Quotes
 Marty McFly: Listen, you got a back door to this place?
Bartender: Yeah, it`s in the back. Doc: You`re just not thinking fourth dimensionally!
Marty McFly: Right, right. I have a real problem with that.
[Doc Brown and Marty are hijacking a train]
Doc: Reach!
Engineer: Is this a holdup?
Doc: It`s a science experiment!
Jennifer Parker: Dr. Brown, I brought this note back from the future and now it`s erased.
Doc: Of course it`s erased.
Jennifer Parker: But what does that mean?
Doc: It means your future hasn`t been written yet. No one`s has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one, both of you.
Marty McFly: [Marty wraps his arm around Jennifer] We will, Doc.
Doc: Clara was one in a million. One in a billion. One in a googolplex!
Doc: Marty, I gave you explicit instructions not to come here but to go directly back to 1985.
Marty McFly: I know, Doc. But I had to come.
Doc: But it`s good to see ya, Marty.
Doc: We shall proceed as planned, and as soon as we return to 1985, we`ll destroy this infernal machine. Traveling through time has become much too painful.
Doc: Marty, you can`t go losing your judgment every time someone calls you a name. That`s exactly what causes you to get into that accident in the future.
Doc: Marty, we all have to make decisions that affect the course of our lives. You`ve gotta do what you`ve gotta do. And I`ve gotta do what I`ve gotta do.
[at the town festival]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Then let`s finish it, right now!
Buford`s Gang Member #1: Uh, not now, Buford. Uh, Marshal`s got our guns.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Like I said, we`ll finish this tomorrow.
Buford`s Gang Member #2: Tomorrow, we`re robbin` the Pine City Stage.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: What about Monday? Are we doin` anything Monday?
Buford`s Gang Member #1: Uh, no, Monday`d be fine. You can kill him on Monday.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: I`ll be back this way on Monday! We`ll settle this then... right there... out in the street... in front of the Palace Saloon!
Marty McFly: Yeah, right. When? High noon?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Noon? I do my killin` before breakfast! Seven o`clock!
Marty McFly: Eight o`clock. I do my killin` after breakfast!
[last lines]
Marty McFly: Hey, Doc! Where you goin` now? Back to the future?
Doc: Nope. Already been there.
Young Doc: No wonder this circuit failed. It says "Made in Japan".
Marty McFly: What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.
Young Doc: Unbelievable.
Marty McFly: You`re Mad Dog Tannen!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Mad Dog? I hate that name. I hate it. You hear? Nobody calls me "Mad Dog", especially not some duded-up, egg-suckin` gutter trash.
Bartender: [the bartender and his assistant, Joey mix up a special "wake-up juice" using hot peppers, Tabasco sauce and chili powder] In about ten minutes, he`s gonna be as sober as a priest on Sunday.
Marty McFly: [sees clock outside - they have 10 minutes to get to the train] Ten minutes? Why do we have to cut these things so damn close?
Buford`s Gang Member #2: Hey, take a gander at them moccasins! What kinda skins is them? What`s that writin` mean?
Buford`s Gang Member #1: "Nee-kay"? What is that, some sorta Injun talk or somethin`?
[Reading his own gravestone in 1955]
Young Doc: "Shot in the back by Buford Tannen, over a matter of eighty dollars." What kind of a future do you call that?
[Marty and Doc finally say each other`s phrases the opposite way]
Marty McFly: Great Scott!
Doc: I know, this is heavy.
[Marty is left-behind back in 1955, with the young Doc of then as his only hope to getting back to the future]
Marty McFly: I`m sorry, Doc. It`s all my fault you`re stuck back there. I never should have let Biff get to me!
Young Doc: Well, there are plenty worse places to be than the Old West. I could`ve ended up in the Dark Ages. They probably would have burned me at the stake as a heretic or something.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: What`s your name, dude?
Marty McFly: Uh, Mar- Eastwood. Clint Eastwood.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: What kind of stupid name is that?
at a weapons checkpoint, Strickland holds a shotgun on Tannen]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Marshall Strickland. I didn`t know you was back in town.
Marshall Strickland: If you can`t read the sign, Tannen, I presume you can read THIS.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Eight o`clock Monday, runt. If you ain`t here, I`ll hunt you and shoot you down like a duck.
Buford`s Gang Member #1: It`s "dog", Buford. Shoot him down like a dog.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Wake up! Get up! Let`s go! I got me a runt to kill.
Buford`s Gang Member #1: It`s still early, boss. What`s your hurry?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: I`m hungry.
Marty McFly: [tombstone on photograph has "Clint Eastwood" appear on it] Listen! I`m not really feeling up to this today, so I`m gonna have to forfeit!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Forfeit? *Forfeit*?
[to his gang]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: What`s that mean?
Buford`s Gang Member #1: Um, it means that you win without a fight.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Without shootin`? He can`t do that.
