Back to the Future - 3

NOVEMBER 15, 1955

In the library, Marty reads through some old newspapers and Doc is searching for more information on September 1885.

Marty: (reading) "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 had killed 12 men, not including Indians or Chinamen."

Doc: Does it mention me? Am I one of the 12?

Marty: Just a minute. (reading) "However, this claim can not be substantiated since precise records were not kept after Tannen shot a newspaper editor after printing an unfavourable story about him in 1884." That's why we can't find anything.

Doc has found a book of old pictures. He shows Marty one,

Doc: Look ... the William McFly family. Your relatives?

Marty: My great-grandfather's name was William.

Marty lays his finger over photograph of William (posed by Michael J Fox)

Marty: That's him. Good looking guy.

Doc: McFlys...but no Browns!

Marty: Look, Doc, maybe it was mistake. Maybe that grave wasn't yours. There could've been another Emmett Brown back in 1885. Did you have any relatives here back then?

Doc: The Browns came to America in 1908, and then they were the Von Brauns. My father changed our name in World War I.

Marty: Doc! Look!

Marty has found a picture of Doc in front of the "new clock" (the one that is now stuck at 10.04). It's dated September 5th 1885.

Doc: Oh! Great Scott! It's me! Then it is true. All of it. It is me who goes back there - and gets shot.

Marty: It's not gonna happen Doc. 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.

NOVEMBER 16, 1955

Cut to an Indian themed drive in outside Hill Valley. Doc is preparing the DeLorean. Marty is getting changed.

Doc: The clothes fit?

Marty: (o.s) Yeah! Everything except the boots, Doc. They're kind of tight! I dunno, are you sure this stuff is authentic?

Doc: Of course. Haven't you ever seen a Western?

Marty comes out. He's wearing a pink outfit that would look very out of place in 1885.

Marty: Yeah, I have Doc, but Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this.

Doc: Clint who?

Marty: That's right....

Marty gestures toward the movie posters. One of them, Revenge Of The Creature, starred Clint Eastwood in a small uncredited role!

Marty: (continued) ...you haven't heard of him yet.

Doc looks at Marty's feet. He still has his Nikes on.

Doc: Marty, you have to wear the boots. You can't wear those futuristic things in 1885. You shouldn't even be wearing them in 1955.

Marty: All right, Doc, look. Once I get there I'll put them on, I promise.

Doc: OK, I think we're about ready. I put gas in the tank, your future clothes are packed, just in case fresh batteries for your walkie-talkies. Oh, and what about that floating device?

Marty: Hoverboard.

Doc: Alright.

Doc puts the hoverboard in the DeLorean.

Marty: You know Doc, it's gonna be a hell of long walk back to Hill Valley from here.

Doc: It's still the safest plan. After all, we can't risk sending you back to a populated area, or to a spot that's geographically unknown. You don't want to crash into some tree that once existed in the past. This is all completely open country! So you'll have plenty of run-out space when you arrive. Remember where you're going there are no roads. There's a small cave over there which will be a perfect place to hide the time vehicle. Well, the new time circuit control tubes are warmed up!

Doc starts the DeLorean.

Doc: Time circuits on. I wrote the letter on September 1st, so we'll send you back the very next day. September 2nd, that's a Wednesday. September 2nd, 1885, 8am.

Doc inputs the date and time.

Doc: I get shot on Monday the 7th, so you have 5 days to locate me. According to my letter I'm a blacksmith, so I probably have a shop somewhere. All you have to do is drive the time vehicle directly towards that screen accelerating at 88 miles per hour.

Marty looks at the screen. Underneath is a mural of Indians.

Marty: Wait a minute, Doc. If I drive straight towards the screen, I'll crash into those Indians.

Doc: Marty. You're not thinking 4th dimensionally! You'll instantly be transported to 1885, and those Indians won't even be there.

Marty: Right.

Doc: Well, good luck, for both of our sakes. See you in the future.

Doc pats Marty on his shoulder.

Marty: You mean the past.

Doc: Exactly!

Doc runs to the building with a pistol. It's the same pistol he used in 1985 to try and shoot the Libyans in Part 1.

Doc: Happy trails Marty! Ready Marty?

Marty: Ready!

Doc: Set!

Marty: Hi ho silver.

Doc pulls the trigger and Marty sets off.

Doc: Viya con dios!

Just before he hits the screen and the mural of Indians, he travels through time.

SEPTEMBER 2, 1885

Marty arrives in 1885, only to see a tribe of real Indians heading towards him.

Marty: Indians! Argh!

Marty turns around and heads away from them, but they are chasing him. Marty spots the cave Doc mentioned in 1955.

Marty: The cave!

Marty drives the DeLorean into the cave as the Indians leap over it. They seem to be riding away from something. Marty gets out and discovers what they were riding away from...

Marty: Shit, the cavalry!