by Bob Gale
Marty: Yeah but George, Lorraine wants to go with you. Give her a break.
George: Look, I'm just not ready to ask Lorraine out to the dance, and not you, nor anybody else on this planet is gonna make me change my mind!
George goes into his house. Marty gets an idea.
Marty: Science Fiction Theater...
NOVEMBER 8, 1955
It's early in the morning. Marty has snuck into George's bedroom. He's wearing his radiation suit. Marty gets a personal tape player out of his bag and puts the headphones over George's ears. George stays asleep. Marty gets out a cassette marked Edward Van Halen and puts it in the player. He presses play and a piece of loud music plays. Only George can hear it, however it wakes him up, He sees Marty and gasps.
George: Who are you?
Marty plays a bit more of the music again.
Marty: Silence Earthling! My name is Darth Vader. I'm an extra-terrestrial from the planet Vulcan.
Marty does the Vulcan sign from Star Trek. Cut to that afternoon. George is at the Texaco station. Marty comes over and talks to him.
George: Marty! Marty! Marty!
Marty: Hey, George, buddy, you weren't at school, what have you been doing all day?
George: I overslept, look I need your help. I have to ask Lorraine out but I don't know how to do it.
Marty: All right, OK, listen, keep your pants on, she's over in the caf. God, how do you do this? What made you change your mind, George?
George: Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and he told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out, that he'd melt my brain.
Marty: Yeah, well, uh, let's keep this brain melting stuff to ourselves, OK?
George: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Marty: All right, OK.
Marty tries to unscrew the lid of his Pepsi bottle. He can't. George takes it, puts it in a bottle opener and opens it. The two then walk to Lou's Cafe.
Marty: All right, there she is, George. Just go in there and invite her.
George: OK, but I don't know what to say.
Marty: Just say anything, George, say whatever's natural, the first thing that comes to your mind.
George: Nothing's coming to my mind.
Marty: (muttering) Jesus, George, it's a wonder I was ever born.
George: What, what?
Marty: Nothing, nothing, nothing. Look, tell her destiny has brought you together, tell her that she's the most beautiful girl you have ever seen. Girls like that stuff.
Marty notices George has a little pad and he's writing in it.
Marty: What, what are you doing George?
George: I'm writing this down, this is good stuff.
Marty: Yeah, OK.
George: Oh.
Marty: Let's go.
George: Oh.
Marty: Will you take care of that?
George: Right.
Music: Roll With Me Henry by Etta James
George walks into the Cafe. He hesitates, but Marty enters behind him and gives him a little push to get him going. Teenagers are everywhere, and the above song is playing on the jukebox. George goes over to the counter.
George: Lou, gimme a milk, chocolate.
Lou gives him one. George takes a large sup and walks over to Lorraine, who is in the corner seat with her friends.
George: Lorraine, my density has popped me to you.
Lorraine: What?
George: Oh, what I meant to say was...
Lorraine: Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?
George: Yes, yes, I'm George, George McFly, and I'm your density. I mean, your destiny.
Lorraine smiles - is something about to happen between them? Lorraine giggles for a second, but then the music stops - Biff and his gang have just walked in. Biff spots George.
Biff: Hey, McFly! I thought I told you never to come in here. Well it's gonna cost you. How much money have you got on you?
George: Well, Biff...
Biff starts walking towards George and Lorraine, but Marty, who is sitting on one of the stools, next to the counter, trips Biff up. Biff gets up and turns to Marty.
Biff: All right, punk, now-
Marty: Whoa, whoa, Biff, what's that?
Marty points with his finger. Biff turns around, and Marty punches Biff. He then pushes past Biff's gang as he runs out of the Cafe as the music starts up again.
Lorraine: That's Calvin Klein, oh my God, he's a dream.
Outside the Cafe, Marty spots two boys on home made scooters. They can be described as skateboards with crates on them acting as handlebars.
Marty: Whoa, whoa, kid, kid, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Marty lifts one of the boys off his skateboard
Boy on Skateboard: Hey!