[shouts]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Hey, you can`t do that! You know what I think? I think you ain`t nothin` but a gutless yellow turd! And I`m givin` you to the count of ten to come out here and prove I`m wrong! One...
Marty McFly: Doc... Come on. Sober up, buddy. Let`s go. Come on.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Two...
Saloon Old-Timer #1: You gotta get out there, son. I got $20 gold bet on you, so don`t let me down.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Three...
Saloon Old-Timer #2: I got $30 gold bet again` you, so don`t let me down.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Four...
Saloon Old Timer #3: You better face up to it, son, `cause if you don`t go out there...
Marty McFly: What?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Five...
Marty McFly: What if I don`t go out there?
Eyepatch: You`re a coward!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Six...
Toothless: And you`ll be branded a coward for the rest of your days!
Saloon Old Timer #3: Everybody everywhere will say, "Clint Eastwood is the biggest yellow-belly in the west."
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: [stops and thinks, turns to a gang member who holds up seven fingers] Seven...
Customer: Here.
[slides a gun to Marty]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Eight...
Marty McFly: I already got a gun.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Nine...
[long pause]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Ten!
[pause]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: You hear me, runt? I said that`s ten, you gutless, yellow, pie-slinger!
Marty McFly: [thinks] He`s an asshole! I don`t care what Tannen says. And I don`t care what anybody else says, either!
Strickland`s Deputy: [Buford is pulled out of a manure cart and up to his feet] Buford Tannen, you`re under arrest for robbing the Pine City Stage! You got anything to say?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: [spits out a chunk of manure] I hate manure.
Marty McFly: Clayton Ravine was named after a teacher. They say she fell in there a hundred years ago.
Doc: A hundred years ago? That`s this year!
Marty McFly: Every kid in school knows that story `cause we all have teachers we`d like to see fall into the ravine.
Doc: It`ll shoot the fleas off a dog`s back at five hundred yards, Tannen, and it`s pointed straight at your head!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: You owe me money, blacksmith.
Doc: How do ya figure?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: My horse threw a shoe. And seein` as you was the one that done the shoein`, I say that makes you responsible.
Doc: Well, since you never paid me for the job, I say that makes us even!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Wrong! See I was *on* my horse when it threw the shoe and I got throwed *off*! And *that* caused me to bust a perfectly good bottle of fine Kentucky red-eye. So, the way I figure it, blacksmith, you owe me five dollars for the whiskey and $75 for the horse.
Marty McFly: [hoarsely] That`s the $80.
Doc: Look! If your horse threw a shoe, bring him back and I`ll reshoe him!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: I done shot that horse!
Doc: Well, that`s your problem, Tannen!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Wrong! That`s yours. So, from now on, you better be lookin` behind you when you walk. `Cause one day you`re gonna get a bullet in your back.
[Buford and his gang gallop away on their horses]
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Smile, Marshall. After all, this *is* a party!
Marshall Strickland: The only party I`ll be smilin` at is the one that sees you at the end of a rope.
Strickland`s Deputy: Have fun.
[Buford and his gang head toward the town festival]
Marshall Strickland: [turns to his son] See, that`s how you handle them, son. Never give `em an inch, and maintain discipline at all times. Remember that word - "discipline."
Marshal Strickland`s son: I will, Pa.
[the Marshall pats his son on the leg]
Holding baby William]
Marty McFly: So you`re my great-grandfather. The first McFly born in America. And you peed on me.
Marty McFly: How many did he have?
Bartender: Just the one.
Marty McFly: Just the one? Come on, Doc!
Bartender: There`s a fella that can`t hold his liquor.
Doc: Marty, you`re going to have to do something about those clothes. You walk around town dressed like that, you`re liable to get shot.
Marty McFly: Or hanged.
Doc: What idiot dressed you in that outfit?
Marty McFly: You did.
Doc: And in the future, we don`t need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles.
Saloon Old Timer #3: If everybody`s got one of these auto-whatsits, does anybody walk or run anymore?
Doc: Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun.
Saloon Old Timer #3: Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Listen up, Eastwood! I aim to shoot somebody today and I`d prefer it`d be you. But if you`re just too damn yellow, I guess it`ll just have to be your blacksmith friend.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: [arriving at the Palace Saloon] Are you in there, Eastwood? It`s eight o`clock, and I`m callin` you out!
Marty McFly: [looks at the town clock, then steps towards Buford cautiously at a window] It`s not 8:00 yet!
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: It is by my watch! Let`s settle this once and for all, runt! Or ain`t you got the gumption?
Doc: Howdy Doody time?
Bartender: Emmett! What can I get you? The usual?
Doc: No, Chester, I`m gonna need something a lot stronger than that tonight.
Bartender: Sarsaparilla?
Doc: Whiskey, Chester.
