He could have skiped it and win the bet by cheating, it may not be he is a total honest man...but it could be that he was curious to see if someone would actually be there...and something like this as wild as it may seem.....it would be too hard to not resist finding out and wondering what if
@@ClintonGalton wrong, people were even bigger a-holes their sense of community just limited back to anyone outside of the community. Basically they were happy to go on a witch Hunt and destroy lives if someone was different. Along with the racism and I'd say this was an amazing time to live much better than what we have now
As a 12yr old in the cinema, you were ready for that shadowy figure to be ANYONE! At that point your mind was completely gone! ...and then Marty runs to Doc ...and then the trailer for BTTF3 plays immediately after the final scene! I've never had such a great movie experience since!
I remember that! I'm about the same age as you. When the trailer showed Doc and Marty in the old west it was like, this is the best movie story ever and I couldn't wait for III to come out!!
Same as you all. As a kid, time moves slowly, so the span of part 1 and part 2 seemed forever. When it said "To be concluded..." and had the trailer for part 3 I was overloaded. I'm not much on western themed stuff but I had to see it because my mind was exploding on how he was going to get back to 1885.
I've always liked to imagine what that Western Union guy must have thought about all that. Delivering a 70 year old letter out to the middle of nowhere, to a mysterious kid who against all logic and reason fits the description in the delivery instructions to a T. And then when he opens and reads it, the contents of the letter make no sense to you, but the kid -- whoever he is -- seems to understand it perfectly. And then after that he runs off into the night, never to be seen again. Frankly I'm surprised the guy wasn't creeped the hell out. From his perspective it's almost like a ghost story.
Lol could any one else see this kind of event being talked about in the 80's/90's on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries? I can practically hear Robert Stacks opening narration now.. 'It was a cold,rainy night in 1955. One 70 yr old mysterious letter,one young unidentified man,One unknown persona referred to only as 'doc'.' And then there would be the final closer at the end. 'And so the young man ran off into the night,never to be seen or heard from again. Leaving so many unanswered questions to ponder. Who was 'the doc'? How did this persona from 70 yrs ago; know that a young man answering to the name Marty Mcfly; would be at that very location,at that specific time? Secret government experiments? Could it have something to do with advanced alien technology, or mind control? Perhaps even a brush with the supernatural? For now I suppose we will just have to think of it as one of our most puzzling..unsolved mysteries [Robert Stack fade out] [Cue creepy Unsolved mysteries outro music]
Sometimes I imagine what could happen during those 70 years. If a curious person in Western Union had opened and read the letter. He could have found the time machine... This is a good movie but the directors may have found a code or a specific language that only Doc and Marty use....
@@alexr1629 To some degree they kinda did, just from using terms that didn't exist yet. Nobody is going to have any idea what a DeLorean is, and circuitry is not something that a layman would have a concept of until at most the last couple decades of the letter's journey. Even then, only a scientist like Doc would be able to read and understand a circuit diagram in order to repair the time machine. And of course that's assuming anyone could even find the car to begin with, since even though the letter says it was buried in an old mine, the actual hiding spot _within_ the mine was indicated by a Jules Verne reference that only Doc would understand. Sure it's not exactly foolproof, but sending a letter and hoping the recipient got it 70 years later was already a gamble to begin with.
Two things that struck me as a kid about the letter part: First: Damn, those guys at Western Union REALLY take their job seriously... no matter how bat shit crazy it sounds. Second: What kind of paper an ink did Doc use?! Not only is the letter fine after 70 years, but then it can resist a heavy rain?!
+dmace81 It's a good thing the bad version of 1985 disappeared that if they traveled back to 1985 (instead of Doc getting transported back to 1885), it would have Biff back as the McFly's butler and that Biff Tannen casino turned back into some kind of car mechanic place.
+Movie Maniac I didn't know about that because on the matchbox it changed from "Biff's Pleasure Paradise" to "Auto Detailing" which must mean that it changed back into some car mechanic place and everything Biff Tannen related was gone. (That would have been the Marty McFly museum if Biff never got a hold of the Sports Almanac).
He has to drive back to the Western Union office to tell the guys he lost the bet but couldn't explain what just happened there except for a person totally losing it about someone writing him in 1885.
Except for all the paradoxes regarding time travel that you have to overlook. He wouldn't get that letter as it would be in a different timeline and loads more things.
When the car pulls up and the guy in the trench coat calls Marty’s name , the first time I saw this in the theatre over thirty years ago I thought ,” Oh no! Time Police ! “
I like how the floating Delorean is like a dragon in the sky and the hoverboard is some additional visitor from another time, both as a witness to what's about to occur.
When Marty ran off, he left the hoverboard behind with the Western Union guy. He's lucky that that guy didn't notice it or there would've been some new real trouble with the timeline. I'm assuming he drove back and got it after Doc fainted before arriving at the Brown estate.
I wonder if Bob Gale and Zemekis were inspired by Watchmen. That graphic novel is also set in an alternate 1985 and has an aging Richard Nixon as President
The thing that never made sense was if that Richard Nixon administration alternative timeline took place, by the time 1985 rolled around, he would have ALREADY have been in his 5th term since the election would have been in 1984...
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 The date on the paper is May 23, 1983. Just because they got a copy of it from 1985 doesn't mean that was when it was printed.
I always loved this ending. The Western Union guy driving up and revealing the Doc was time travelled back a century and then Marty remembering that he can meet with the Doc of the time he is currently in which scares the shit of him as he just sent his Marty back to the future. Such a good use of the last films setting.
This entire soundtrack was my favorite one of the series. Alan Silvestri is right up there with John WIlliams as one of the great ones, especially now that James Horner and Jerry Goldsmith are no longer with us...
It’s just straight recycle of the track from BTTF1 when Doc and Marty say goodbye (which actually is taking place at the same time as this scene, heh) and Doc tears up the letter. Good stuff.
“as soon as he dies” i can guarantee some big company will make a movie and will completely ruin it with bad actors, low budget and just be quick cash grab 😑
1:11 Meanwhile, Back at town square: "Don't worry! As long as you hit that wire, with the connecting hook at precisely 88 miles an hour, the instant the lightning strikes the tower. Everything will be fine."
I have a headcanon that the thunderstorm in 1985 is a time anomaly that is in a causal loop with the DeLorean time travelling to that time period in 1985. Like how in some versions of the Flash he became the lightning strike that stuck him and gave him his powers.
