National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment released Back to the Future Part II in November 1989, the highly anticipated follow-up to Robert Zemeckis's 1985 original. The film transported audiences to a then-distant 2015, offering a playful vision of hoverboards, self-lacing shoes, and flying cars. Shot on 35mm by cinematographer Dean Cundey, it remains a defining artifact of late-1980s blockbuster filmmaking and a touchstone of American popular culture.

This cell, titled Marty McFly Jr. and Griff, captures a moment inside the Cafe 80s, the film's iconic 2015 diner setting. The checkered floor and glimpse of greenery through the window are immediately recognizable to anyone familiar with the sequence. Visible across the three frames are Marty McFly, Griff Tannen, and Biff Tannen, preserving a key generational confrontation from the film on original 35mm film stock.