[in the library]
Young Doc: "William McFly and family". Your relatives?
Marty McFly: My great-grandfather`s name was William.
[the photo of William looks just like Marty]
Marty McFly: That`s him. Good-looking guy.
Marty McFly: I had this horrible nightmare. Dreamed I w-... dreamed I was in a western. And I was being chased by all these Indians... and a bear.
Maggie McFly: Well... you`re safe and sound here, now, at the McFly farm.
Marty McFly: McFly farm? Why, you`re my, you`re my, my... who are you?
Marty McFly: [upon arriving in 1885; sees Indians on horseback, galloping towards him] Indians!
[in a Drive-In, in 1955]
Young Doc: All you have to do is drive the time vehicle directly toward that screen accelerating to 88 miles an hour.
Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. If I drive straight towards the screen, I`m gonna crash into those Indians.
Young Doc: Marty, you`re not thinking fourth dimensionally. You`ll instantly be transported back into 1885, and those Indians won`t even be there.
Marty McFly: [gears up before going to 1885] Hi-ho, Silver!
Colt Gun Salesman: [the gun salesman is amazed at Marty`s gunmanship at a shooting gallery] Uh, just tell me one thing. Where`d you learn to shoot like that?
Marty McFly: 7-Eleven.
Townsman #1: Good morning, Mr. Eastwood.
Marty McFly: Morning.
Townsman #2: [hands Marty a cigar] Have a cigar, Mr. Eastwood. Anything I can do you for you today Mr. Eastwood?
Marty McFly: Uh, no. That`s fine. I don`t...
Townsman #3: Good Luck tomorrow, Mr. Eastwood. We`ll be praying for ya.
Marty McFly: Thanks.
Undertaker: [holding a funeral suit] Good morning, Mr. Eastwood. Interest you in a new suit for tomorrow?
Marty McFly: Uh, I`m-I`m fine. Thanks.
Undertaker: Excuse me, Mr. Eastwood. I just need your measurement.
[measures Marty]
Marty McFly: Aw, look, pal. I don`t wanna buy a suit.
Undertaker: [chuckles] No. This is for your coffin.
Marty McFly: [realizing what is going on] My coffin?
Undertaker: Well, the odds are running 2 to 1 against you. Might as well be prepared.
Doc: Each detonation will be accompanied by a sudden burst of acceleration. Hopefully, we`ll hit 88 mph, before the needle gets much past 2000.
Marty McFly: Why, what-what happens after it hits 2000?
Doc: The whole boiler explodes.
Marty McFly: Perfect!
Young Doc: Well, good luck for both of our sakes. See you in the future.
Marty McFly: You mean the past?
Young Doc: Exactly.
Clara Clayton: I don`t dance very well when my partner has a gun in his hand.
Colt gun salesman: I`d like for you to have this new Colt Peacemaker and gun belt. Free of charge.
Marty McFly: Free?
Colt gun salesman: I want everybody to know that the gun that shot Buford Tannen was a Colt Peacemaker.
Marty McFly: Hey-hey, no problem. Thanks a lot!
Colt gun salesman: Of course, uh, you understand, that if you lose I`m taking it back.
Marty McFly: Thanks again.
Marty McFly: [to Young Doc Brown in 1955] After you fix the time circuits and put new tires on the DeLorean, I`m going back to 1885, and I`m bringing you home.
[Marty McFly just found a tombstone with Emmett Brown`s name]
Marty McFly: Doc! Doc! Come here quick!
Young Doc: What`s wrong, Marty? You look like you`ve seen a ghost.
Marty McFly: You`re not far off, Doc.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: [to his gang members] Let`s go, boys. Let these sissies have their party.
[1885 - Marty walks into a saloon, dressed in the outfit that Doc Brown gave him in 1955]
Saloon Old-Timer #1: Take a look and see what just breezed in the door.
Saloon Old-Timer #2: Why, I didn`t know the circus was in town.
Saloon Old Timer #3: Musta got that shirt off`n a dead Chinee.
Bartender: What`ll it be, stranger?
Marty McFly: Uh, I`ll have an... ice water.
[the old-timers laugh]
Saloon Old Timer #3: Ice water?
Bartender: Water? You want water, you better go dunk ya head in the horse trough out there.
[pulls out a shot glass and pours into it]
Bartender: In here, we pour whiskey.
Doc: [reading a letter his future self wrote] I never knew I could write anything so touching.
Marty McFly: I know, Doc, it`s beautiful.
Marty McFly: [Doc and Marty use explosives to get in the old Delgado mine, which is near a graveyard] I think you woke up the dead with that blast!
Marty McFly: [holding up a plate that says "Frisbee"] Hey, Frisbee, far-out.
Seamus McFly: What was the meanin` of that?
Maggie McFly: It was right in front of him.