I wonder if anybody's edited the various 3 films together to show instances where different scenes are happening at the exact same point in time. Would be kind of trippy.
@Aramaru1837_ how the hell did old biff know how to work the time machine in part ii? why didn't marty hear him take the time machine when he was only a few feet away. why dont martys parents recognize him as that guy they met in the 50s? if George became a succesul author why are they still living in the same house and neighborhood as before? why dont 2015 marty and jennfier have memories of their time travel adventure? after old biff traveled to 1955 and changed the past why didn't the 2015 they were in instantly change? when they run out of gas in 1885 why not take gas from the deloreon doc already buried in the mine? i mean they end up towing it anyways after digging it out in1955. Doc and marty re route the lighting bolt that struck the clock tower into the flux capacitor so why is the clock tower still not working in 2015? marty basically changed the 1985 timeline in the first movie so why didn't his memories change? in 2015 why would a national paper like usa today put a story about some kid in hill valley California being arrested on its front page? when marty burns the almanac and the newspaper headlines change why wouldnt it show a different news story that occurred that same day?
@@octoman511 1. The time machine is quite easy to use, with the only thing you have to do being turn the time circuits on, select a date and travel 88mph. Even if it did take Biff some time to figure out the 88mph, it wouldn’t matter as he could return to the point right after he stole it. 2. Marty is focused on what Doc’s doing and wants to have a peek at his future house. He’s kinda just being a stupid kid in this moment. 3. Can you remember someone you knew from one week 30 years ago. It’s not possible to maintain that kind of memory even when the guy was very influential. Plus, they’d assume he was the same age as them, so the thought that he is their son would not cross their mind. 4. It’s not really a plot hole, they could have just moved there early on and not moved anywhere better, for example. Not everyone is obsessed with having a big house either. 5. At that point, the Marty and Jennifer from 1985 had not returned to their timeline. With the way back to the future’s time travel works, the time traveller’s memories are not affected. This is demonstrated by the Doc Brown who went to 1885 not remembering seeing his own grave, because he has time travelled and is in the past. It can be assumed, then, that the memories of their future selves would not change until the past versions returned to 1985. 6. Biff made a change to 1955. The way changes happen in BTTF time travel is a ripple effect. Remember, Marty and his siblings did not disappear instantly, it was a gradual change starting with the earliest born and ending with the youngest (Marty). Since Biff returned straight to 2015 after giving young Biff the almanac (no doubt desperate to get his riches) the ripple effect hadn’t taken place yet. Even if it had, Marty and Doc would be unaffected, as they are time travellers. After Old Biff returns, and leaves the time machine, you get to see (in a deleted scene) that he collapses onto the floor in pain and fades from existence. This is due to Biff having been shot and killed in the new timeline’s past (sometime after 1985 and before 2015), which is why that is the first change. Other changes to the general area may be not noticeable, due to the fact Biff had been dead for years and that it was a bad neighbourhood in the main timeline as well. 7. Interfering with that Delorean risks creating a time paradox. There is the potential for more serious damage in the process of excavating it. If 1955 Doc can’t fix it, it would create a paradox that could destroy the entire universe, as Doc described in 2015. 8. The bolt still hits the clock tower. 1.21 gigawatts are redirected to the Delorean, but the rest stops the clock (apparently bolts from vigorous storms can have up to 100 gigawatts).
In the original script, it happened differently. Biff is about to beat up Marty at the school but then '55 Marty bursts through the doors knocking Biff out, without seeing Marty. Marty takes the book. Doc is hovering over the football field and throws Marty a rope for him to climb as he says he can't land. Marty grabs the rope but just then the DeLoreon is struck by lightning and vanishes. Marty lands on the football field and so does the rope. Marty tries to contact Doc on the walkie talkie but there's no response. It starts to rain, Marty runs into a football stadium tunnel for cover. Marty is scared, confused and worried. He takes out the almanac, looks at it, sighs and says, "Me and my great ideas." He puts it on the ground and lights it on fire. It burns to ashes, Marty sees the matchbook change from Biff's Pleasure Paradise to Biff's Auto Detailing. He pulls out the newspaper and it changes from "George McFly Murdered" to "George McFly Honored." Marty sighs in relief and says, "That takes of that." Just then a shadowy figure approaches through the tunnel and it's the man with the letter. As Marty reads the letter, he sees the clock tower in the distance with a tiny figure on it and realizes who has to go see.
That's cool and all but I prefer how it is in the movie. Mainly because when Marty exclaims how happy he is that his father is alive to Doc over the walkie talkie after burning the Almanac wouldn't have happened in this version. And that's one of my favorite moments in the trilogy.
I love everything about the BttF series, but Silvestri's soundtrack needs special mention. The piece played as Marty burns the book is spine tingling. Just amazing 👍😊
Except that he forgot that his Pinhead band members existed since he never mentioned them again, and didn't care enough to make even one bet to make at least a little bit of money from the sports betting almanac to at least buy the 4 by 4 truck he wanted, so Marty was sort of an unrelatable character to us.
It also played in the first movie when Marty and Doc were discussing that letter. Amazing bow Silverstri knew how to put similar soundtracks to fit similar situations. Like the Tannen chases in both the first film and this one.
“Kid, need any help?” “There’s only one man who can help me” *Marty dramatically breaks away from the Western Union man, and runs a little* *turns around, walks back sheepeshly* “But first......could you give me a ride to downtown Hill Valley?”
Yeah, in the first movie wasn't there a sign that said that Hill Valley was a few miles away from that exact location? Marty must have been booking it because he got to Doc really fast lol.
I read about this part in a book written a little more in depth then the movie. The reason marty waited a few then started callin doc on the walkie talkie was cuz he figured doc got sent someplace by mistake all he had to do was rest time circuit's and Boom there he was but when he didn't show up he figured This is bad and got worried. Now what am I going to do. when the car showed up he got worried that it was Biff had somehow got out of the manure and was here to do harm or what ever but when the guy got out of the car and he seen that it wasn't biff then he eased up a lil bit.
Yeah, that was a good joke. That was used because Nixon was considered at the time one of our worst Presidents. We hadn't gotten George W. Bush and Donald Trump yet.
