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Back to the Future Part II

  • 1989
  • PG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
562K
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Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
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After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.

  • Director
    • Robert Zemeckis
  • Writers
    • Robert Zemeckis
    • Bob Gale
  • Stars
    • Michael J. Fox
    • Christopher Lloyd
    • Lea Thompson
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    562K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,493
    359
    • Director
      • Robert Zemeckis
    • Writers
      • Robert Zemeckis
      • Bob Gale
    • Stars
      • Michael J. Fox
      • Christopher Lloyd
      • Lea Thompson
    • 514User reviews
    • 108Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Lea Thompson and Jeffrey Weissman in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
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    Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
    Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
    Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
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    Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future Part II (1989)
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    Michael J. Fox
    Michael J. Fox
    • Marty McFly…
    Christopher Lloyd
    Christopher Lloyd
    • Dr. Emmett Brown
    Lea Thompson
    Lea Thompson
    • Lorraine
    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • Biff Tannen
    • (as Thomas F. Wilson)
    • …
    Elisabeth Shue
    Elisabeth Shue
    • Jennifer
    James Tolkan
    James Tolkan
    • Strickland
    Jeffrey Weissman
    Jeffrey Weissman
    • George McFly
    Casey Siemaszko
    Casey Siemaszko
    • 3-D
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    Billy Zane
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    J.J. Cohen
    J.J. Cohen
    • Skinhead
    Charles Fleischer
    Charles Fleischer
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    • (as E. Casanova Evans)
    Jay Koch
    • 'Ronald Reagan' Video Waiter
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    • 'Ayatollah Khomeini' Video Waiter
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    Ricky Dean Logan
    • Data
    Darlene Vogel
    Darlene Vogel
    • Spike
    Jason Scott Lee
    Jason Scott Lee
    • Whitey
    Elijah Wood
    Elijah Wood
    • Video Game Boy
    • Director
      • Robert Zemeckis
    • Writers
      • Robert Zemeckis
      • Bob Gale
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      To commemorate the release of a 30th anniversary Back to the Future trilogy Blu-ray and DVD release, a short movie called Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World (2015) was filmed with Christopher Lloyd reprising his role of Doc Brown. In the movie, Doc tapes a video message, explaining that he traveled to the 2040s in a rebuilt DeLorean, and discovered that inventions such as the Hoverboard and dehydrated food will cause people to become massively overweight; even worse, a simultaneous glitch in every nuclear Mr. Fusion device on the planet will cause a nuclear holocaust that decimates the world's population. He subsequently travels back in time, and successfully prevents such dangerous devices from ever being invented, thus explaining why the future 2015 as seen in this movie did not come true in reality.
    • Goofs
      When old Biff steals the time machine to change the past, he returns the Delorean back to 2015 so Doc and Marty would suspect nothing. He should instead have arrived in the alternate version of 2015 just like Marty and Doc went to the alternate 1985. No explanation is given as to why he can return to the unaltered time-line while Doc and Marty can only get to alternate versions of the time-line. In The Big Bang Theory (2007), the episode The Focus Attenuation (2014), they suggest that this could be because when Old Biff travels forward, Young Biff hasn't made his first bet that starts the time-line changing yet, thus allowing Old Biff to return to the original 2015.
    • Quotes

      Doc: Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

    • Crazy credits
      The theatrical version had a teaser for Back to the Future Part III (1990). Some later versions do not have a teaser at all, only showing "To Be Concluded", and skip to the credits. Some have "To Be Concluded" followed by "Back To The Future III". Some cable versions retain the teaser for Back To The Future Part III, but, of course, do not say "Coming Summer 1990". It was, however, added back to the film for its digital download and Blu-Ray versions.
    • Alternate versions
      Spanish dubbed version also refers to Marty as Levi Strauss instead of Calvin Klein.
    • Connections
      Edited from Back to the Future (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Beat It
      Written and Performed by Michael Jackson

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    User reviews514

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    Featured review
    10/10
    Excess with good reason, good skill, and great results!
    Marty McFly is back, and this time he has to travel back to 1955 after an unfortunate incident which took place in 2015 so that he can prevent the destruction of the peaceful society of Hill Valley (what a great fictional name!). The film provides two hours of absolutely wonderful and fun entertainment.

    Every paradox and logical problem of time-travel is explained very well in the film itself, and those that are left out are easily overlooked due to the creativeness of the rest of the film. Who cares that if Marty leaves 1985 in a time machine to 2015, there would be no Marty left in 1985 to grow to up into the 47 year old Marty in 2015? This movie is so much fun that things like this are gladly forgotten about in order to accept the huge amount of satisfaction delivered by the film.

    The Back To The Future trilogy is a perfect example of the need to be willing to abandon at least a tiny bit of logic in order to fully enjoy a movie. This suspension of disbelief is necessary for a person to be able to truly experience the effectiveness of all three Back To The Future films, and this experience truly is a great one.

    It is so rare that a film or a series of films comes along that is so well written and perfectly acted and directed as the Back To The Future movies are. Although I realize that another sequel would probably be disastrous to the credibility of the series as a whole, I have to admit that I have always been disappointed that they stopped at the third film. All three are so much fun that they leave you wishing that the story left room for a few more sequels.
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    • Anonymous_Maxine
    • Jun 9, 2000

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    • Why does Marty McFly Jr. use a payphone instead of a cellular telephone?
    • When 1985 Doc is riding his bike around town in 1955, he wears a brown jacket. In the first movie, when 1955 Doc is working with the DeLorean out on the street, a person is seen in the background riding a bike and wearing the same type jacket. Is this intentional or coincidental?
    • Was Marlene McFly (intentionally or accidentally) a prediction of increased transgender visibility in the 2010's or was she a cisgender girl who happened to be played by Michael J. Fox?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 24, 1989 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Retour vers le futur 2
    • Filming locations
      • Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA(Tunnel scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Amblin Entertainment
      • U-Drive Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $119,000,002
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $27,835,125
      • Nov 26, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $332,500,002
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos

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