Marty McFly: [reading the gravestone of Doc`s future self] "Erected in eternal memory by his beloved Clara."
Marty McFly: [he turns to face Doc, inadvertently standing on the grave] Who the hell is Clara?
Young Doc: [shouts] Marty, please, don`t stand there!
Marty McFly: Hey, lighten up, jerk!
Young Doc: [while exploring the cave that holds the Delorean in it] This reminds me of the time I attempted to reach the center of the earth. I`d be reading my favorite author, Jules Verne. I spent weeks preparing that expedition, I didn`t even get this far. Of course, I was only 12 at the time. You know, it was the writings of Jules Verne that had a profound effect on my life. It was when I was 11 that I first read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It was then that I realized that I must devote my life to science.
[Marty and Doc are asking how fast the train could go]
Marty McFly: Do you think it`s possible to get it up to... 90?
Engineer: Ha! 90? Tarnation, son, who`d ever need to be in such a hurry?
Doc: Well, it`s just a little bet he and I have, that`s all. Theoretically speaking, could it be done?
Engineer: Well, I suppose if you had a straight stretch of track with a level grade, and you weren`t haulin` no cars behind you, and if you can get the fire hot enough, and I`m talkin` about hotter than the blazes of hell and damnation itself... then yes, it might be possible to get her up that fast.
Barbed-Wire Salesman: I`ve never seen a man so broken up over a woman. What did he say her name was, Cara, Sara?
Older Man on Train 2: Clara.
Barbed-Wire Salesman: Clara!
Clara Clayton: [Clara`s eyes light up and she spins around in her seat] Excuse me.
Barbed-Wire Salesman: Ma`am.
Clara Clayton: But was this man tall, with great big brown puppy dog eyes and long silvery flowing hair?
Barbed-Wire Salesman: You know him?
Clara Clayton: [Clara lets out a happy sigh and spins back in her seat] Emmett!
[she reaches up and pulls on an emergency stop cord]
[Clara is running over to Doc`s barn]
Clara Clayton: Emmett!
[Enters barn]
Clara Clayton: Emmett! Emmett!
[She stops to catch her breath and looks down]
Clara Clayton: [Whispers] Time machine...
[Clara`s slowly picks up the model time machine with her gloved hands and examines it]
[Clara is crawling on the train car filled with wooden fire logs]
Marty McFly: [into walkie talkie] You better hold on to somethin` Doc, the yellow log`s about to blow!
[a large explosion occurs, sending a wave of sparks at Clara, knocking her over]
Clara Clayton: [sits up] Golly!
[Clara has pulled the train`s whistle, causing Doc to look back towards the cab]
Clara Clayton: [Waves] Emmett!
Doc: Clara!
Clara Clayton: I love you!
Marty McFly: [Into walkie talkie] Doc, doc what`s happening?
Doc: [Into walkie talkie] It`s Clara, she`s on the train.
Marty McFly: [to himself] Clara, perfect.
Doc: [Into walkie talkie] She`s in the cab, I`m gonna go back for her.
Marty McFly: [Into walkie talkie] The windmill. Doc, the windwill, we`re goin` past fifty, you`ll never make it!
Doc: [Into walkie talkie] Then we`ll have to take her back with us. Keep calling out the speed.
Doc: Clara! Climb out here to me!
Clara Clayton: I don`t know if i can...
Doc: You can do it, just don`t look down!
[Clara looks down at the churning wheels]
Doc: That`s it!
[Clara climbs over the cab and steps her high-heeled boots onto the train`s thin, precarious ledge]
Marty McFly: [Into walkie talkie] Sixty miles an hour doc!
Doc: Great Scott, Clara!
Young Doc: Remember, where you`re going, there are no roads.
[Doc has altered history by saving Clara from falling into what would have been Clayton Ravine]
Marty McFly: Look, Doc, what`s the worst that can happen, huh? So they don`t name the ravine after her. Let`s just get the DeLorean ready and get the hell out of here.
Doc: I wish I`d never invented that infernal time machine. It`s caused nothing but disaster.
Jennifer Parker: [Marty floors his truck in reverse and turns the other way while Needles speeds off down the street] Did you do that on purpose?
Marty McFly: Yeah. You think I`m stupid enough to race that asshole?
[Marshall Strickland breaks up a brawl between Marty and Buford at the festival]
Marshall Strickland: [points rifle at Buford] All right now, break it up. What`s all this about? You causin` trouble here, Tannen?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: No trouble, Marshall. Just a little personal matter between me and Eastwood! This don`t concern the law.
Marshall Strickland: Tonight, everything concerns the law. Now break it up. Any brawlin`, it`s 15 days in the county jail. All right, folks, c`mon, this is a party. Come on, let`s have some fun!
[walks off the stage]
[Marty is still wearing his 1985 shoes]
Doc: Marty, you have to wear the boots. You can`t wear those futuristic things back in 1885. You shouldn`t even be wearing them here in 1955.