@@Rebel_Friend No, the crappy version had to do with Biff getting that almanac. Maybe Biff helped Nixon get reelected again and again. The whole thing about Nixon was you needed to have the worst president at the time in charge. Well, we didn't get Governor George W. Bush and our current President yet, otherwise they would be there.
@@theboundless05 I saw it a long time ago and thought they missed a great joke where Marty sees it when he holds the paper and says, "This is heavy to the nth degree."
One of my favorite scenes in movie history. It was so creative to have Doc send the letter from the past. Just goes to show the possibilities of imagination. Poor Western Union man haha. I would've asked the same question: "Kid, are you ok?"
I remember that I was 10 years old when there was a marathon of Back to the future on a local channel back in my country. I watched the first movie and was good, then after that the second movie and when I watched this part it was jaw-dropping and I said: "OHHH MY GOOOD". That was a significant part of my childhood that I will never forget. Best Trilogy ever.
fun fact: zoom in on the manure truck driver near the end of this film. he gets out of the vehicle a couple frames before it switches to the delorean. you can see the manure truck driver is actually the western union guy.
Fun fact: in 1989, they were holding water by a hose to create rain in the movie☔ 🤣It is not heavy rain, it is heavy water by a hose. Imagine what kind of ink which used there. 😄 😂
I really miss when films used to immerse me in the story like these did, no politics, just great story telling. I love anyone who loves these films as much as l do/did and yearns for a better tomorrow.
These movies and especialy this particular scene will be viewed for thousands of years by generations.....script, dialogue, characters, music, atmosphere, mizanscene, suspense, variety of emotional beats....in just six minutes...incredible filmmaking
I can answer this for you. It did not always exist. Doc was sent back to 1885 in this scene after the lightning bolt. It caused another ripple effect. While Doc was still alive in 1885 he wrote a letter and submitted it to Western Union with instructions to deliver it to Marty at this exact time... and this exact location.
Yes. A ripple effect took place. So the reality of 1955 altered around Marty to a new 1955 in which Doc had lived out his life in 1885. The same way the newspapers Doc and Marty had in this scene altered the moment Marty burned the almanac. 1:53 "It's the ripple effect, Marty!"
If I was Marty, I’d still be happy because I know the outcome of the 2015 World Series (BTTF’s 2015, not ours) and could place so much money on the Cubs when that time comes.
The thing about this part aft the time machine is struck by lighting it was stated in the book that came out about the movie it stated that marty thinking that all doc had to do was reset the time circuits and Boom there he is. that's why he called him several times over the walkie talkie but when he got no response he figured something Bad had happen to him and the time machine.
I was 5 when I first saw BTTF and had to wait several years for this sequel and it totally delivered. This part had me literally "in awe" as an 8 year old then, and a 40 year old now.
Because of how much transpires on November 12th 1955 in regards of time travel, I have a theory that the amount of disruptions to that exact moment in time causes the storm to be more powerful and dangerous as if nature itself is fighting with the space time continuum and trying to correct itself even if it means sending Doc back to 1885 as worth it. Notice how when Doc is sent back by the force of lightning that the worst of the storm immediately stops and switches to a heavy but calm rain. Interesting concept when you think about it.
There's a tiny part of me that every time I see the DeLorean get zapped away, that a few seconds later Doc will re-appear in midair and pickup Marty, lol.
2:15-2:25 Figures! Right when McFly said “Now be Careful, you don’t wanna get struck my lightning” to Doc, he gets struck by lightning, and ends up in the Old West. Which means one thing, “Back To The Future Part III”.
Hat's off to comic actor Joe Flaherty (Western Union Man) for his spot on performance... another casting & acting 💎 captured on 🎥 for all BTTF fans to relish and applaud...!!!
Why did doc think it was a good idea to stay in the air after dropping off Marty? Surely a scientist as smart as himself knows that lightning will always take the quickest route down
afriendofbean ok. But what reason did he say he couldn’t just land next to Marty. I heard him say this isn’t flying weather and he would have to approach from the south. What was wrong with going straight down next to marty
+Camaroni1000 I thought the same thing as to why Doc didn't just land close by where Marty was standing. Maybe it got very windy where Marty was standing and the wind was holding him up in the air so Doc had to fly in another spot where the wind would help bring him down instead of holding him up.
afriendofbean a car that can grave through time and fly, thanks to the advancements of future cars that fly around everywhere they go and often land straight down, can’t go straight down because of a powerful wind that is somehow pushing the car up? That’s some pretty damn strong wind
+Camaroni1000 Perhaps maybe it was a hurricane storm coming that day which was November 12, 1955. I remember from the first film which also took place on November 12, 1955, a very powerful wind knocked down and disconnected two of the wires that was at the clock tower where Doc had to climb to the top of the building at the clock just to reconnect the wires, as seen at 5:54.
One thing that get's me every time Doc is aware of the bad thunderstorm that's coming in that night because he told his other self about it . After he picked up marty after biff crashed into the manure truck again he should have landed the car told marty to burn the book both got back in the car and went back to 1985
"There's only one man who can help me" - - cut to Doc with the music. Chills every single time and I've only seen it 100s of times since it came out....
I know they need the plot to happen, but Doc could’ve easily landed on the road at any time. The DeLorean isn’t aerodynamic, it’s not a plane or helicopter that can’t land in bad winds. It’s a futuristic hovercraft and should’ve been able to hover straight down to the ground.
Imagine an alternate ending to BTTF3 where instead of Doc creating a time machine from a train and visiting Marty one last time, he instead calculates EXACTLY where the DeLorean will stop and tell the same Western Union guy to send another letter along with their photo from the clock tower festival to Marty in 1985. It won't be as epic as the original ending, but it would be more realistic and a bittersweet ending.
No entiendo nada de inglés pero las vi tantas veces y sigo haciendolo que creo ya mi cerebro hace la traducción al español neutro solito!!!!! Viva volver al futuro!
Let’s be honest. Why were we all scared that doc died on the first viewing? I was too but it just occurred to me right now that it was obvious he would have been sent to some event in time based on the first movie and this movie with the initial lightning strike.
The dude bet AGAINST it, he could've just skip the delivery altogether, but he arrived on the spot. That's some quality service.
No he couldn’t skip the delivery, that’s a national crime to do so.
