Contradict
These have actually been on the web for a while, but I thought it worth drawing attention to them since most of the time I would say that Back to the Future was my favourite film of all time. These are pictures of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, who was originally cast because Michael J. Fox was unavailable.
The story of Eric in the role has been known for a while, Fox wasn’t able to do it because he was on Family Ties, so they started making the film with Stoltz instead. When it became apparent he just wasn’t working out, they went back and managed to persuade the producers of Family Ties to let Michael do the film, which they did on the understanding that he’d do the whole thing without any time off. But it’s always been thought that just a small part of the film had been completed before they decided to start again, but these photographs contradict that theory completely, most of the production seems to be here, which is crazy when you consider how much they threw away. Was he really that bad? How did they manage to get the studio to allow them to start again?
I have to believe that footage exists of Stoltz in the role, so why not clean it up and release it? If you have most of the film, why not release an alternate version with him in it? It’s certainly something that’s never been before, and I’m sure there’d be a market for it.