Marty McFly: Alright, Doc. Look, as soon I get there I`ll put them on. I promise.
Doc: [after Doc wakes up from being passed out drunk from one shot of whiskey] The thing I really miss here is Tylenol.
[repeated line]
Doc: Great Scott!
[first lines]
Marty McFly: Doc! Doc! Doc!
Doc: [not paying attention] What?
Marty McFly: Doc!
Doc: What?
Marty McFly: Doc!
Doc: [finally seeing him] Aaaah!
Marty McFly: Okay, relax, Doc, it`s me! It`s me! It`s Marty!
Doc: No, it can`t be! I just sent you back to the future!
Marty McFly: Oh, I know you did send me back to the future. But I`m back! I`m back from the future.
Doc: Great Scott!
[repeated line]
Marty McFly: This is heavy.
Marty McFly: You`re the doc, Doc.
Marty McFly: Wait a minute, wait a minute. You have a brother named Martin McFly?
Seamus McFly: Had a brother. Martin used to let men provoke him into fightin`. He was concerned that people`d tink him a coward if he refused. That`s how he got a bowie knife shoved through his belly in a saloon in Virginia City. Never considered the future, poor Martin. God rest his soul.
Maggie McFly: Sure`n I hope that your considerin` the future Mr. Eastwood.
Marty McFly: I think about it all the time.
Marty McFly: [running into the Saloon] Doc. What are you doin`?
Doc: I`ve lost her, Marty. There`s nothing left for me here.
Marty McFly: Yeah, that`s why you gotta come back with me.
Doc: Where?
Marty McFly: Back to the future.
Doc: [Nods his head] Right. Let`s get going.
[puts down his glass of whiskey]
Marty McFly: [muffled] Great.
Doc: Gentlemen, excuse me. But, my friend and I have to catch a train.
Saloon Old-Timer #1: Cheers to ya, blacksmith.
Saloon Old Timer #3: And to the future.
Saloon Old-Timer #2: Amen.
Doc: [picks up his glass of whiskey] Amen.
Bartender: Emmett, no!
[Doc throws back the whiskey and turns and passes out, tipping over a table in the process]
Marty McFly: Bartender says `that`s the strongest stuff they got.`
[Doc begins to pour alcohol into the DeLorean`s gas cap]
Doc: Try it Marty.
[Marty is trying to start the engine in the DeLorean. The engine begins to sorely start as he keeps turning the keys to work the engine]
Doc: Give it more gas...
[the DeLorean sounds as if its about to start until the fuel-injection manifold blows apart from the car with a lot smog as the car dies]
Doc: [Doc walks up to the fuel-injection manifold and picks it up] Damn! It blew the fuel injection manifold. Strong stuff alright, it`ll take me a month to rebuild it.
[in a library in 1955]
Doc: [reading a short biography about Buford Tannen] "Buford Tannen was a notorious gunman, whose short temper and a tendency to drool, earned him the nickname `Mad Dog.` He was quick on the trigger and bragged that he`d killed 12 men, not including Indians or Chinamen."
Marty McFly: Does it mention me? Am I one of the 12?
Doc: [Puts up his finger] Just a minute. "However, this can not be substantiated since precise records were not kept after Tannen shot a newspaper editor who printed an unfavorable story about him in 1884." That`s why we can`t find anything.
Marty McFly: [Brings over a set of books] Look. "William McFly and family." Your relatives?
Marty McFly: My great grandfather`s name was William.
[Points to William]
Doc: That`s him, good looking guy.
Marty McFly: Maybe it was just a mistake, Doc. Maybe that grave wasn`t yours. There could`ve been another Emmett Brown back in 1885.
Doc: No.
Marty McFly: Did you have a relatives here back then?
Doc: The Browns didn`t come to Hill Valley until 1908. Then, they were the Von Brauns. My father changed our name during the first World War.
Marty McFly: [discovers a picture of Doc] Doc, look.
Doc: Great Scott. It`s me! Then, it *is* true. All of it. It is me who goes back there and gets shot.
Marty McFly: It`s not gonna happen, Doc. After you fix the time circuits and put new tires on the DeLorean, I`m gonna go back to 1885 and I`m bringing you home.
Marty McFly: [reading a short biography about Buford Tannen] "Buford Tannen was a notorious gunman, who`s short-temper and is intensity to drool, earned him the nickname "Mad Dog". He was quick on the trigger and bragged that he killed 12 men, not including any Indians or Chinamen."
Doc: Does it mention me? Am I one of the 12?
Marty McFly: [Puts up his finger] Just a minute. However, this can not be substantiated since this precise records were not kept after Tannen shot a newspaper editor who printed an unfavorable story about him in 1884. That`s why we can`t find anyone.
Doc: [Brings over a set of books] Look. William McFly and family, your relatives?