Marty: Look, I'll get it back to you, all right?
Boy on Skateboard: You broke it!
Marty has broken the handlebars off, leaving him with a skateboard. Biff and his gang run out of the Cafe. Marty starts to use his skateboard. People watching are amazed.
Boy on Skateboard: Wow, look at him go!
Cut to Biff.
Biff: Let's get him!
Biff and his gang head to their car. Biff and 3-D sit in the front, Match and Skinhead in the back. Marty meanwhile has grabbed the back of a passing truck. Cut to the Cafe. Lorraine, George and the others are watching the whole thing.
Girl in Cafe: What's that thing he's on?
Boy in Cafe: It's a board with wheels!
Lorraine: He's an absolute dream.
Cut back to Biff.
3-D: Come on, come on, come on, come on!
The car drives off, flattening part of the hedge as it catches up with Marty. It is now almost touching Marty. Marty looks ahead. A car door is opening! Letting go of the truck, he swerves to avoid it.
Marty: Argh!
Marty jumps over a hedge with the skateboard.
Marty: Whoa!
Marty bumps into a man and woman exiting the Courthouse, they all fall over. Marty gets up as Biff's car follows him. Marty grabs the front of the car and is being pushed by it. Match and Skinhead are throwing stuff at him.
Biff: I'm gonna ram him.
They're heading towards a manure truck, but only Marty sees this. He gets off the skateboard. The car drives over it, but Marty runs through the car and lands safely back on the skateboard. Biff and his gang are looking at him, they turn around and see the truck.
Biff, Match, 3-D, Skinhead: Shit!
They're right - it's a manure truck! Biff swerves but still hits it, and both car and passengers are covered with manure. Several people from the Cafe run over, including Goldie Wilson.
Goldie: Hoo!
Marty takes the skateboard back to the kid.
Marty: Thanks a lot, kid.
Cut to Biff.
Biff: I'm gonna get that son of a bitch!
Cut to Lorraine and her friends. During the following, George quietly leaves.
Lorraine's Friend 1: Where does he come from?
Lorraine's Friend 2: Yeah, where does he live?
Lorraine: I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.
Cu to Doc's lab. Doc is watching the video from 1985.
1985 Doc: (on video) My God, they found me. I don't know how but they found me. Run for it, Marty!
He rewinds the tape.
1985 Doc: (on video) My God, they found me. I don't know how but they found me. Run for it, Marty!
Marty enters.
Marty: Doc.
Doc: Oh, hi, Marty. I didn't hear you come in. Fascinating device, this video unit.
This reminds Marty of that night.
Marty: Listen, Doc, you know there's something I haven't told you about the night we made that tape.
Doc: Please, Marty, don't tell me, no man should know too much about their own destiny.
Marty: You don't understand.
Doc: I do understand. If I know too much about my own future I could endanger my own existence, just as you endangered yours.
Ma
rty: (reluctantly) You're, you're right.
Doc: Let me show you my plan for sending you home.
Doc and Marty walk over to a beautiful model of Courthouse Square. It's not painted, but Doc has obviously worked hard at it.
Doc: Please excuse the crudity of this model, I didn't have time to build it to scale or to paint it.
Marty: It's good.
During the following Doc demonstrates on the model.
Doc: Oh, thank you, thank you. OK now, we run some industrial strength electrical cable from the top of the clocktower down to spreading it over the street between two lamp posts. Meanwhile, we outfitted the vehicle with this big pole and hook which runs directly into the flux-capacitor. At the calculated moment, you start off from down the street driving toward the cable accelerating to 88 miles per hour. According to the flyer, at 10.04pm lightning will strike the clocktower sending 1.21 gigawatts into the flux-capacitor, sending you back to 1985. All right now, watch this.
Doc gives Marty a model car.
Doc: You wind up the car and release it, I'll simulate the lightning.
Marty winds up the car. Doc uses a generator for the lightning. Both are ready and waiting.
Doc: Ready, set, release!
