Back to the Future II by [exn]Bob Gale[/exn], directed by [exn]Robert Zemeckis[/exn]

Back to the Future II

by Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis

Release: 22 November 1989
Format: Feature Film
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Doc Brown takes Marty and Jennifer from 1985 to 2015 to save their children from a bad fate, but the consequences pile up when Biff also gets in on the time-travel action.

— Michael Main

The time-traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe—women!

DEBUT

Back to the Future II (at movie theaters, USA, 22 November 1989).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1950 to 1959: Marty takes a second trip to the 1950s..
Circa AD 1970 to 1999: Marty’s home time is 1985..
Circa AD 2000 to 2099: Doc takes Marty and Jennifer to 2015, where they children are teens..

Timeline Models

Fragile Timeline

Time Travel Methods

Themes

Anachronistic Music, Dance, and Other Creations: This film’s Marty hears earlier Marty playing at the 1955 Enchantment Under the Sea..
Fix History!
Self-Visitation: Marty sees his slightly younger self in 1955; Jennifer sees her older self in 2015..
Western Union from a Time Traveler in the Past

Fictional Tags

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

According to the <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0096874%2Freleaseinfo'>IMDb</a>, the film was part of the London Film Festival in November 1989, but since we don’t have the exact dates, we are sticking with the USA theater release date in the ITTDB.