Marty McFly: My Great-Grandfather`s name was William.
[Points to William]
Marty McFly: That`s him, good looking guy.
Doc: [Closes the book] No finds of Emmett L. Browns.
Marty McFly: Maybe it was just a mistake, Doc. That grave was there for years, there could`ve been another Emmett Brown back in 1885.
Doc: No.
Marty McFly: Did you have a relatives here back then?
Doc: The Browns were in Hill Valley from 1908. Then, we were the Von Brauns. My father changed our name during the first world war.
Marty McFly: [discovers a picture of Doc] Doc, look.
Doc: Great Scott. It`s me. It "is" true. All of it. It "is" me who goes back there, and get shot.
Doc: Marty, why are you wearing that gun? You`re not considering going up against Tannen tomorrow?
Marty McFly: Doc, tomorrow morning, I`m going back to the future with you. But if Buford Tannen comes looking for trouble, I`m gonna be ready for him. You heard what that son of a bitch called me last night.
Doc: Marty, you can`t go losing your judgment every time someone calls you a name. That`s exactly what causes you to get into that accident in the future.
Marty McFly: What? What about my future?
Doc: I can`t tell you. It might make things worse.
Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. What is wrong with my future?
Doc: Marty, we all have to make decisions that affect the course of our lives. You`ve gotta do what you`ve gotta do. And I`ve gotta do what I`ve gotta do.
Trivia
A horse dealership in 1885 is own by the Statlers. In Back to the Future (1985) there is an ad on the radio for "Statler Toyota" in 1985. In 1955, "Statler Motors Studebaker" is visible near the Town theatre.
The name on the manure wagon in 1885 reads "A. Jones". In Back to the Future (1985), the name on the manure truck from 1955 reads "D. Jones".
Filmed at the same time as Back to the Future Part II (1989). In the five years since the original was made, Michael J. Fox had forgotten how to ride a skateboard.
The editor of Hill Valley`s newspaper in 1885 is "M. R. Gale", a tribute to trilogy screenwriter Bob Gale.
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# In Back to the Future Part II (1989), Biff watches Per un pugno di dollari (1964) in the alternative 1985, in which Clint Eastwood`s character uses steel plating underneath his poncho. Marty (calling himself "Clint Eastwood") uses the hatch from a stove under his poncho in 1885. The sign at the train crossing in 1985 identifies the location as "Eastwood Ravine".
"Mad Dog" is the name of the chief villain of Wild Gunman (1984) (VG), the western arcade game Marty McFly plays in Back to the Future Part II (1989).
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# Throughout the trilogy, the Delorean and its duplicates created via time travel make 15 trips through time. They are: - 1) Doc`s dog, Einstein, is sent one minute into the future to test the machine. - 2) Marty travels back to 1955 from 1985. - 3) Marty returns to 1985 from 1955. - 4) Doc travels past 2015 from 1985. - 5) Doc travels to 2015 from the future to find the beginning of the unraveling of Marty`s family. - 6) Doc returns to 1985 from 2015. - 7) Doc takes Marty and Jennifer forward to 2015 from 1985. - 8) Biff travels from 2015 to 1955 to give himself the sports almanac, thus creating an alternate timeline. - 9) Biff returns to 2015 from 1955. - 10) Doc, Marty, and Jennifer return to the alternate 1985 from 2015. - 11) Marty and Doc travel back to 1955 from the alternate 1985 to get the sports almanac from Biff. - 12) Doc accidentally travels from 1955 to 1885 when the Delorean is hit by lightning. - 13) Marty travels from 1955 to 1885 to rescue Doc. - 14) Marty returns to 1985 from 1885. It could be argued that the Delorean made a 14th trip through time: being placed in the mine by Doc in 1885 for Marty and Doc to find in 1955. However, it did not actually time travel (i.e. "skip" any period of time) in that instance. - 15) Doc and his family travel from the future to 1985 to introduce Marty and Jennifer to Jules and Verne, and to give Marty an undamaged photo of he and Doc Brown in front of the clock. Additional off screen time traveling has occurred as stated by Doc Brown, when he tells Marty that he has "already traveled further ahead into time to see what else happens" in Back to the Future Part II (1989).
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# The train station is near the site of the station built for Pale Rider (1985), another Clint Eastwood movie. The two halves of the "Pale Rider" station became new buildings in "Hill Valley". One can be seen at the north end of town by the corrals and tracks, and the other at the south end by the waterwheel.
Director Trademark: [Robert Zemeckis] [citation] When Marty walks along the railroad tracks and finally reaches the town, he comes to the railway station. Then he walks into the town, while the camera slowly rises up above the station and finally shows Marty at a large distance walking into the town. This scene is shot exactly the same way as the scene in C`era una volta il West (1968), when Jill arrives at the station.