Marty lets go of the car. It drives down the street. Just before it hits the wires over the street, Doc simulates the lightning. The current goes through the cables and hits the car. The car catches fire, drives past the Courthouse and falls off onto the floor. It hits a trash can and causes it to burn.
Doc: Argh!
Doc puts out the fire with an extinguisher.
Marty: You install me with a lot of confidence, Doc.
Doc: Don't worry, I'll take care of the lightning, you take care of your pop. By the way, what happened today, did he ask her out?
Marty: Uh, I think so.
Doc: What did she say?
There's a knock at the door. Doc sees who it is - it's Lorraine! He turns to Marty.
Doc: It's your mom, she's tracked you down! Quick, let's cover the time machine!
They do so, then Doc lets Lorraine in.
Lorraine: Hi Cal... Marty.
Marty: Mom...(covering) Lorraine! Uh, how did you know I was here?
Lorraine: (a bit sheepishly) I followed you.
Marty: Oh, uh, this is my Doc, (covering) uncle, Doc Brown.
Lorraine: Hi.
Doc: Hello.
Lorraine: Marty, this may seem a little forward, but I was wondering if you would ask me to the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance on Saturday.
Marty: Uh, you mean nobody's asked you?
Lorraine: No, not yet.
Marty: What about George?
Lorraine: George McFly? Oh, he's kinda cute and all, but, well, I think a man should be strong, so he could stand up for himself, and protect the woman he loves. Don't you?
Marty: Yeah.
Cut to George's back yard. George and Marty are talking. George is putting out his laundry.
George: I still don't understand, how am I supposed to go to the dance with her, if she's already going to the dance with you?
Marty: 'Cause, George, she wants to go to the dance with you, she just doesn't know it yet. That's why we got to show her that you, George McFly, are a fighter. You're somebody who's gonna stand up for yourself, someone who's gonna protect her.
George: Yeah, but I never picked a fight in my entire life.
Marty: Your not gonna be picking a fight, Dad, (covering) Dad, Dad, Daddy-o. You're coming to a rescue, right? OK, let's go over the plan again. 8.55, where are you gonna be?
George: I'm gonna be at the dance.
Marty: Right, and where am I gonna be?
George: You're gonna be in the car with her.
Marty: Right, OK, so right around 9 o'clock she's gonna get very angry with me.
George: Why is she gonna get angry with you?
Marty: Well, because George, nice girls get angry when guys take advantage of them.
George: (horrified) Ho, you mean you're gonna touch her on her-
Marty: No, no, George, look, it's just an act, right? OK, so 9 o'clock you're strolling through the parking lot, you see us struggling in the car, you walk up, you open the door and you say...
Silence.
Marty: ...your line, George!
George: Oh, uh, hey you, get your damn hands off her. Do you really think I ought to swear?
Marty: Yes, definitely, God-dammit George, swear. OK, so now, you come up, you punch me in the stomach, I'm out for the count, right? And you and Lorraine live happily ever after.
George: Oh, you make it sound so easy. I just, I wish I wasn't so scared.
Marty: George, there's nothing to be scared of. All it takes is a little self confidence. You know, if you put your mind to it, you could accomplish anything.
NOVEMBER 12, 1955
Courthouse Square. It's early evening. Doc is connecting the cables for the experiment. He has the radio on.
Radio Announcer: (v.o) This Saturday night, mostly clear, with some scattered clouds. Lows in the upper forties.
Doc: Are you sure about this storm?
Marty: Since when could the weatherman predict the weather, let alone the future.
Doc: You know Marty, I'm gonna be very sad to see you go. You've really made a difference in my life, you've given me something to shoot for. Just knowing, that I'm gonna be around to see 1985, that I'm gonna succeed in this. That I'm gonna have a chance to travel through time. It's going to be really hard waiting 30 years before I could talk to you about everything that's happened in the past few days. I'm really gonna miss you, Marty.
The sentence That I'm gonna have a chance to travel through time, makes Marty remember - Doc won't be able to do this because he will be shot.
Marty: I'm really gonna miss you. Doc, about the future...
