Despite saying “10 minutes,“Marty actually sends himself back 11 minutes earlier.

One might assume that Marty is simply rounding down in this scene.

Under closer examination, however, that explanation doesn’t quite hold up.

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A minute would have made no difference if the car was running.

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Michael J Fox as Marty McFly and the DeLorean from Back To The Future.

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Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly looking perplexed in Back to the Future (1985).

Back to the Future follows teenager Marty McFly as he is inadvertently sent back to 1955, where he disrupts his parents' meeting. With the assistance of eccentric inventor Doc Brown, Marty must restore the timeline by ensuring his parents fall in love and find a way back to 1985.

Marty McFly close-up and Marty reading a newspaper in Back To The Future.

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