ZZ Top has a cameo as the band in 1885. They also wrote some of the music for the movie.
When Doc and Marty are at the drive-in preparing the DeLorean for the trip to 1885, Marty mentions Clint Eastwood and Doc replies, "Clint who?" In this shot, there is a movie poster on the drive-in`s wall showcasing the movie Revenge of the Creature (1955) and Tarantula (1955), both of which feature an appearance by a young Eastwood.
Executive Producers Trademark (Steven Spielberg):[stars]: When Doc and Clara kiss whilst looking at the stars.
Before sending Marty back to 1885, Doc mentions that he uses the drive-in theatre so Marty doesn`t run into a tree that existed in the past. In the first movie, one of the first things Marty does in 1955 is run into farmer Peabody`s pine tree that existed in the past.
During ZZ Top`s cameo, they play a version of the song "Doubleback", which they contributed to the soundtrack.
Clara can be seen behind Marty and Doc while looking at the map at the train station.
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# The DeLorean used in the filming of this movie is on display at the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is suspended from the ceiling and hung upside down to give restaurant patrons a better view of the vehicle from above.
This film marks the only time in the trilogy when Doc Brown interacts with a member of the Tannen family.
This is the only film in the trilogy where Marty and Doc Brown exchange catchphrases. Marty says "Great Scott!" and Doc Brown replies "Yeah, this is heavy" while talking about the tombstone photo.
The scene where Marty and Jennifer kiss on the porch was the only scene shot while Part II was being made.
The locomotives that smash the DeLorean at the end of the film belonged to the Ventura County Railway.
The role of Clara Clayton was written specifically for Mary Steenburgen.
The clock in the clock tower started running at 8:00 p.m. on September 5, 1885. The date is provided by the caption on the photograph Doc gives Marty at the end of the movie. The lightning strikes the clock tower at 10:04 p.m. on November 12, 1955. This means that the clock tower operated for exactly 70 years, 2 months, 7 days, 2 hours, and 4 minutes.
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# There exist enough clues in all three movies to reconstruct the travels of the DeLorean precisely (to within a few minutes at worst, except 2015 Biff`s arrival in 1955 and Doc`s personal travels). There are a few interesting things to note: Not counting the time Doc traveled by himself, the DeLorean spent nearly 71 years (on its own time scale) from its first time travel to its destruction. By the time Marty made his ultimate return to 1985, he was approx. 14 days, 3 hours, and 27 minutes older than he should have been; Jennifer, on the other hand, is 7 hours and 26 minutes younger than she should have been. Another interesting conclusion is a point of contention. There are two theories, one of which drops the last item. On November 12, 1955, between the time Biff arrived (or 6 am, whichever came later) and 6:38 pm (the time he left), there were four DeLoreans present in Hill Valley (ordered from its point of view): (1) The instance when Marty was trapped in 1955 in the original movie, (2) the instance when Biff came to 1955 to give himself the almanac, (3) the instance when Marty and Doc came back to 1955 to take the almanac back, and (4) the instance when it was waiting in the abandoned mine. Those who do not agree with (4) argue that according to the "ripple effect" timeline as presented in the films, there wouldn`t be a DeLorean hidden by Doc in the mine until later that evening, when the lightning blast would accidentally send Doc back to 1885, thereby altering the timeline. It is *entirely true* that *we* do not ever witness a moment in the films where all four instances coexist, but the text "ordered from its point of view" above should hint at a solution. Once the DeLorean is in 1885, consider what it would detect (if it were in a position to witness the comings and goings of its former selves): over 70 years of peace, then (1) arrives, then (2) and (3) arrive in some order; (2) then leaves at 6:38, (3) leaves around 10 pm, and (1) leaves at 10:04. (4) itself leaves soon after that. If we grant that all three of those instances (1-3) continue to exist in the "final" timeline, then there should be no problem accepting this theory. Still not convinced? Consider the 100-year gap near the end of BTTF III when Marty takes the DeLorean on its final journey. 70 years into it, for a few hours, there are 4 instances of the car.
In the scene where "Mad Dog" tries to lynch Marty, Michael J. Fox was accidentally hanged, rendering him unconscious for a short time. He records this in his autobiography "Lucky Man" (2002)
First movie to use Universal`s new 75th Anniversary opening studio logo. The logo ran until 1997.
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# The drive-in theater was constructed specifically for this film. It was built in Monument Valley, and demolished immediately after filming. No films were ever screened there.
The town was in Jamestown, California, and was ironically destroyed by lightning in 1996.
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# Clint Eastwood was asked for permission about his name being used for Marty in the film. He consented and was said to be tickled by the homage.
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# Each of Needle`s henchmen comes from one of the other gangs in the trilogy. J.J. Cohen played Skinhead in Biff`s gang in Back to the Future (1985) and Back to the Future Part II (1989). Ricky Dean Logan played Data in Griff`s gang in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Christopher Wynne played an unnamed member of Buford`s gang in the third film. Cohen appears in all three movies.