Doc: No! Marty, we've already agreed that having information about the future could be extremely dangerous. Even if your intentions are good, they could backfire drastically. Whatever you've got to tell me I'll find out through the natural course of time.
At Lou's Cafe, Marty writes a note.
Marty: (reading) Dear Dr Brown, on the night that I go back in time, you will be shot by terrorists. Please take whatever precautions are necessary to prevent this terrible disaster. Your friend, Marty.
Marty signs it and puts it in an envelope. He writes on the front Do not open until 1985. Cut to Doc on his ladder, fixing the cables. A cop comes up to the DeLorean (covered up).
Cop: Evening, Dr Brown, what's with the wire?
Doc: Oh, just a little weather experiment.
Cop: What you got under here?
Doc: Oh no, don't touch that. That's some new specialised weather sensing equipment.
Cop: You got a permit for that?
Doc: Of course I do.
He comes down. During the following Marty slips the note into Doc's pocket.
Doc: Just a second, let's see if I could find it.
Doc gets out his wallet. We cut to Hill Valley High School. We see students and couples walking to the dance. Marty pulls up in Doc's Packard with Lorraine. He stops the car.
Marty: Do you mind if we park for a while?
Lorraine: That's a great idea. I'd love to park.
This isn't what Marty expected to hear!
Marty: Huh?
Lorraine: Well, Marty, I'm almost 18 years old, it's not like I've never parked before.
Marty: What?
Lorraine: Marty, you seem so nervous, is something wrong?
Marty: No, no.
Lorraine takes a sip of alcohol from a bottle she's bought.
Marty: Lorraine, Lorraine, what are you doing?
Lorraine giggles a bit.
Lorraine: I swiped it from the old lady's liquor cabinet.
Marty: Yeah well, you shouldn't drink.
Lorraine: Why not?
Marty: Because, you might regret it later in life.
Lorraine: Marty, don't be
such a square. Everybody who's anybody drinks.
Marty takes a sip, but spits it back out when he see Lorraine lighting up a cigarette!
Marty: Jesus, you smoke too?
Lorraine takes off her jacket to reveal her dress.
Lorraine: Marty, you're beginning to sound just like my mother!
Music: Night Train by Marvin Berry The Starlighters
Cut to the gym. MARVIN BERRY and the STARLIGHTERS are playing the music at the dance. They finish their piece.
Marvin: We're gonna take a little break but we'll be back in a while so, don't nobody go nowhere.
Cut to George. He looks at his watch. It's almost 9 o'clock! He looks at another clock. A few minutes past 9! He hurries off to the car park. Cut back to Marty and Lorraine in the car.
Music: Pledging My Love by Johnny Ace
(the above song is playing faintly on the radio)
Lorraine: Marty, why are you so nervous?
Marty: Lorraine, have you ever, uh, been in a situation where you know you had to act a certain way but when you got there, you didn't know if you could go through with it?
Lorraine: Oh, you mean how you're supposed to act on a first date?
Marty: Ah well, sort of.
Lorraine: I think I know exactly what you mean.
Marty: You do?
Lorraine: You know what I do in those situations?
Marty: What?
Lorraine: I don't worry.
Lorraine kisses Marty. Then she stops and turns to him.
Lorraine: This is all wrong. I don't know what it is but when I kiss you, it's like kissing (pause) my brother. I guess that doesn't make any sense, does it?
Marty: (with relief) No, it makes perfect sense.
Footsteps are heard.
Lorraine: Someone's coming.
The car door opens. Marty, thinking it's George, turns around and sees it's Biff with his gang! Biff pulls Marty out of the car.
Biff: You cost 300 bucks damage to my car, you son of a bitch. And I'm gonna take it out of your ass. (to his gang) Hold him.
Lorraine: Let him go, Biff, you're drunk.
Biff: Well lookie what we have here!
Lorraine covers up her dress a bit by backing into the car. Biff follows her.
Biff: No, no, no, you're staying right here with me.
Lorraine: Stop it!
Biff: C'mon!