Bob Gale - BACK TO THE FUTURE

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.

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)