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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301666565
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301666569
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: 1992-03-01
Running Time: 108
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1989-11-22
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Critics and audiences didn't seem too happy with this inventive, perhaps too clever sequel to the popular 1985 comedy about a high school kid (Michael J. Fox) who travels into the past and has to bring his parents together (or lose his own existence). Director Robert Zemeckis and cast bent over backwards to add layers of time-travel complication to this follow-up, and while it surely exercises the brain it isn't necessarily funny in the same way that its predecessor was. It's well worth a visit, though, just to appreciate the imagination that went into it, particularly in a finale that has Fox's character watching his own actions from the first film. --Tom Keogh
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Summary: THE MOST EPISODE COMPLEX OF THE TRILOGY
Comment: IN A NUTSHELL: DOES WHAT A TIME TRAVEL MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO DO!
This sequel of the superb "Back To The Future" is a very earnest attempt to follow a winning formula up with a truly worthwhile effort in this sequel. Complex, yes, but interesting. Unfortunately, at times it gets a bit too mechanically contrived with the time sequence derivations, and I find myself mentally checking the continuity which detracts from the theme. Nevertheless, if you liked the first "Back To The Future" you will probably enjoy this movie. All the characters are present from the original and they are playing multiple generations almost simultaneously. After all, isn't that what a time travel ovie is supposed to do?
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Summary: The Best of the Trilogy, by a light year, and...
Comment: Jason & The Scorchers fans might like this
one as Jason himself has an unbilled cameo
in it as Future Biff's head thug! The Rock
N Roll connection shouldn't faze fans of the
genre since Michael A. Fox (cousin of Andy,
who played on Thunder And Fire)[Michael's
real name, above, too] and Fox, who was a
big fan of Cheap Trick's "always on MTV"
stuff of that period, had a Van Halen solo
in the cassette in the "Darth Vader from
Planet Vulcan" scene with Krispin Glover
in the First installment of this Series
**.5 stars). B-T-T-F II was fimed at the
same time as Back to the Future III (**.5
stars as well) but is better than it's pre-
decessor and follow-up because of the time
travel (to 2015 - Miami winning the World
Series[ today kids, that's the Florida Mar-
lins, who actually won in '97 and '03], and
back to 1955). Best of the trilogy. Get it!
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Summary: "It's your kids, Marty! Something's gotta be done about your kids!"
Comment: "There are now two of me here and there are two of you here. The other me, is the Doc Brown from 1955. The one who helps the other you get back to 1985. Remember the event at the clock tower?"
"Yeah!"
"That event doesn't happen until tonight. So you must be careful no to run into your otherself."
- Doc Brown, of 1985, gives Marty McFly a severe headache in the ways of physical time travel in "Back To The Future Part II"
The time travel adventures (or is it screw ups) of Marty McFly continue in Robert Zemeckis' "Back To The Future Part II".
Picking up seconds after the original "Back To The Future", Doc Brown, Marty, with Marty's girlfriend Jennifer, head to the year 2015 to save his future kids from life in prison.
After Marty gets everything straightened out with his kids (and having a run in with an elderly Biff Tannen), he gets a good look at Hill Valley of the future (complete with flying cars, hoverboards, & "Jaws 19") & also gets a dangerous idea.
After visiting an antique store Marty picks up an old sports almanac that lists all the major sporting events & each championship victory of that year in each sport, up to the year 2010. If Marty takes the book back to 1985, he can easily become an overnight billionaire! Of course Doc Brown puts an immediate stop to this explaining to Marty that his idea would change the course of history with almost disasterous consequences. Doc Brown junks the almanac, but not before a sly, elderly Biff Tannen figures out whats going on with the two time travelers & picks up the book.
With the future set, Marty & Doc head back to 1985, but, upon arrival they both find out that something is way out of whack. Marty's neighborhood looks like a ghetto and not "The Lyon Estate's" homestead that he's accustomed to. Doc Brown's lab is completely vandalized, Hill Valley High is a burning monument & worst of all Biff Tannen rules all of Hill Valley, turning the clocktower into a big hotel & casino named, what else, "Biff's".
Upon further investigation, Doc Brown finds out that the elder Tannen of 2015 had somehow stolen the DeLorean, going back thru time & given the sports almanac too a younger version of himself. Marty's original idea comes into play, as the younger Biff places bets on every major sporting event with a snowball's chance in hell of losing. He becomes a billionaire overnight & sets into motion a big dose of anti-time.This anti-time kills off the 1985 that Marty & Doc live in & replaces it with the nightmare version of 1985, in where Marty's father is mysteriously murdered, his mother gets re-married to Biff & Doc Brown gets committed to the nuthouse!
"Its like we're living in Hell or something."
"No, it's Hill Valley alright. But, I can't imagine Hell being much worse!"
