YouTube Back to the Future starring Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly

[1commentporvez]

i think MJFox was ever Marty for this role (refreshing, charismatic, etc.) but probably with Stoltz the movie would look like more dramatic, darker, as a B-version.

[poeimoei]

Michael was doing 2 acting jobs at the time? He's an even better actor than I thought he was.

[johnykoop]

BTTF raises that old question, if your mum was THAT hot - would you?

[foxdie49]

@johnykoop JAJAJA this is by far the best comment i've read in a while... THANKS A LOT INTERNET ! :)

[07foxmulder]

it's not that michael j fox is funnier than eric stoltz, i think it's because mfj is more likeable. nothing against eric stoltz, he's a great actor. i grew up watching him in memphis belle. but looking at the raw footage of him in back to the future, he just has a colder look to him. fox had that kid next door look.

[jksonny]

I find it difficult to believe that any studio would make time demands on a Spielberg-produced film, especially in the eighties when Spielberg was basically the king in Hollywood.

[VinylSamuraisMusic]

Love michael j and it is HIS movie. On the other hand i would really like to watch an eric version as i think he is actually a very good actor. Maybe he did it more serious. I love eric though

[salland12]

poor michael j fox

[xfilesmanson]

in parallel universe back to the future was cancelled movie and trilogy

[Sirrom5]

Replacing was planned since the beginning... that's men are really scammers, but as all smarts they are idiots... and made mistakes you can see if you are careful and compare not the 2 actors but the 2 MARTYs. eheheh

[Kaineiribas]

In Fringe's parallel universe, Eric Stoltz starred Back To The Future.

[RealCoolCowboy]

What copy is this from- the Blu-Ray or DVD?

[coldbarefeet]

hopefully in 2015 they'll have a 30th anniversary release that has more original footage than just 10 seconds.

[xjames118]

Swings and roundabouts. Stoltzy has done fine. Marty McFly is a juicy role, but not half as juicy as the father of the Cylon race.

[SkaramandraX]

They are both look alike! But Stoltz looked too serious, the movie would have been boring.

[gopconservative78]

Back to the Future 4.....Marty is a paint shaker salesman

[mjbab73]

@gopconservative78 You're a dipshit.

[xxMartyMcFly]

awesome video

[Sirrom5]

I prefer Eric Stoltz as Marty because Michaels makes the characters he intepretes too silly. Eric is much more intense.

[80sguy]

@Sirrom5

They didn't want an intense Marty. That's why they wanted Micheal to play Marty.

[Sirrom5]

@80sguy and that's the reason I prefer Eric Stoltz as Martin. Michael has always the same silly expression, an actor who knows only one expression :D. That's not artistic talent, it's only one of the many ways to make silly people. Thanks zemekis and spielberg:D.

[Bullsfan2008DR]

@Sirrom5 Ironicaly I always thought Stoltz looked like a taller version of Michael. Especially when he got older.

[80sguy]

@Sirrom5

He doesn't have the same expression. And having "artistic talent" doesn't mean he's right for the role. Again, they thought he played the role too seriously, it's a a family comedy film, not a drama. And it doesn't make much sense to say you prefer him to Micheal considering we haven't seen much footage of him other than a few seconds here and there, and we don't even know how he delivered the lines, and how well it connected with Christopher Lloyd.

[Sirrom5]

@80sguy I think that eric stoltz would be better choice for that role in other perspective. Every movie i saw in which Michael worked, seem always the same character. Seem to see a reply of other movie. I think that see a character a bito more serious would not have wasted in a fantasy movie. one day will see the Stoltz performce and we'lll be able to have a better tidings.

[nilbog44]

@Sirrom5 seriously man. get real. i know you are just trying to get attention for being different. but wanting anyone besides michael j fox for back to the future is just plain idiotic.

