Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale. It is the sequel to the 1985 film "Back to the Future" and the second installment in the "Back to the Future" trilogy. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, and Lea Thompson. In the plot, Marty McFly (Fox) and his friend Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd) travel to 2015, where bully Biff Tannen (Wilson) steals Doc's DeLorean time machine and uses it to alter history for the
Hill Valley (Back to the Future) "Back to the Future Part II" mentioned that Hill Valley was named after its founder, William "Bill" Hill. The design of the courthouse facade and Clock Tower is based on the real-life Limestone County Courthouse in Athens, Alabama. For "Back to the Future", the producers considered filming the town square scenes in the real city of Petaluma, California, but soon realised it would be prohibitively expensive and impractical to alter a real place to suit the different eras. Instead filming was completed on the Universal Studios backlot, where they had more control. The main location, once called Mockingbird Square after