Things were different back then... People were honest people and weren't a-holes... Hahaha
He could have skiped it and win the bet by cheating, it may not be he is a total honest man...but it could be that he was curious to see if someone would actually be there...and something like this as wild as it may seem.....it would be too hard to not resist finding out and wondering what if
He was probably incredibly intrigued lol
@@ClintonGalton wrong, people were even bigger a-holes their sense of community just limited back to anyone outside of the community. Basically they were happy to go on a witch Hunt and destroy lives if someone was different. Along with the racism and I'd say this was an amazing time to live much better than what we have now
As a 12yr old in the cinema, you were ready for that shadowy figure to be ANYONE! At that point your mind was completely gone! ...and then Marty runs to Doc ...and then the trailer for BTTF3 plays immediately after the final scene! I've never had such a great movie experience since!
I remember that! I'm about the same age as you. When the trailer showed Doc and Marty in the old west it was like, this is the best movie story ever and I couldn't wait for III to come out!!
You are god damn right!
Me too. I was about the same age too. I remember when the “To be concluded” came up on the screen, the whole audience erupted in unison.
Contact info conjuring cast see me feel it take me in movie part in Joey King she was still in see me now and make sure most amazing thing happened
Same as you all. As a kid, time moves slowly, so the span of part 1 and part 2 seemed forever. When it said "To be concluded..." and had the trailer for part 3 I was overloaded. I'm not much on western themed stuff but I had to see it because my mind was exploding on how he was going to get back to 1885.
I've always liked to imagine what that Western Union guy must have thought about all that. Delivering a 70 year old letter out to the middle of nowhere, to a mysterious kid who against all logic and reason fits the description in the delivery instructions to a T. And then when he opens and reads it, the contents of the letter make no sense to you, but the kid -- whoever he is -- seems to understand it perfectly. And then after that he runs off into the night, never to be seen again.
Frankly I'm surprised the guy wasn't creeped the hell out. From his perspective it's almost like a ghost story.
I before A except after K +++
UPD 5 years later: THE FCK WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?! WHAT DID I EVEN SAY?!
I guess he just shrugged it off.
Lol could any one else see this kind of event being talked about in the 80's/90's on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries?
I can practically hear Robert Stacks opening narration now..
'It was a cold,rainy night in 1955.
One 70 yr old mysterious letter,one young unidentified man,One unknown persona referred to only as 'doc'.'
And then there would be the final closer at the end.
'And so the young man ran off into the night,never to be seen or heard from again.
Leaving so many unanswered questions to ponder.
Who was 'the doc'?
How did this persona from 70 yrs ago; know that a young man answering to the name Marty Mcfly; would be at that very location,at that specific time?
Secret government experiments?
Could it have something to do with advanced alien technology, or mind control?
Perhaps even a brush with the supernatural?
For now I suppose we will just have to think of it as one of our most puzzling..unsolved mysteries
[Robert Stack fade out]
[Cue creepy Unsolved mysteries outro music]
Sometimes I imagine what could happen during those 70 years. If a curious person in Western Union had opened and read the letter. He could have found the time machine... This is a good movie but the directors may have found a code or a specific language that only Doc and Marty use....
@@alexr1629 To some degree they kinda did, just from using terms that didn't exist yet. Nobody is going to have any idea what a DeLorean is, and circuitry is not something that a layman would have a concept of until at most the last couple decades of the letter's journey. Even then, only a scientist like Doc would be able to read and understand a circuit diagram in order to repair the time machine. And of course that's assuming anyone could even find the car to begin with, since even though the letter says it was buried in an old mine, the actual hiding spot _within_ the mine was indicated by a Jules Verne reference that only Doc would understand.
Sure it's not exactly foolproof, but sending a letter and hoping the recipient got it 70 years later was already a gamble to begin with.
Two things that struck me as a kid about the letter part:
First: Damn, those guys at Western Union REALLY take their job seriously... no matter how bat shit crazy it sounds.
Second: What kind of paper an ink did Doc use?! Not only is the letter fine after 70 years, but then it can resist a heavy rain?!
Doc brown made a time machine. Probably made a super pen as well.
The paper probably was white when Doc wrote the letter, but as time went on, it turned yellow.
@@samsticka agreed. Look at the original Declaration of independence
Western Union... saving time travellers since 1885!
Interesting
Would have been funny if the newspaper said "George McFly Not Murdered." xD
😂😂 That's hilarious
“Local science fiction author George Mcfly wasn’t murdered today.”
Lmao slow news day
@@fazbearmaniac166 we will try tommrow again
@@manishsharma-gf9vj yo wtf 😂😂😂
Hands down my favorite quote from this trilogy
"There's only one man who can help me!"
And that's Doc Emmet L Brown
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The 2nd film definitely had the most creative ending.
I feel it was the only one able to with how BTTF was produced
and was, by far, the best thing it had.
It’s the best one
Gives me chills everytime when the book burns and the newspaper changes to have his dad alive again.
+dmace81 It's a good thing the bad version of 1985 disappeared that if they traveled back to 1985 (instead of Doc getting transported back to 1885), it would have Biff back as the McFly's butler and that Biff Tannen casino turned back into some kind of car mechanic place.
dmace81 yeah me too
@@afriendofbean Biff's casino, Biff's Pleasure Paradise, used to be the City Hall, so it would change back into that.
+Movie Maniac I didn't know about that because on the matchbox it changed from "Biff's Pleasure Paradise" to "Auto Detailing" which must mean that it changed back into some car mechanic place and everything Biff Tannen related was gone. (That would have been the Marty McFly museum if Biff never got a hold of the Sports Almanac).
@@afriendofbean LOL Imagine, The Marty McFly Museum.
Can you imagine the mail carrier being creeped out by this and confused for the rest of his life?
He has to drive back to the Western Union office to tell the guys he lost the bet but couldn't explain what just happened there except for a person totally losing it about someone writing him in 1885.
he sat in the corner saying "this is heavy" for years.
I don't think I'd be creeped out by it, just curious and maybe have a fun anecdote to share in the future.
It was pretty obvious for him imho that the letter was going between time travelers.
@@xTrinitrotoluen I agree on that. But even if he and his colleagues believe that no one else would.
"There's only one man that could help me" chills down my spine man this trilogy is perfect
Except for all the paradoxes regarding time travel that you have to overlook.
He wouldn't get that letter as it would be in a different timeline and loads more things.
No part two is garbage especially last part same film from part one at a different angle what shit no shame part 3 had a soul
@@gkroll8467 but when
And so then Marty decides to run the two miles back to town, rather than asking for a ride from the W.U. Man.
