Marty convinces young Doc · Back to the Future

S01E01 · SCENE 23/62 · 48:30

Back to the Future · Doc's lab

Marty convinces young Doc

Marty proves he is from the future to a skeptical young Doc Brown.

48:30→51:27

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What happens

48:30–51:27

Marty finds young Doc Brown and tries to convince him he is from the future. Doc is skeptical until Marty describes the flux capacitor invention and shows him the video tape.

WhereDoc's lab

DriverMarty McFly

Positionact2 · setup

ThreadMarty's time travel

Key lines

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48:42
Doc, you got to help... Quiet. Quiet.

49:31
Do you know what this means?

50:53
That's when you came up with the idea for the flux capacitor, which is what makes time travel possible.

51:13
There's something wrong with the starter, so I hid it here.

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Beats

50:53Marty describes the flux capacitor invention

Scene in the film

48:30–51:27

A · Marty's time travel

1 2 8 9 10 12 23 24 26 39 44 50 52 53 56 57 59 64

B · Parents' romance

3 4 5 6 7 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 25 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 41 42 43 45 46 48 49 51 54 55 58 60 61 62 63

C · Doc's invention

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