Footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly in Back to the Future!

Footage of Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly in Back to the Future!

The Back to the Future trilogy comes to Blu-Ray this October 26, and now we get a look at a video from it featuring Erick Stoltz, who was suddenly replaced by Michael J. Fox

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By LucasMend - Oct 12, 2010 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi

The Back to the Future trilogy is hitting Blu-ray on October 26 and a first look at the original Marty McFly, Eric Stoltz, from the set is now online.

In case you didn't know, writer/director Robert Zemeckis was five weeks into shooting Back to the Future when he and executive producer Steven Spielberg made the drastic decision to change the lead actor as Stoltz's comedic timing just wasn't working for the film. It was then that Michael J. Fox was brought in and he reshot all those scenes from the first five weeks.

You can now check out a clip from the never-before-seen footage below!

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airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 10/12/2010, 8:47 AM
Hmmmm. Very interesting. Glad they recasted.
Hellmont
Hellmont - 10/12/2010, 9:01 AM
WOW .......I would have loved to have heard Eric Stoltz say some of the BTTF lines to compare between him and MJ Fox. It seems as if Stoltz game the film a more serious tone?
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 10/12/2010, 9:08 AM
I saw some footage of Eric Stoltz and Doc Brown in the mall parking lot some years back. It was very strange seeing another actor in the role of Marty McFly. Michael J. Fox was just too right for the part.
jazzman
jazzman - 10/12/2010, 9:18 AM
remember hearing about this, Eric Stoltz was just too serious while playing Marty McFly.
pucrepeap
pucrepeap - 10/12/2010, 10:15 AM
If you think that, you have no soul. Michael J Foxs Marty Mcfly is one of the most iconic figures in movie cinema history.
zemus
zemus - 10/12/2010, 10:46 AM
@CaptainProg- normally id say opinions cant be wrong, but yours is.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/12/2010, 10:47 AM
Bet STOLTZ was pi$$ed big time at the time with that!!!!

Glad we got FOX tho!

Stoltz is a Gr8 actor, damn lol.

Wicked find @ LUC!!!

LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/12/2010, 10:48 AM
PROG @ Lmao man......... BACK TO THE FUTURE is an ultimate CLASSIC!!!!
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 10/12/2010, 11:32 AM
going to the cinema to see this film tonight! cant wait to finally see it on the big screen instead of the small one
Macksimus
Macksimus - 10/12/2010, 12:06 PM
NO ****!!!

I remember watching Fringe, and in the alternate universe there was a sign at the theater which read "Back to the Future...staring Eric Stoltz."

...that's where that came from. I had no idea.
jazzman
jazzman - 10/12/2010, 12:22 PM
who remember that Billy Zane and Jason Scott Lee was in Back to the Future 2.

InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 10/12/2010, 12:35 PM
replaced after 5 weeks of filming.. ouch. i'm actually interested in seeing an entire stoltz version. less comedy more seriousness, might be cool.
patriautism
patriautism - 10/12/2010, 12:43 PM
@Macksimus YES!! I was about to say that they stole this footage from the Fringe Red Universe.
jaysin420
jaysin420 - 10/12/2010, 2:10 PM
Haha that's so weird, thank god they made that switch.

I think BTTF is the greatest movie of all time, and then the sequels made it the greatest trilogy ever.
nuck82
nuck82 - 10/12/2010, 3:14 PM
yeah it would be no classic if he did it, fox made that movie his
SupermanReturns2006
SupermanReturns2006 - 10/12/2010, 3:49 PM
I never seen Eric Stoltz was screen tested to play Marty McFly before Michael J. Fox took over.
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 10/12/2010, 3:56 PM
secretasianboy
secretasianboy - 10/12/2010, 4:47 PM
Micheal J. Fox was amazing Marty I can't imagine anyone else ever in the role
They definitely made the right choice
marvelguy
marvelguy - 10/12/2010, 4:57 PM
Obviously it worked for the best. Stoltz just isn't that lighthearted silly guy...until "Pulp Fiction."
Kalabog
Kalabog - 10/12/2010, 5:12 PM
Eric Stoltz is a fine actor. Its just BACK TO THE FUTURE wasn't his movie. It was the 80's and only Michael J. Fox can do the role justice. And re-shooting 5 weeks of work proves Zemeckies is a great director.
dfresh
dfresh - 10/12/2010, 7:23 PM
@marvel, I agree wholeheartedly that MJF was the shit in this movie and no one could have done it better, however, Stoltz most certainly played the silly role before this. He was Spicoli's buddy in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
SoItGoes
SoItGoes - 10/12/2010, 7:49 PM
Michael J Fox made these movies
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 10/13/2010, 7:57 AM
Michael J Fox is a million times better, they went with the right actor in the end

Back to the Future trilogy is one of THE best trilogies ever made. Love the Doc and Marty

I think I will go watch the trilogy now!
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