The boys figure out where &, more importantly, when Biff dropped off the almanac & as luck would have it, it happens to be on the sameday & date that Marty originally goes back to the future - Saturday, November 5, 1955.
Its the dawning hours of November 5, 1955 ("Whoa, its like I was just here, yesterday." "You were here, Marty! You were."). Doc & Marty have to get back the almanac in order to return the space-time continium back to its original order. Its easier said then done.
Doc tells Marty that: first, he has to find Biff and follow him. Let old Biff give young Biff the sports book. Once old Biff leaves get the book back from the younger Biff. Destroy the book.
Second & more importantly, there are now two Marty's here, & they can not under any circumstances run into there otherselves. If this happens this could lead to a paradox that could unravel what takes place in the original "Future" & Marty could end up killing himself.
Its a literal race against time as Marty tries to restore the time-stream, so he and Doc can go back, once again, to the future.
"I know you sent me back to the future, but, now I'm back- I'm back from the future."
"Back To The Future Part II" is one of those films that you really have to pay attention to in order to get the overall understanding of it. This turned a lot of casual moviegoers off, saying it wasn't the easygoing film that the original was, and it isn't. Its more sci-fi than comedy and thats pretty much why "BTTF PartII" doesn't have the spirit of the original "BTTF". That doesn't make it a bad film, though (I would take this trilogy over the "Matrix" trilogy anyday).
Originally, "Back To The Future Part II" was supposed to be one big film in where Marty, Doc, & Jennifer head to the future & through some unusual circumstances wind up in the old west.
With the budget numbers being so huge, director Zemeckis approached "Universal" saying that he could make two films, back-to-back, if he could get the green light for the proposed budget. "Universal" gave the thumbs up and "Back To The Future Part's II & III" were headed into production.
For "BTTF Part II" a new type of special effect was introduced. The effect had to do with using the same actor portraying two different characters interacting with each other in the same shot. During the older days of T.V. & movies, when this happened the actors would stand on each side of the screen with a huge space between them, in order not to interact with each other and kill the illusion, as well as, the shot. With this new effect for "Future II" the same actor could carry on a casual conversation with each other while sitting next to each other at the dinner table. A perfect scene of this effect in action is the McFly dinner scene in 2015. Two actors are in this shot, but one of them, Michael J Fox, plays three different people (Marty, Marty Jr., & Marlene, Marty's daughter)all sitting at the dinner table, interacting with each other.
Before the film's November 22, 1989 theatrical release, the original "Back To The Future" was broadcast on NBC with a special look at "II" hosted by Leslie Neilsen. During the special the hoverboard was unveiled for the first time, with Robert Zemeckis saying that the hoverboards were an actual working toy, but, due to Federal Regulations the toy was not put on the market due to safety issues. After the broadcast both NBC Studios & Universal were beseiged with calls on how & where to get the hoverboards. To this day, some people believe they might still be real.
"Back To The Future Part II" is a decent follow up to a classic original and is worth watching, no matter what time it is.
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Summary: Great sequel, great trilogy
Comment: I just wanted to say that I grew up watching the Back to the Future trilogy and will be the first to say that these movies are absolutely brilliant. If you don't own these movies, own them. They should grace every homes movie collection. They are good on so many levels. The great thing is, the older I get, and the more I watch them, the more I catch that is interesting or funny...it just keeps getting better.
These movies are so quotable, my whole family is always dropping lines from these movies and friends as well. The cast is so perfect, Micheal J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Flea, and whoever plays Biff, every one of them.
Spielberg is to be commended on blessing this world with something so truly enjoyable. These movies can be watched over and over again and they just get better. If you haven't seen them, get on it, you wont be disappointed.
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Summary: Why Was This The Best Science Fiction Movie Ever Made?
Comment: Well, there are five reasons. The first four are found in the review of the DVD set of all five; here is the last one:
5. Gestalt. Call it what you want, but consider the conceptual continuity of these three movies. 1985 remained the "present" for all the films, right? Even this one and BTTF3, made some years later, preserved 1985 as the fulcrum year.
Quick quiz: of all the eras depicted, which one was the best: 1885, 1955, 1985 or 2015? Tough question, given that there were at least three distinct 1985s, etc.
But look: even the "best" 1985 was, in significant ways, not as good as 2015. Our predicates, then, are that obstacles can be overcome, the past reinvented as needed, and, most importantly, "the future is what you make it."
I've found no clearer demonstration of a fundamentally optimistic philosophy in any movie I ever saw. Even though these films intentionally avoid sentimentality (all right, you could argue that), they express a relentless optimism that enables characters and, derivately, ourselves, to take charge of our situations, invent new solutions and fulfill Doc Brown's mandate.
You cannot leave the movies without feeling more empowered about your own life. And it does not get any better than that.
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