National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Back to the Future Part II arrived from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment in November 1989, the highly anticipated follow-up to Robert Zemeckis's 1985 original. Expanding the time-travel narrative into 2015, 1985, and 1955, the film pushed practical and optical effects to new limits and became one of the defining science-fiction sequels of its decade, earning an Academy Award nomination for visual effects.

This three-frame encapsulated cell captures Biff and Marty together in an interior setting, with additional figures visible in the background behind them. The confirmed title places both figures at the center of the composition, offering collectors a direct window into one of the film's key character dynamics preserved across three consecutive frames from the same shot.