British Academy Film Awards — 2 wins, 1 nominationAcademy Awards — 1 nominationKids' Choice Award — 1 nominationSaturn Award — 1 nominationAll 2 wins · 4 nominations on record
British Academy Film Awards: Best Special Visual Effects
Scholarship
Named in the title of 1 peer-reviewed work
Examples
Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex · Library of Congress. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Back to the Future Part II arrived from Universal Pictures in 1989, a Robert Zemeckis production reuniting the core cast and crew fresh off the original's massive success. Its release deepened the franchise's mythology with hoverboards, alternate timelines, and a darker vision of Hill Valley, cementing the trilogy's place in blockbuster history and pop culture at large.
This cell centers on Marlene McFly, the future daughter of Marty McFly, portrayed by the same actress who plays Lorraine Baines, Marty's mother, a piece of dual-casting trivia that makes such cells especially sought after by collectors tracing the film's genealogical humor. Lorraine Baines appearing here ties the character back to her more familiar identity within the family line. The Marlene name places this frame within the film's 2015 sequence, where legacy and lineage intertwine through casting itself.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Fujicolor theatrical release print of Back to the Future Part II.
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical soundtrack track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area.
Edge print
Edge print reads mirrored as 'FUJI' and 'FC13', indicating Fujicolor print stock with a key-number sequence.
Base & colour
Base shows a warm amber-orange tint typical of a colour print; dye image appears saturated with no visible fading.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible running through the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a release print of Back to the Future Part II.
Era check
Fujicolor print stock with a variable-area optical track and no digital soundtrack encoding is consistent with a theatrical release print from 1989–1990.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000064210
Original Film CaptureAs received
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