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 producer Bob Gale with one of the decade's most beloved properties. The sequel expanded the original's mythology across multiple timelines, grossing over $330 million worldwide and cementing the franchise as a defining achievement of late-1980s blockbuster filmmaking. Its vision of 2015 has since become a cultural touchstone.

This cell, titled DeLorean, captures a low-angle view of the iconic time machine as vapor billows dramatically around its chassis, drawn from what appears to be a continuous sequence involving hover mode or temporal displacement. The framing emphasizes the vehicle's angular silhouette against the rising cloud, preserving a moment central to the film's visual identity.