@@colinjava8447 no time travel movie is perfect!
The way they tied up this second movie with the first one is brilliant.
It just fits perfectly.
Actually this scene ties all 3 movies!
"There's only one man who can help me!"
*proceeds to run 10 miles back to town, alone, in the night, while it's pouring down raining*
and then it stops raining when he arrives.
Yeah, when the Western Union guy asked if he needed help, he should've at least asked for a ride back to town.
It was only two miles... 🤣
It was 2 miles, not 10.
Marty was overexcited and on full adrenaline at that point.
I would've run those 2 miles back myself in that situation.
that company can maintain service for over 70 years, yet our postal service cant deliver something in 7 days or at all...
It's a movie, dude. Im sure Western Union has ducked things up many times in its history.
Funny Stuff!
quality of service has changed over the decades
@@kadejito1 quack quack
When the car pulls up and the guy in the trench coat calls Marty’s name , the first time I saw this in the theatre over thirty years ago I thought ,” Oh no! Time Police ! “
That's more or less what I thought when I first watched the Second Movie.
The Time Agency, came to Recruit Marty.
I'm pretty sure that was the impression they were trying to give
@@NativS2002 Recruit? I thought they were there to arrest him for all the damage he did to the timeline. Or worse.
@@Mark73
I thought Marty was the First Time Traveler, and the Time Agency wanted him, so they came to take him as soon as possible.
@@NativS2002 When time travel is involved, it doesn't matter who is first. Besides, if they were going to recruit anyone it would be Doc.
"There's only one man who can help me"... And you see the well beloved Doc
VochoTalacha before he got turned into Rick and Marty became Morty.
They both are. Or one is soul and the other is heart
@Jaegar Ultima me and my brother love how doc reacts to everything, he is such a amazing actor in this. Fox was great too really fits into everything
@@lisettegarcia7013 Yeah I don't watch that garbage. lol
@@atranfanatic it's a reference to people who do watch it. But I like this movie series for it helps me understand time travel than Doctor Who.
I like how the floating Delorean is like a dragon in the sky and the hoverboard is some additional visitor from another time, both as a witness to what's about to occur.
Oooh yes, good observation!
When Marty ran off, he left the hoverboard behind with the Western Union guy. He's lucky that that guy didn't notice it or there would've been some new real trouble with the timeline.
I'm assuming he drove back and got it after Doc fainted before arriving at the Brown estate.
@@plateshutoverlock I never noticed that... and the burned book witnessed it all haha
"Nixon to seek 5th term" changes to: "reagan to seek 2nd term". Little details anybody could see in the movies.
I wonder if Bob Gale and Zemekis were inspired by Watchmen.
That graphic novel is also set in an alternate 1985 and has an aging Richard Nixon as President
The thing that never made sense was if that Richard Nixon administration alternative timeline took place, by the time 1985 rolled around, he would have ALREADY have been in his 5th term since the election would have been in 1984...
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Or Nixon took a term off.
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 The date on the paper is May 23, 1983. Just because they got a copy of it from 1985 doesn't mean that was when it was printed.
Also apparently the Vietnam War was still going in 1985, a whole decade after it ended.
I always loved this ending. The Western Union guy driving up and revealing the Doc was time travelled back a century and then Marty remembering that he can meet with the Doc of the time he is currently in which scares the shit of him as he just sent his Marty back to the future. Such a good use of the last films setting.
The score here is amazing.
It's one of my favorite pieces from the Soundtrack
Yup!!
This entire soundtrack was my favorite one of the series. Alan Silvestri is right up there with John WIlliams as one of the great ones, especially now that James Horner and Jerry Goldsmith are no longer with us...
In the whole movie you mean
It’s just straight recycle of the track from BTTF1 when Doc and Marty say goodbye (which actually is taking place at the same time as this scene, heh) and Doc tears up the letter. Good stuff.
I loved how the dude delivering the letter, was pulling it out of his trench coat like he's hiding a gun. lol
Joe Flaherty from sctv
in a alternate timeline he had
As Janet Weiss pointed out, ".......it"s raining ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
There will never be another trilogy as good as these 3 movies.
Fortunately for us, Robert Zimeckis has protected the trilogy by banning any woke remakes as long as he is alive.
@@bigmaxy07 “woke remakes” 😭
I wish George Lucas had the same epiphany.
“as soon as he dies”
i can guarantee some big company will make a movie and will completely ruin it with bad actors, low budget and just be quick cash grab 😑
Lord of the Rings? To me, the best 2 trilogies ever created are BTTF and LOTR. And the Cornetto Trilogy, if that can count.
1:11 Meanwhile, Back at town square:
"Don't worry! As long as you hit that wire, with the connecting hook at precisely 88 miles an hour, the instant the lightning strikes the tower. Everything will be fine."
So that would mean the tree branch that gets hit by lightning falls the same exact time the wire does in the town square
I have a headcanon that the thunderstorm in 1985 is a time anomaly that is in a causal loop with the DeLorean time travelling to that time period in 1985.
Like how in some versions of the Flash he became the lightning strike that stuck him and gave him his powers.
I wonder if anybody's edited the various 3 films together to show instances where different scenes are happening at the exact same point in time. Would be kind of trippy.
@@gundammon People did. It's on RUclips.
@@ZNotFound link to video, please?
A movie trilogy, filled with plot-holes and inconsistencies BUT still one of the funniest and most entertaining in movie history. Pure gold!
Yes, indeed!
I wouldn't say filled. Compared to a lot of other stuff out there, they're pretty damn solid.
@@IBeforeAExceptAfterK NOPE THEY ARE WAY TOO MANY! still entertaining nonetheless.
@Aramaru1837_ how the hell did old biff know how to work the time machine in part ii? why didn't marty hear him take the time machine when he was only a few feet away. why dont martys parents recognize him as that guy they met in the 50s? if George became a succesul author why are they still living in the same house and neighborhood as before? why dont 2015 marty and jennfier have memories of their time travel adventure? after old biff traveled to 1955 and changed the past why didn't the 2015 they were in instantly change? when they run out of gas in 1885 why not take gas from the deloreon doc already buried in the mine? i mean they end up towing it anyways after digging it out in1955. Doc and marty re route the lighting bolt that struck the clock tower into the flux capacitor so why is the clock tower still not working in 2015? marty basically changed the 1985 timeline in the first movie so why didn't his memories change? in 2015 why would a national paper like usa today put a story about some kid in hill valley California being arrested on its front page? when marty burns the almanac and the newspaper headlines change why wouldnt it show a different news story that occurred that same day?
