by What happened to Strickland after his altercation with Tannen at the Kermesse de Hill Valley? Only a scene cut off from “Back to the future 3” gives us the answer to this question.
Years may have exhausted, we have never finished learning new anecdotes on the legendary temporal trilogy produced by Robert Zemeckis in the 80s. A real gold mine that spectators never tire of searching, the return saga to the future still seems to recreate many secrets.
A question left unanswered for a long time
Even 35 years later, it happens that certain very specific questions that fans could arise remain unanswered. For example: what happened to Marshal Strickland (ancestor of the principal Strickland) after his altercation with Bufford Tannen (ancestor of Biff Tannen) at the Kermesse de Hill Valley?
Remember … In Back to the future 3, during the evening of the clock inauguration, the bandit nicknamed “Molosse” and his few subfifres were trying to invite himself to attack Doc Brown, armed to the teeth. But Marshal Strickland confiscated their weapons to them at the entrance to the city, showing unfailing authority.
“The only party where you will see me dancing, Tannen is the one where you will swing at the end of a rope”he assured Griff before turning to his son to teach him a family lesson: “Fiston, that's how we mate them, they only understand the strong way. Maintain discipline whatever happens. Never forget this word: discipline!”
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Where did Strickland go?
This warning had not prevented Tannen from provoking Marty 'Clint Eastwood' McFly in a duel a few minutes later, before being reminded to order by Strickland: “At the slightest brawl, it will be 15 days in the jails of the county.”
A warning that could not be more strict. And yet … as specified A video posted by the excellent Tiktok Cinema Tiktok accountthis scene is the last of the film in which the Marshal appears! Where could he have gone? How is it that he did not intervene during the final duel between Bufford and Marty? And why is it his assistant who takes care of stopping the bandit in his place?
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Scene
If you only saw the return to the future saga only two or three times, you may never ask yourself these questions. But fans that scour the trilogy at 88 miles on time for decades have necessarily noted this inconsistency.
To have the end of the story, it's about going to watch the cut scenes of the film. Indeed, by discovering a short sequence which was not kept when editing, we learn that Strickland was simply shot by Tannen, after trying to prevent the latter from returning to town. By pushing his last sigh in his son's arms, the Marshal repeated the famous sentence: “Remember this word, son: discipline.”
Undoubtedly deemed too dark for the public back to the future, the scene was therefore withdrawn, forcing the writers to slightly review the dialogues during the arrest of Tannen. Indeed, as specifies The video of cinema secretsoriginally, the assistant had to say “On behalf of the law, I stop you for the murder of Marshal”. His reply was finally modified to become “On behalf of the law, I stop you for the attack on the diligence of Pine City.”
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