National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment released Back to the Future Part II in November 1989, reuniting director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale with the cast of their 1985 blockbuster. The sequel pushed practical and optical effects to their limits, imagining 2015 with a specificity that made it a cultural touchstone for decades. Shot on 35mm, the film remains a technical achievement of its era.

This cell, titled Marty McFly Jr. and Marty McFly, captures the remarkable double-role sequence set in 2015, with Michael J. Fox sharing the frame with himself through in-camera compositing. The consecutive frames show both figures in the interior setting, with a third presence visible in the background, placing this cell squarely within the Cafe 80s confrontation sequence.