to "Make like a tree and get out of here!" Back to the Future 2 Script PDF - [some dark pgs] at Script Fly ($) Back to the Future 2 Script PDF at Script Fly ($) Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. He also accidentally breaks off the handle of his cane as he doubles up in agony and staggers away, leaving it in the DeLorean. Marty then questions what will happen, if he doesn't. … Video games: Back to the Future (1985 computer game) • Back to the Future (video game) • Back to the Future Part II • Back to the Future Part III • Back to the Future Part II & III • Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure • Back to the Future: The Game • LEGO Dimensions This was to prevent audiences from realizing that George McFly was played by a different actor. Upon seeing that Marty has returned from the future, Doc exclaims "Great Scott! Marty warns Biff that the police will match the bullet up to the gun. No mention is made of Florida winning the World Series at all, and the only mention of a Florida-based team is in a news broadcast which announces that the National League Chicago Cubs beat an American League "Miami" team with an alligator logo (not a marlin) in the 2015 World Series (a joke at the Cubs' expense; they had not, and still have not, won the World Series since 1908). In this film, George McFly is portrayed by an actor ten years older than that of the original. The old man told him he was going to be rich, and when Biff asked what the catch was, he was told, "No catch; just keep it a secret." Marty sees a video documentary about Biff's life, describing how Biff became a millionaire overnight after a trip to the racetrack on his 21st birthday, how subsequent successful bets on sports led to him being dubbed "the Luckiest Man on Earth," how Biff parlayed his lucky winning streak into a vast business empire called BiffCo, successfully legalized gambling in 1979, and in 1973 realized his lifelong dream by marrying his high school sweetheart, Lorraine Baines McFly. In the alternate 1985, the newspaper that had the story about Doc being declared insane had an article titled. Sure, the hoverboard chase in Back to the Future 2’s 2015 sequence looks incredibly cool—but it was also incredibly unsafe. The Back to the Future trilogy is among the most fondly remembered in the history of blockbuster filmmaking. Several video games based on the movies were released. Back to the Future Meets Reality: Marty McFly Power Laces Coming Soon! The most sexual scene is one in which Biff tries to sexualy assault Lorraine, there is no nudity, but we do see the two struggling as she calls out for help Back to the Future Part II earned $27 million in its first weekend of U.S. release (November 22, 1989) and $118 million total US gross – $332 million worldwide. Crawling through his bedroom window, he is shocked when he discovers that an African-American family lives here as the girl who is in Marty's room screams "Rape!" He then spots his father George knocking out Biff, like before. At one point, he sees the chalk outlines of two victims from a drive-by shooting. / (older Jennifer) I'm young! “If [Netflix] sloppily edited this beloved trilogy, WHO KNOWS what OTHER films they’ve tampered with without you even noticing,” one wrote, sharing a clip of the edit in question. Doc and Marty in Hilldale attempting to retrieve Jennifer. During an interview, director Robert Zemeckis jokingly said that the hoverboards (flying skateboards) used in the movie were real. Old Biff should've technically returned to the alternate 2015 where he is rich as he had already given himself the almanac. © 2021 NME is a member of the media division of BandLab Technologies. He tells Marty to jump, saying suicide would be "nice and neat". Fox" and "Christopher Lloyd". As Marty runs down the street, we see it is lined with numerous abandoned and wrecked vehicles. The rumors started yet again in 2003 when the Marlins defeated the Cubs in the NLCS. Glover later insisted in a 1992 interview on The Howard Stern Show that he and Zemeckis had had some "creative disagreements" over the character, and felt that the director simply wanted an actor who was more pliable. Either she faints from shock or a paradox results in upsetting the time-space continuum and destroy the entire universe. As soon as the gunfire subsides, Strickland rushes out with his shotgun and fires two blasts at the fleeing car, shouting, "Eat lead, slackers!" The scene changes to Old Biff driving Biff rather recklessly back to his house. Fox, and given how well Back To The Future turned out, this is a hard decision to fault. Glover, in his own words, didn't care so much for the extra money, and would have done the scene, but he just wanted to be compensated fairly. NME Recommends: the best hidden gems on Netflix. Biff Tannen caused himself to be erased from existence. Marty jumps over the ledge and Biff can't believe it. As the rainstorm from