@@octoman511 1. The time machine is quite easy to use, with the only thing you have to do being turn the time circuits on, select a date and travel 88mph. Even if it did take Biff some time to figure out the 88mph, it wouldn’t matter as he could return to the point right after he stole it.
2. Marty is focused on what Doc’s doing and wants to have a peek at his future house. He’s kinda just being a stupid kid in this moment.
3. Can you remember someone you knew from one week 30 years ago. It’s not possible to maintain that kind of memory even when the guy was very influential. Plus, they’d assume he was the same age as them, so the thought that he is their son would not cross their mind.
4. It’s not really a plot hole, they could have just moved there early on and not moved anywhere better, for example. Not everyone is obsessed with having a big house either.
5. At that point, the Marty and Jennifer from 1985 had not returned to their timeline. With the way back to the future’s time travel works, the time traveller’s memories are not affected. This is demonstrated by the Doc Brown who went to 1885 not remembering seeing his own grave, because he has time travelled and is in the past. It can be assumed, then, that the memories of their future selves would not change until the past versions returned to 1985.
6. Biff made a change to 1955. The way changes happen in BTTF time travel is a ripple effect. Remember, Marty and his siblings did not disappear instantly, it was a gradual change starting with the earliest born and ending with the youngest (Marty). Since Biff returned straight to 2015 after giving young Biff the almanac (no doubt desperate to get his riches) the ripple effect hadn’t taken place yet. Even if it had, Marty and Doc would be unaffected, as they are time travellers. After Old Biff returns, and leaves the time machine, you get to see (in a deleted scene) that he collapses onto the floor in pain and fades from existence. This is due to Biff having been shot and killed in the new timeline’s past (sometime after 1985 and before 2015), which is why that is the first change. Other changes to the general area may be not noticeable, due to the fact Biff had been dead for years and that it was a bad neighbourhood in the main timeline as well.
7. Interfering with that Delorean risks creating a time paradox. There is the potential for more serious damage in the process of excavating it. If 1955 Doc can’t fix it, it would create a paradox that could destroy the entire universe, as Doc described in 2015.
8. The bolt still hits the clock tower. 1.21 gigawatts are redirected to the Delorean, but the rest stops the clock (apparently bolts from vigorous storms can have up to 100 gigawatts).
In the original script, it happened differently. Biff is about to beat up Marty at the school but then '55 Marty bursts through the doors knocking Biff out, without seeing Marty. Marty takes the book. Doc is hovering over the football field and throws Marty a rope for him to climb as he says he can't land. Marty grabs the rope but just then the DeLoreon is struck by lightning and vanishes. Marty lands on the football field and so does the rope. Marty tries to contact Doc on the walkie talkie but there's no response. It starts to rain, Marty runs into a football stadium tunnel for cover. Marty is scared, confused and worried. He takes out the almanac, looks at it, sighs and says, "Me and my great ideas." He puts it on the ground and lights it on fire. It burns to ashes, Marty sees the matchbook change from Biff's Pleasure Paradise to Biff's Auto Detailing. He pulls out the newspaper and it changes from "George McFly Murdered" to "George McFly Honored." Marty sighs in relief and says, "That takes of that." Just then a shadowy figure approaches through the tunnel and it's the man with the letter. As Marty reads the letter, he sees the clock tower in the distance with a tiny figure on it and realizes who has to go see.
where did you get this? thanks
Go to imsdb.com. They have scripts for many movies.
It sounds moore epic and dramatic
I prefer that ending imo.
That's cool and all but I prefer how it is in the movie. Mainly because when Marty exclaims how happy he is that his father is alive to Doc over the walkie talkie after burning the Almanac wouldn't have happened in this version. And that's one of my favorite moments in the trilogy.
I love everything about the BttF series, but Silvestri's soundtrack needs special mention. The piece played as Marty burns the book is spine tingling. Just amazing 👍😊
That part and when Marty says 1885! September 1 1885.
Except that he forgot that his Pinhead band members existed since he never mentioned them again, and didn't care enough to make even one bet to make at least a little bit of money from the sports betting almanac to at least buy the 4 by 4 truck he wanted, so Marty was sort of an unrelatable character to us.
It also played in the first movie when Marty and Doc were discussing that letter. Amazing bow Silverstri knew how to put similar soundtracks to fit similar situations. Like the Tannen chases in both the first film and this one.
Kept a letter for 70 years, and the answer they got was even more confusing than the letter itself, what a kick in the balls for the union.
Back then things were much more simpler and slower paced than they are today.
No way would someone be able to get a 70 year old WU letter in 2022.
I like having my balls kicked. Did you see my message?
I know it doesn't make sense at Points but this is one of my Favorite Scenes from the Trilogy
What don't make sense?
once he got struck he the letter to explain to marty exactly after he got struck, so he wrote it in advance
@@Yashirmare because it’s metal
@@LRE2457 he wrote it once he was sent back in time, possible a couple days after he was sent back. He didn’t send it immediately
@@netorodrigues4829 No post service would wait 70 years and Delorian wasn't moving at 88 to travel.
“Kid, need any help?”
“There’s only one man who can help me”
*Marty dramatically breaks away from the Western Union man, and runs a little*
*turns around, walks back sheepeshly*
“But first......could you give me a ride to downtown Hill Valley?”
Yeah, in the first movie wasn't there a sign that said that Hill Valley was a few miles away from that exact location? Marty must have been booking it because he got to Doc really fast lol.
@@davisbowe8668 2 miles to be precise. Marty is a pretty fast runner I guess.
he had the hoverboard but does it work in the rain?
@@markmac2206 I'd say so, it only doesn't work riding over water like on a lake.
I read about this part in a book written a little more in depth then the movie. The reason marty waited a few then started callin doc on the walkie talkie was cuz he figured doc got sent someplace by mistake all he had to do was rest time circuit's and Boom there he was but when he didn't show up he figured This is bad and got worried. Now what am I going to do. when the car showed up he got worried that it was Biff had somehow got out of the manure and was here to do harm or what ever but when the guy got out of the car and he seen that it wasn't biff then he eased up a lil bit.
