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BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II
   
  Trivia: Did you know that...?

Here is a list of curious facts about the movie and some interesting details to look for the next time you watch it!

  • Crispin Glover played George McFly in Back to the Future, but in Part II he was replaced by Jeffrey Weissman. Weissman was made up just to look like Glover so that the film could incorporate scenes from the previous one.
  • However, Glover had not granted permission for the reuse of his scenes, and decide to sue the executive producer, Steven Spielberg. The suit was settled, and since then the Screen Actors Guild introduced new rules about illicit use of actors.
  • In the film, a movie theatre advertises "Jaws 19", directed by Max Spielberg. Steven Spielberg, who directed Jaws, has a son called Max.
  • Elisabeth Shue was cast as Jennifer, and all the closing scenes of "Back to the Future" were reshot for the beginning of this film. There were some rumours that Claudia Wells (who played Jennifer in the previous movie) was in no condition to act any more.
  • When Marty arrives in 2015, he looks at the window of an antique store, where there can be seen the jacket that he wore in 1985, a Roger Rabbit doll and a "Jaws" Nintendo game. ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was also directed by Robert Zemeckis).
  • The two police officers in 2015 are named Reese and Foley. Zemeckis and screenwriter Bob Gale use these names for any police or government agents in the films they have written.
  • The double and triple exposures in the film were shot with the Vistaglide system, a computerized camera that allows actors to more easily interact with themselves while playing several roles in the same scene. The system was first used in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
  • In the alternate 1985, there is a sign (very difficult to read) in front
    of the Biff Tannen Museum that says "Smoking Required."
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      Deleted Scenes

    Here are some deleted scenes (which fans like me hope to see on a collector's edition DVD) which were cut out from the final film:

    • Biff finally disappears of 2015 when he stumbles out of the DeLorean, behind some trash cans, the same symptom that Marty had in Back to the Future when he was beginning to be "erased".
    • When Marty goes back to 1985, he discovers that Hill Valley High School is destroyed.
       
       
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