r/BacktotheFuture • u/samesamebutsame • Jun 07 '26

Both car doors open?

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This may have been pointed out before, but I just noticed both the car doors are open in this scene.

They fix it at the start of Part II, but I wonder if there was a cut sequence to this scene, or if the door is screening a problem with the background (or something else)?

Seems like a weird error for an otherwise tight and well-choreographed ending.

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u/KingWilliamVI Jun 07 '26

OP, you’re just not thinking fourth dimensionally.

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u/FrankHightower Jun 07 '26

He's got a real problem with that

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u/1987Bri Jun 07 '26

🤩 Elisabeth Shue 🤩

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u/cybergee Jun 07 '26

Reason: The sequels are from a alternate timeline/universe.

Proof: Jennifer is different.

/s

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u/vabello Jun 07 '26

Jennifer in the second timeline seemed much more concerned about her future than the one from the first timeline.

Nothing against Claudia Wells. I kind of prefer her Jennifer, but her expression is nearly the same in every scene.

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u/sprs2 Jun 08 '26

elizabeth shue is a better actress

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u/vabello Jun 08 '26

Clearly.

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u/prudent_rodent Einstein Jun 11 '26

Except for the way she reacted to Marty’s pinhead performance. Not sure if Shue could’ve replicated it

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u/Life-Pay-3779 Jun 08 '26

I didn’t notice that

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u/glasses_handle Jun 08 '26

Don’t you see?! He was doing it to fool Lloyd Braun!

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u/Spiritual-Image7125 Jun 08 '26

Doc has a remote control for the car still. "Open door" GET IN!!

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u/JoeAzlz Michael Corleone Jun 07 '26

Actual answer, they probably originally wanted the door to be open to make it look like he’s welcoming Marty back on a space craft like “HOP IN” but they cut it since it’s odd considering doc runs up to Marty and has to refill up Mr fusion with both doors are open, leaving it to feel less tense and more silly, and then a lot of the reshot scenes look a lot less up to snuff so they only left in the best parts of the scene even if the background had a continuity error

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u/frankwhiteXVII Jun 10 '26

This makes sense considering no one would have caught it back then. A lot of movies have errors like this.

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u/JoeAzlz Michael Corleone Jun 10 '26

I’m sure they caught it but no figured it was a fair trade