National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Back to the Future Part II was released by Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment in November 1989, arriving with enormous anticipation as the direct continuation of Robert Zemeckis's beloved 1985 original. The film pushed practical and optical effects to their limits while cementing the trilogy's place in popular culture. Its vision of October 21, 2015, became a cultural touchstone that audiences still reference today.

This cell, titled Marty and Doc, captures Doc Emmett Brown and Marty McFly together against a brick interior backdrop, both dressed in the film's distinctive 2015 future costuming. The three consecutive 35mm frames preserve what appears to be a single sustained moment from the same shot, offering the collector a rare sense of filmic continuity rather than a solitary image.