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• Spanish dubbed version also refers to Marty in 1955 as Levi Strauss instead of Calvin Klein.
  
  
• In the Brazilian dubbed version, the names of the two soft drinks that Marty asks for in the diner, are changed from "TaB" and "Pepsi Free" to "Coca-Cola" and "Pepsi", since both TaB and Pepsi Free weren't available in Brazil.
  
  
• The very last scene was re-filmed for television, where Marty asks Doc, "What happens to us in the future? Do we turn into *jerks* or something?". In the more recent edited-for-television version, the word "jerks" is dubbed over Marty's original expletive, instead of using the alternate television version.
  
  
• Network TV version features six minutes of outtake footage originally taken out from the film after a sneak preview in San Jose. New scenes show the 1955 Doc investigating his 1985 counterpart's suitcase, discovering a hairdryer and a copy of Playboy.
  
  
• Another deleted scene shows Marty peeking in on a class in 1955 and seeing his mother cheating on a test.
  
  
• Curiously, some TV edits of the movie change dialogue where Biff swears at Marty; the line "You caused three hundred bucks damage to my car, you son-of-a-bitch," is changed to, "You caused three hundred bucks damage to my car, you bitch." Other TV edits have Biff repeatedly saying "son-of-a-butthead."
  
  
• In 1955, Marty's mother calls him "Calvin Klein" because of the name found on on his underwear. The Italian version changes the name to "Levi" (as in Levi's jeans) because at the time of the film's release the CK brand/name was still not very well known outside the US. In the French version the name was changed to "Pierre Cardin" for the same reason.
  
  
• TV versions that aired shortly after the World Trade Center Attack in September 2001 featured certain alterations to the Libyan terrorists subplot. When Marty reads aloud his warning letter for Doc, he says "You will be shot," instead of "You will be shot by terrorists," and the "by terrorists" area of the letter is digitally erased. The most recent TV airing edits the scene where Doc is shot by the Lybians as well as the scene where Marty is almost shot. It just cuts to the scene of Doc running off and Marty diving into the DeLorean and noticing Doc slain. However when Marty returns to 1985 and witnesses these events reoccuring, the shooting scenes are intact.
  
  
• In February 2002, Turner Classic Movies aired Back To The Future uncut, with none of the editing that pervaded the versions shown after the terrorist attacks of September 2001
  
  
• The VHS release added a "To Be Continued..." title card at the end to advertise Back to the Future Part II (1989). This was not in the original theatrical release nor is it on the DVDs.
  
  

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