[davelounder]

Wow ... wow ... This is true Hollywood history here! Thanks for posting! I feel BTTF would have been successful with Mr. Stoltz as Marty. It just wouldn't be the 'same' movie, just as if Carlos Estevez (aka Charlie Sheen) had been cast in "Born On The Fourth Of July" instead of Tom Cruise .. the result would be different. Casting is tricky, and perceivably critical, and may certainly affect exhibition receipts. Dave Lounder (Film Actor/Executive Producer)

[YuichiTaira]

i cant imagine anyone else playing marty right now. im so glad they made the choice to get him in it.

[571cameron]

this clip hurt my eyes

[PJAriz]

Michael J. Fox, not only in the early days but also nowadays is a trully inspiration for the mankind!! Love you Michael!

[lokalllize]

Michael J Fox still looks young

[pnroyal]

honestly... when is the last time that anyone even gave a crap about Eric Stoltz? Release the footage already!

[GusF]

I wonder how successful the film would have been if they had kept Eric Stoltz.

[revheavygandpinto]

It sounds like a story line from entourage!

[AnonymousAnimus]

That's it, I'm watching the whole trilogy again!

[j7x54]

stoltz looks to calm for marty mcfly

[TheLoneRanger1992]

Hey Everyone Biff From Back To The Future is on here he is called TomWilsonUSA check his page out!

[alienhddna]

Eric Stoltz went on to be in mask 

[l3oozehound]

@alienhddna he has already done mask by then

[xaxie1]

Poor Michael, he looks so bad with parkinsons :(

[ImSpoiled1987]

@xaxie1 ooh thats the reason why he moves in that weird way?? i was wondering about that...poor MJF

[tjcobra666]

It's quite obvious that Erik Stoltz wouldn't have made this movie the hit. Fox has this natural ability to make people laugh, just with a few subtle facial expression. Erik Stoltz ain't a comedian. He was really great in Some Kind of Wonderful, but he ain't funny. This movie needed a lot of comedy!

[bardhi09]

@tjcobra666 it'd be nice if they had released al the Eric Stoltz or if they would of actually the whole film with him then release it as an exclusive in a DVD later! I mean the reaction of Eric Stoltz when seeing his dad is truly fascinating!

[101Volts]

@bardhi09 I heard he was very serious in the role, Like when Doc sent Einstein a minute into the future he said "Doc, The dog's dead" Not "You disintegrated Einstein!"

[bardhi09]

@101Volts That was the writer's fault though!

[101Volts]

@bardhi09 Probably.

[tomharding]

It's heartbreaking to see Michael J Fox like he is now :-(

[giannismitsou]

@tomharding HE ACTUALLY LOOKS UGLIER THAN 5O YEAR OLD MARTY FROM BACK TO THE FUTURE 2

[wjallgood]

@tomharding No offense Tom, but it doesn't look like Mike is letting his condition slow him down too much. Everyone gets old, but not everyone gets to show us that despite diseases and disabilities that we can still live, work, and be pretty happy. What's heartbreaking to me is seeing perfectly healthy folk complain about bullshit like a fender bender, waiting in a long line, and overdone eggs or something trivial like that. It'd be great to get Mike's take on it.

[NickDufe]

@wjallgood I agree. Look at Stephen Hawking. His disability doesn't slow him down!

[micfiends]

@tomharding to be honest, in the last few months, he has started to look alot better, it must be a cocktail of medication, but he has looked alot less shakey latley. god bless him

[Atvishees]

@tomharding Yes, what happened?

He looks like he has Parkinson.

[szczala17]

@Atvishees he is.

[M80Ag]

@tomharding Heartbreaking and admirable!!! 

[seansapir1]

@tomharding why?

[SagradaMascarita]

@seansapir1 look at the way he's talking in the vid

[seansapir1]

@SagradaMascarita why is he like that but he looks normal in the movie

[SagradaMascarita]

@seansapir1 he has some sort of disease that affects speech

[JackWolf10]

@SagradaMascarita Its called parkisons disease.

[seansapir1]

@SagradaMascarita Parkinsons or whatever? i didnt know that affected speech. and if it does how did he act?