Did you notice how thanks to Biff in the alternate 1985 Richard Nixon could be elected 5 times in a row?
Yeah, that was a good joke. That was used because Nixon was considered at the time one of our worst Presidents. We hadn't gotten George W. Bush and Donald Trump yet.
sha11235
So that explains the crappy version of the 1985.
I just noticed that!
@@Rebel_Friend No, the crappy version had to do with Biff getting that almanac. Maybe Biff helped Nixon get reelected again and again. The whole thing about Nixon was you needed to have the worst president at the time in charge. Well, we didn't get Governor George W. Bush and our current President yet, otherwise they would be there.
@@theboundless05 I saw it a long time ago and thought they missed a great joke where Marty sees it when he holds the paper and says, "This is heavy to the nth degree."
One of my favorite scenes in movie history. It was so creative to have Doc send the letter from the past. Just goes to show the possibilities of imagination. Poor Western Union man haha. I would've asked the same question: "Kid, are you ok?"
Interesting that a bolt of lightning is the climax of both Part I and Part II, and the trigger for Part 3! ⚡⚡⚡
this is my favourite scene in the whole series, the music, the scene, the rain. its so amazing
the rain was the BEST, it was so wet, and made your clothes damp
I remember that I was 10 years old when there was a marathon of Back to the future on a local channel back in my country. I watched the first movie and was good, then after that the second movie and when I watched this part it was jaw-dropping and I said: "OHHH MY GOOOD". That was a significant part of my childhood that I will never forget. Best Trilogy ever.
idk why but the newspaper changing while the music in the background is playing is one of the coolest scenes in the movie in my opinion
Wouldn't opening a paper letter in the rain ruin it? Especially if it's 70 years old?
Special scientist paper, wont tear
fun fact: zoom in on the manure truck driver near the end of this film. he gets out of the vehicle a couple frames before it switches to the delorean. you can see the manure truck driver is actually the western union guy.
Fun fact: in 1989, they were holding water by a hose to create rain in the movie☔ 🤣It is not heavy rain, it is heavy water by a hose. Imagine what kind of ink which used there. 😄 😂
No.
Covered it in plot armor.
We all had a bet going at the office to see if you would actually be here.- Western Union
Looks like I lost he he!
I really miss when films used to immerse me in the story like these did, no politics, just great story telling. I love anyone who loves these films as much as l do/did and yearns for a better tomorrow.
Of course, Marty is getting a torrential rainstorm hitting him but when he gets to Doc he is completely dry.
The question ya have to ask is how far the location would be.
His jacket is now dry.
@@88mphsss No, you can see it is still wet. The thing is is that it is not raining in that part of town?
@@sha11235 I was just blending the quote from the 2015 jacket into the OP's observation.
@@gumgumdookuin7963 2 miles.
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Ok
The first one is the best out of all of them.
The best scene in cinema history.
Actually getting a match to strike in that storm? Impressive.
Do you like wwe
It wasn't raining yet, just windy. He was able to block the wind by cupping his hand.
I always thought there was a hidden propane burner underneath the magazine.
The bucket protected flame from wind.
@@user-xx6vy9ri8p Then it must've just barely did it since it was very windy.
These movies and especialy this particular scene will be viewed for thousands of years by generations.....script, dialogue, characters, music, atmosphere, mizanscene, suspense, variety of emotional beats....in just six minutes...incredible filmmaking
I love Back to the Future
All 3 of them are on 4kuhd on amazon prime right now if you have it. Never looked better!
Now that future is 6 years in the past.
“Nixon to seek fifth term”
“Vows to end Vietnam War by 1985”
Didnt know Back to the Future was a comedy
It's both sci fi and a comedy
Doc: Got the book?
Marty: In my hands, I got it in my hands!
Doc: Burn It!!
Marty: Check!
Did the letter exist as soon as Doc was sent back to 1885 or had it always been there in history?
I can answer this for you. It did not always exist. Doc was sent back to 1885 in this scene after the lightning bolt. It caused another ripple effect. While Doc was still alive in 1885 he wrote a letter and submitted it to Western Union with instructions to deliver it to Marty at this exact time... and this exact location.
TheSWFuniverse so u mean the delivery man doesn’t have the letter until Doc is sent to 1885? And he just existed right in the middle of road?
Yes. A ripple effect took place. So the reality of 1955 altered around Marty to a new 1955 in which Doc had lived out his life in 1885. The same way the newspapers Doc and Marty had in this scene altered the moment Marty burned the almanac. 1:53 "It's the ripple effect, Marty!"
@@TheSWFuniverse as well as the burried DeLorean would have appeared in the mine shaft at that moment as well !
Time travel logic. It did and didn’t at the same time.
How do you stop the paradox? Stop the Crocks at the Docks, and unleash the Fox.
If I was Marty, I’d still be happy because I know the outcome of the 2015 World Series (BTTF’s 2015, not ours) and could place so much money on the Cubs when that time comes.
Except in the end, the 30th world series since 1985 ended up happenning in 2016, due to a strike in the 90s.
The thing about this part aft the time machine is struck by lighting it was stated in the book that came out about the movie it stated that marty thinking that all doc had to do was reset the time circuits and Boom there he is. that's why he called him several times over the walkie talkie but when he got no response he figured something Bad had happen to him and the time machine.
I was 5 when I first saw BTTF and had to wait several years for this sequel and it totally delivered. This part had me literally "in awe" as an 8 year old then, and a 40 year old now.
Best movies ever. Every couple of years I see a clip or a re-run and it takes me right BACK
Because of how much transpires on November 12th 1955 in regards of time travel, I have a theory that the amount of disruptions to that exact moment in time causes the storm to be more powerful and dangerous as if nature itself is fighting with the space time continuum and trying to correct itself even if it means sending Doc back to 1885 as worth it. Notice how when Doc is sent back by the force of lightning that the worst of the storm immediately stops and switches to a heavy but calm rain. Interesting concept when you think about it.
The guy that delivered the letter is the "YA JACKASS!!" guy from the golfing film Happy Gilmore.
Greatest.
Movie.
Ever.
There's a tiny part of me that every time I see the DeLorean get zapped away, that a few seconds later Doc will re-appear in midair and pickup Marty, lol.
But imagine, since the Delorean can't fly afterwards, that means he appeared mid air in 1885 and fell to the ground???