the end of the first film begins, Marty burns the almanac to cinders, thus repairing the future. It builds up week-by-week and is over 20" LONG, with metal body panels and a wealth of working lights. Marty, from the ankles down, riding a Hoverboard in 2015. Marty follows Biff to a mechanic's shop in the middle of town. However, Biff Tannen comes out of the house, intending to show Marty one of the new Biff's Auto Detailing matchbooks he has had printed, and accidentally witnesses their departure. While Doc is rescuing Jennifer, Marty is distracted by the sight of an automatic dog-walker and wanders off to look around his future neighborhood. However, in a confrontation with Biff where he calls Marty a "chicken", Marty gets knocked down when he is hit by the door as his earlier self leaves to meet with the 1955 Doc at the clock tower, and Biff gets the almanac back. With their mission successful, Doc and Marty prepare to go back to the future. He calls Doc on his walkie talkie, telling him Biff and Old Biff left with the book; Doc radios that he'll find a way to get there without a car. And I thought @DisneyPlus had a censoring problem. The two of them travel back to 1955. The full film has since been restored to Netflix, but the altered version that was streaming previously sees the cover of the magazine edited out, seemingly to make the film a more family-friendly watch. Biff continues, saying that a "crazy old codger with a cane" (his future self), claiming to be a distant relative, turned up and gave him the almanac, asking him how would he like to be rich. They arrive on a skyway on October 21, 2015, where Doc is forced to tranquilize Jennifer because she asks too many questions about the future; Doc's firm belief is that no one should be allowed to know too much about their own destiny or future. Back To The Future fans in the US have shared their disappointment after an edited version of the classic second film streamed on Netflix earlier this week.. Biff catches up and sees the door to the roof swinging, and follows Marty. Back to the Future Part II had a little secret, one the participants tried to keep from being discovered. Doc Brown takes Marty McFly to 2015 to stop Marty's future son from making a horrible mistake that will ruin Marty's future family. He calls Marty an idiot, and then looks over the ledge. Marty rushes at Biff, but Biff's gang — who work for Biff as his bodyguard — grab Marty, and Biff punches Marty in the stomach. Later, she moves to a bathroom where she sees that her family life is far from ideal. Making it is very straightforward and all the parts simply click or screw into place. ",  both faint from shock. Biff tosses the book into the back of the car, but Old Biff grabs it before Marty can, angrily telling Biff to never leave it lying around, and to get a safe and keep the book locked up; until then, Biff should keep the book on him. Biff warns Lorraine that Marty is a butthead just like his father. The scene is reinstated for the novelization. Noticing the amendment, fans have been sharing their anger on social media. The same fate occurred in Part III, which came out only six months later. In the Netflix release of the movie, the Oh Là Là magazine's cover in the scene where Marty discovers that Biff had actually swapped the cover of the sports almanac with said magazine was removed, along with two lines from Marty. Just as he radios Doc to pick him up, he runs into Biff's cronies, who mistake him for "Calvin Klein." The day before the lawsuit went before a judge, Universal quietly settled the case, paying the actor an undisclosed sum. It was more than a decade before Claudia Wells returned to Hollywood, with a starring role in the 1996 independent film Still Waters Burn. Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis.Written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, it stars Michael J. ‘Back to the Future 2’ is considered one of the most original sequels of all-time, but there were a lot of surprises that went into making it a modern comedy masterwork. Back to the Future Preps #BTTF2015 Blu-Ray Release and Movie Event 7 Things Back to the Future II Got Right: Hello, McFly! There is a lot of drinking and smoking. (also superimposed over the video image in large letters filling the screen), and which is printed out from all the fax machines in the house. However, producers also reused footage from the original Back to the Future that included Crispin Glover's portrayal of George McFly, listing him in the movie's closing credits as 'George McFly in footage from Back to the Future'. Biff leads Marty to his private office, where he tells (read: orders) him to sit down. Eventually, Biff, nose bloodied from Marty punching him, drives off in his newly cleaned car, and Doc and Marty follow him in the DeLorean. An exasperated Biff tells Old Biff to get out of his car, but Old Biff starts the car — shocking Biff, who demands