A bottle of Tabasco sauce is visible at the saloon during the "wake-up juice" scene. It has the design consistent with the time period.
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# Originally, Buford Tannen was supposed to shoot Marshall Strickland in the back, killing him. His son was present at the time. This was edited out of the final cut as it was deemed too depressing. This is why Strickland`s deputy arrests Buford at the end of the movie rather than Strickland himself. This scene can be seen on the DVD.
It was originally intended that Buford would be arrested for killing Sheriff Strickland, not for robbing the stage, and that`s how the scene was shot. The deputy`s words were re-looped when they decided to remove Strickland`s murder scene.
Actor and former President Ronald Reagan was originally approached to play the part of Mayor Hubert because of his fondness for the first film in the trilogy. He reluctantly turned down the role, and the part went to Hugh Gillin instead.
In Back to the Future (1985), Doc tells Marty that he was inspired to create the Flux Capacitor after hitting his head on the bathroom sink while trying to hang a clock over his toilet. In Part III, when Doc freaks out after seeing Marty in his house and runs into the bathroom, you can just see the clock hanging above the toilet he slipped on.
Marty uses a Frisbie pie plate to knock a gun out of Mad Dog`s hand. In 1871, the Frisbie Pie Company started in Connecticut. Their pie pans were thrown on the campus of Yale and these eventually lead to the invention of Frisbees (tm).
The second and third Back to the Future movies were shot consecutively over the course of 11 months (with a three week break between Parts II and III).
For approximately three weeks Robert Zemeckis would fly to L.A. after his day`s filming of the train climax of Back to the Future Part III (1990) to approve the sound dub that Bob Gale had been supervising of Back to the Future Part II (1989). He would then get up at 4:30am the next morning to fly back to the Northern California set to continue with his filming for that day.
In the course of the year that it took to film Back to the Future Part II (1989) & Back to the Future Part III (1990), Michael J. Fox lost his father but gained a son.
Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis figured that for Back to the Future Part III (1990) they had already done all that they could with Marty`s family, so the focus of the film was shifted to Doc Brown.
Mary Steenburgen`s children were the ones who persuaded her to be in the film.
To demonstrate Doc`s fondness for Jules Verne, his locomotive time machine was designed to resemble the Nautilus from the 1954 Disney film 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).
The death of Michael J. Fox`s father delayed filming for two weeks.
According to the book "Billy Gibbon: Rock & Roll Gearhead", ZZ Top was hanging around the set and was asked to be the town band. During one take, the camera broke. While waiting for the camera to be repaired, Micheal J. Fox asked if they would play "Hey Good Lookin`" which they did. Afterwards, more requests were played. Two hours later, someone inquired if the camera had been repaired. The director replied that it had been fixed for quite a while, he just didn`t want to stop the party that had evolved.
Doc Brown states his German ancestors` surname was "von Braun". This is a reference to Wernher von Braun, one of Germany`s leading rocket scientists, who fled to America following World War II and assisted greatly in the NASA program.
Mary Steenburgen in Time After Time (1979) also fell in love with a time traveling scientist and joined him on his journey through time.
The steam locomotive used in this movie is called Sierra No. 3, painted to look like an 1880`s steam locomotive. This type of locomotive was actually created in 1896.
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# In 1996, Lego released their line of time travel themed sets. As part of the promo for both the Time Cruisers and the Wild West sets being released, the comic section of the Lego magazine did a two part piece sending a character to the Wild West.
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# When ZZ Top recorded Doubleback for the movie, they did two versions. The rough cut is the version heard during the dance sequence, then the full version during the credits.
Burton Gilliam who played the Colt salesman also parodied the Western movie genre as Lyle in `Mel Brook``s Blazing Saddles (1974).
The three old timers in the saloon were played by Dub Taylor, Pat Buttram and Harry Carey Jr. who played sidekicks, town drunks, and colorful townsfolk in hundreds of westerns and television shows.
The character of Clara Clayton is in reference to Clara Clemens, Mark Twain`s daughter. Clara Clemens went on a sleigh ride with her future husband, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the horse took fright from a wind-swept newspaper and bolted while the Gabrilowitsch lost control. At the top of a hill, next to a 50 foot drop, the sleigh overturned, throwing Clemens out. Gabrilowitsch leaped to the ground and caught the horse by the head, stopping it as it was about to plunge over the bank, dragging Clemens with her dress caught in a runner.
Thomas F. Wilson who plays Buford Tannen, performed all his horse riding stunts himself. He also did the trick where he lasso`s Marty just before we meet the 1885 Doc.
The photographer at the festival is the film`s director of photography Dean Cundey.
The train that crashes into the bottom of the ravine was actually a model.
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