[tellurye]

@seansapir1 I had a boss who had it - there is a gland in your brain about the size of a pea- that controls all the signals of movement - so when you want to raise your arm, that is what sends the signal from your brain to your arm muscles to raise it. With Parkinson's, that glad is damaged; sending bad signals -so they shake, etc. That's why he is always rocking, hands waving, etc. For acting, He said he took medication making the movements not as noticeable. Sucky disease.

[jamstrings100]

@tomharding It isn't that bad. My aunty as MS.

[rawfoodsretreat]

@tomharding And it's no wonder he got sick. They overworked this child half to death- as they say- he worked 2 full time jobs , long grueling hours and no proper rest. Hollywood killed Michael J Fox.

[cpz1019]

@rawfoodsretreat actors are involved in two or more projects all the time.. that is not the reason why Michael J Fox got Parkinsons

[IWatchWeirdVideos]

@cpz1019

for real lol

[luke012584]

The guy actually looks like he wouldve played the part very well if he had had what they were looking for, but MJF just takes the cake.

[NeonTrees1983]

Can't believe Eric Stoltz was filmed as Mc Fly for five weeks before Fox finally managed to get his agenda right and agreed to make this movie. Wow imagine if Michael refused definitively the role ? The course of history would have been changed forever ! At this point it would have created a paradox, which would create a chain reaction that could reform the continuity of time and space and that destroy our entire universe! Making the universe collapse into nothing, bringing life to extinction!

[ccpickre]

@NeonTrees1983

If MJF had turned down the role. Life would have gone on.

If someone went back in to time now, and convinced MJF to turn down the role, it would create the paradox you described.

[lilababy76]

@NeonTrees1983 actually this is exactly what happened, so the Doc used the Delorean to go back to the past and get MJF cast for the role :p

[colonelboogeyman]

The reason why there was so little footage in the Blu-Ray release has been given by Bob Gale in various interviews over the years: he didn't want to embarrass Stoltz. He always said that he'd never show the footage, but relented for the Blu-Ray release on condition that the footage would be brief snippets - without sound - in the context of a Behind The Scenes doco.

So don't hold your breath for a possible future release of the complete Stoltz footage. Most likely it'll be posthumous.

[sabyr]

@colonelboogeyman Well, in that case I don't mind not seeing. The guy made a promise.

[1MoreRoundbrother]

Don't Knock Teen Wolf, Fox.

[jdmdrift]

@1MoreRoundbrother

GO BEAVERS!!

[1MoreRoundbrother]

I'm glad I didn't buy it.

[ControlDenied307]

I truly hate complaining about it, but for all of this anticipation, and they only give us about 10 seconds of footage? They shot with Eric for WEEKS. We could have at least gotten one complete scene. Maybe the next re-release.

[GusF]

@ControlDenied307 I'd be surprised if it surfaced (officially) while Eric Stoltz is still working frankly as, considering that he was deemed unsuitable and fired from the film, it would make him look fairly bad and that would make Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis look mean spirited which wouldn't be the case.

[CheatingSoi]

@ControlDenied307 exactly. They should really release all of the footage. I would totally pay for it.

[VerendumProductions]

@ControlDenied307 30th Anniversary Edition comes complete with hoverboard and 50 years sports almanac.

[micfiends]

@VerendumProductions shut up, where can i get this.

[VerendumProductions]

@micfiends Up your ass. Why the rudeness?

[micfiends]

@VerendumProductions  i meant shut up in like a omg way i want.!!!

[VerendumProductions]

@micfiends Oh. Well, I feel like a dick.

[suspekt29]

@ControlDenied307 I know I was thinking the same thing. Total bullshit

[suspekt29]

@Sirrom5 I think you commented on the wrong person. I was responding to how the Eric Stoltz footage should have been included some on either the DVD or Blu Ray release if they shot for 5 weeks

[kevinwon]

i just bought it and i can't find eric stoltz footage anywhere!