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 phenomenon. The sequel expanded the original's time-travel premise across three distinct eras, and its vision of 2015 became a cultural touchstone. Shooting on 35mm, cinematographer Dean Cundey brought a polished, high-contrast look to each timeline, making the film a visually rich source for archival frames.

This cell, titled Lorraine Baines, captures three consecutive 35mm frames from the alternate 1985 interior, identified across the sequence as Lorraine Baines-McFly and Lorraine Baines-Tannen. The low camera angle and dramatic practical lighting are characteristic of the Biff Tannen casino environment, and the third frame carries a specific face recognition flag for Lorraine Baines-Tannen, grounding this run of frames firmly within the darker alternate timeline.