Back to the Future Part II

Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and is the second part of a trilogy, coming after Back to the Future and followed by Back to the Future Part III. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The second and third parts of the trilogy were filmed at the same time and released six months apart.

Plot synopsis

The story continues with Marty McFly and Doc Brown as they now leave 1985 to go into the year 2015 to stop Marty's kids from destroying their lives. Since Jennifer has seen the DeLorean, they take her along, but Doc tranquilizes her because she asks too many questions about the future.

Related Topics:
Marty McFly - Doc Brown - 1985 - 2015 - Jennifer - DeLorean

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Marty's son, Marty Junior, is approached by Griff, Biff's grandson, and his gang and asked to join in a robbery. According to Doc, this event eventually leads to the disruption of the entire McFly family. Marty impersonates his son and tells Griff he won't join in. The gang gets angry and chases after Marty. Using a hoverboard, he manages to escape them, and as a result they crash into the courthouse and end up in jail, thus preventing the robbery.

Related Topics:
Biff - Hoverboard

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While Marty is in 2015, he finds an antique store with all sorts of memorabilia from the 1980s, among which is the Gray's Sports Almanac 1950-2000, containing all sport scores for that time span. Wanting to get rich when he goes back to 1985, Marty buys the almanac, but Doc catches him and puts it in the trash, berating Marty that he didn't build a time machine for such trivialities as making money. Old Biff overhears the conversation and takes the almanac.

Related Topics:
1980s - Gray's - Almanac

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Jennifer, still tranquilized, is found by the police, mistaken for her future self after thumbprint identification, and taken home. Hiding in a closet, she sees her family life is far from ideal. Then, old Marty gets a phone call from his colleague Needles, who goads him into cooperating in a profitable but illegal scheme. But their boss at CusCo, Mr. Fujitsu, was listening in, and Marty promptly gets fired. Doc finally finds Jennifer and gets her out of the house, after she briefly meets her future self and both faint from the shock of seeing each other.

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Returning to 1985, Marty and Doc see that their time is not what it used to be. Hill Valley is now dilapitated, crime-infested and corrupt. Biff has become a rich and powerful man, and is now married to Marty's mother, Lorraine. Doc realizes that the old Biff must have used the DeLorean to give the sports almanac to his past self, thus changing his future. Marty confronts Biff to find out when and where he got the almanac, which turns out to be in 1955, the time of the first movie.

Related Topics:
1985 - Hill Valley - Corrupt - Lorraine - 1955

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In a series of events that closely matches the first movie, the newer version of Marty manages to keep Biff's cronies from beating up his older version, and several times comes close to obtaining the almanac. Eventually, Biff drives off in his newly cleaned car. Hanging onto the side of the car with the aid of the hoverboard, Marty finally grabs the almanac and is rescued by Doc from being overrun by furious Biff's car and Biff crashes into a truck full of manure, again.

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As the rainstorm from the end of the first movie begins, Marty burns the almanac to cinders, thus repairing his future. As Doc attempts to land the DeLorean, the car is suddenly struck by lightning and disappears.

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A moment later a Western Union delivery man drives up and hands Marty a very old letter, written by Doc, who turns out to have travelled back to 1885. Marty rushes off to find the contemporary 1955 Doc, who has just succeeded in sending older Marty back to the future in the first movie. Upon seeing that Marty has returned from the future, Doc faints, and the screen fades out with the words, "To be concluded..."

Related Topics:
Western Union - 1885

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See also:

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• Back to the Future timeline
• Back to the Future trilogy