@@eliaspeter7689 probably 2015A vehicles had some sort of security system that would assure a "safe landing" if the flying system failed mid air.
2:15-2:25 Figures! Right when McFly said “Now be Careful, you don’t wanna get struck my lightning” to Doc, he gets struck by lightning, and ends up in the Old West. Which means one thing, “Back To The Future Part III”.
Damn yo, that Western Union mail is top notch.
One of the best moments in movies history
Marty's living room rug burning experience comes in handy for the ability of burning the almanac... 🔥
Hat's off to comic actor Joe Flaherty (Western Union Man) for his spot on performance... another casting & acting 💎 captured on 🎥 for all BTTF fans to relish and applaud...!!!
It tripped me out when first saw it.... was like who the fk is this?
Why did doc think it was a good idea to stay in the air after dropping off Marty? Surely a scientist as smart as himself knows that lightning will always take the quickest route down
+Camaroni1000 Actually, Doc wasn't planning on staying in the air, he did mention that he had to try to find a safe spot to land from 0:26-0:31.
afriendofbean ok. But what reason did he say he couldn’t just land next to Marty. I heard him say this isn’t flying weather and he would have to approach from the south. What was wrong with going straight down next to marty
+Camaroni1000 I thought the same thing as to why Doc didn't just land close by where Marty was standing. Maybe it got very windy where Marty was standing and the wind was holding him up in the air so Doc had to fly in another spot where the wind would help bring him down instead of holding him up.
afriendofbean a car that can grave through time and fly, thanks to the advancements of future cars that fly around everywhere they go and often land straight down, can’t go straight down because of a powerful wind that is somehow pushing the car up? That’s some pretty damn strong wind
+Camaroni1000 Perhaps maybe it was a hurricane storm coming that day which was November 12, 1955. I remember from the first film which also took place on November 12, 1955, a very powerful wind knocked down and disconnected two of the wires that was at the clock tower where Doc had to climb to the top of the building at the clock just to reconnect the wires, as seen at 5:54.
I always got a struck by goosebumps whenever i watch this entire series... Such a masterpiece never worn out @evergreen.... Speechless 😱🤩🥳🤯🤠😎
one of my most favorite moments in the history of movies :)
Doc getting struck by lightning and being sent to 1885, Marty receives his letter.
2:15 Marty with the biggest jinx in the history of time travel
😂lol
This trilogy is gold.
I enjoyed all 10 frames per second of this
One of my favourite endings out there
****3:30** OH SHIT, IS BIFF ATER ME AGAIN????**
That moment when you're trying to get through traffic in the thunder and lightning...>:( 2:11
No I think about we don’t need flying cars
Best time travel movie ever !!!
I always laugh when the scene plays out...
Marty: Who are you?
Man: Western Union.
Man:I know it's weird but that's the name my parents gave me.
@@parisan9985 your name is western union?!!! LOOOOOOOL
they really cant make movies like these!
Nothing like ending a movie, with a cliff hanger. You need to see the other chapter to see how it turns out
2:14
Hang on, Doc Brown isn’t travelling at 88 miles per hour!!!
I think the lightning made him do that
"Burn the book Marty. Cast it to the fire. What are you waiting for? Just let it go."
"The book is mine"
"No. NOOOO"
0:48 I don't know why, but the way he looks at it and sets it down, it almost looks like he didn't want to burn it and considered keeping it.
He looks a bit hesitant as if he still want to benefit from knowing the results, or he's just processing all that has happened just cause of that book
Rest in peace, Joe Flaherty (Western Union deliveryman) 1941-2024.
Great great ending & transition. Fantastic writing.
The score in this series is amazing.
One thing that get's me every time Doc is aware of the bad thunderstorm that's coming in that night because he told his other self about it . After he picked up marty after biff crashed into the manure truck again he should have landed the car told marty to burn the book both got back in the car and went back to 1985
Most satisfying scene in movie history
Damn, this shit is heavy. I will never get tired of this trilogy.
"There's only one man who can help me" - - cut to Doc with the music. Chills every single time and I've only seen it 100s of times since it came out....
I know they need the plot to happen, but Doc could’ve easily landed on the road at any time. The DeLorean isn’t aerodynamic, it’s not a plane or helicopter that can’t land in bad winds. It’s a futuristic hovercraft and should’ve been able to hover straight down to the ground.
Imagine an alternate ending to BTTF3 where instead of Doc creating a time machine from a train and visiting Marty one last time, he instead calculates EXACTLY where the DeLorean will stop and tell the same Western Union guy to send another letter along with their photo from the clock tower festival to Marty in 1985. It won't be as epic as the original ending, but it would be more realistic and a bittersweet ending.
Excellent beautiful amazing sublime inmortal the 80 amazing rules.. BACK TO THE FUTURE, THE BEST MOVIE FOREVER.
The score building up to, and as Marty burns the book, is just, gah, utterly perfect... and then.... Alan Silvestri for the win
Marty burnt the book but he still knows the cubs beat Miami in 2015 so he could have put his life savings on them then
Great line "There's only one Man who can help me :)
The best moment of the saga !
this is one of the best endings to a movie
To this day I could never understand why doc couldn't just land the stupid thing.
He was enjoying the storm in the air. He liked risking. He couldn't often find the compromise between common sense and impulses.
@@user-ot4ut3mg2k Indeed.
No entiendo nada de inglés pero las vi tantas veces y sigo haciendolo que creo ya mi cerebro hace la traducción al español neutro solito!!!!! Viva volver al futuro!
Hahaha. Saludos desde los angeles ca
This scene totally blew my mind!!!!!!!
70? Sounds prophetic to me! 😊 so glad to see that the doc is alive in this and and after he burned the book. So glad it was just an almanac in this
Let’s be honest. Why were we all scared that doc died on the first viewing? I was too but it just occurred to me right now that it was obvious he would have been sent to some event in time based on the first movie and this movie with the initial lightning strike.
In the theaters, right after II ended, they showed the preview for III. We all knew then that Doc survived.
I watched this movie after watching the third one and after the DeLorean got struck by lightning I was like what is he going to do now!
I wonder who played the two men in the photo with Doc in both shots? If it was the same men both times, and were they Zemeckis and Gale?
"Kid, you need any help? Maybe a ride to town or something?"
"Nope"
Cut scene to downtown.
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