National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment released Back to the Future Part II in November 1989, continuing one of the decade's most beloved franchises. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film pushed practical and optical effects to their limits while imagining a 2015 filled with hoverboards, self-lacing shoes, and video walls. It remains a landmark of late-1980s blockbuster filmmaking and a touchstone of popular science fiction.

This cell, titled Marty McFly Jr. and Marty McFly, captures Michael J. Fox in the remarkable dual performance at the heart of the film's future sequences, playing both Marty McFly and his son Marty McFly Jr. within the same interior setting. The frames document the scene's progression as the two characters share the screen, a technically demanding achievement that defined some of the production's most memorable moments.