to know how Old Biff knew how to do that. Marty then snags the almanac from Biff. Before he can think further, someone puts the business end of a shotgun to his head. Biff roughly pushes her to the floor. Doc takes Marty back to his lab and shows him bound collections of newspapers which he obtained by breaking into the library, which was boarded up and closed down. Arriving Summer 2021 at the Adelphi Theatre in London. The soundtrack was released by MCA Records on November 22, 1989. Read more Returning to 1985, Marty and Doc leave Jennifer on her porch swing. It was slightly easier in that pre-internet time. Doc then explains the chain of events that led to the McFlys' downfall and tells Marty the plan on how they will stop it from happening. Doc tells Marty it's unbelievable that old Biff chose that date, that it must have cosmic significance, or perhaps an amazing coincidence. Marty agrees when Needles calls him "chicken". However, the edits were quickly fixed in response to backlash from fans. Their is a lot of bad language in here. Marty goes to the cemetery, and finds his father's tombstone. (Why the bathroom has a fax machine is never explained!) Marty is struck with grief, and Doc steps out of the shadows, saying it's all true. 1985 Doc inspects his younger self's experiment. The officers proceed to take Jennifer home and Doc and Marty must follow. What’s most amazing about the Cubs’ win, though, is not just the general fact that they broke their over-century long streak, but they did it only a year after it was predicted to happen in 1989’s “Back to the Future II.” Great Scott! Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 movie and is the second part of the Back to the Future trilogy. Biff gets into his car to go to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance. Terry, the mechanic who repaired Biff's car, drops it off with his tow truck, and mentions that he was unable to start the car while working on it and asks if it is fitted with a kill-switch. Marty is shocked, wondering how she could leave George for Biff. After the Florida Marlins beat the Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series, a rumor began to circulate that the movie predicted the Series' result; however, this was not the case. The time circuits flicker twice with the year 1885, which is where Doc is sent when the DeLorean is struck by lightning and where Marty goes in. Doc passes the car on a bicycle just after they leave and sees the open garage door, wondering where Marty is. The characters of George McFly and Jennifer Parker were played by actors different from those of the original film, requiring some previous scenes to be re-shot. Unfortunately, Jennifer meets her future self coming in the front door and with the dual exclamation "Oh, my God! As a result, after Marty lands into the water, Griff and the gang crash into the courthouse and end up in jail, preventing the robbery, and Old Biff was watching and commented that this chase is similar to what he experienced in 1955. However, this was still short of the first film's gross, and the film experienced a drop of over 50% in its second weekend, a steep figure at the time. The movie won a Saturn Award for Best Special Effects for Ken Ralston (the special effects supervisor), a BAFTA Film Award for Ken Ralston, an internet-voted 2003 AOL Movies DVD Premiere Award for the trilogy DVDs, a Golden Screen, and a Young Artist Award. The acting is good mainly from "Michael J. Marty tells Biff that he should tell him how, where, and when he got the book. Three-plus decades since the release of the 1989 sequel Back to the Future Part II, in which the role of George McFly was recast with the relatively unknown actor Jeffrey Weissman in … There was even a high demand for the Nike MAG sport shoes Marty wears with automatic shoelaces, which fans also thought to be real. Examples include, When Marty demonstrates the "Wild Gunman" machine, the boy in the red shirt watching is future. Old Biff gives Biff the almanac, telling him it will make him rich. It picks up precisely where the first story ends (with a notable change: Jennifer is now played by Miss Shue). When Jennifer gets inside the house, she gets scared and hides in a closet. (young Jennifer) I'm old! Back To The Future Part 2 is a disappointing film. As it turned out, a key actor from the original, Crispin Glover, decided not to return for the sequel. After changing the timeline, and remembering a conversation with the elderly Biff speaking about "Marty Sr." as the one who flushed his life down the toilet, Marty decides to buy the Grays Sports Almanac 1950-2000, which he finds in an antique store selling all sorts of memorabilia from the 20th century. She tells Marty to wait for his father. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link. The full film has since been restored to the streaming platform. 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