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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesMarty was Eric Stoltz
The first weeks of shooting were with Eric Stoltz as Marty. Zemeckis felt his tone was too serious, not the screwball comedy they wanted. Michael J. Fox, the writers' first choice, took over later and the scenes already shot were redone.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe title almost became Space Man from Pluto
Studio chief Sidney Sheinberg thought Back to the Future wouldn't work and suggested Space Man from Pluto. To avoid an argument, Spielberg sent back a memo thanking him for the joke. Sheinberg was too embarrassed to push it and the title stayed.
source ↗ - CameoHuey Lewis judges the band audition
Singer Huey Lewis, who wrote The Power of Love, appears as a judge at the audition of Marty's band. He agreed to the cameo on two conditions: no credit and a disguise.
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- Behind the scenesCrispin Glover didn't return, so George is faked
Glover couldn't agree on his pay, and the role of George McFly went to Jeffrey Weissman, in prosthetics on the chin, nose and cheekbones. To hide it, he appears in sunglasses, in the background or hanging upside down. Footage of Glover from the first film was reused too.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe Part III trailer plays at the end
Parts II and III were shot back to back. By the time the second film was ready, enough of the third had been shot, so a trailer was added at the end, before the credits, to tell audiences the story went on.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe holographic Jaws 19 shark
The 3D shark promoting Jaws 19 in 2015 was one of ILM's first digital experiments. Effects supervisor Ken Ralston kept the result of the very first test, untouched, because he liked how messed up it looked.
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- Behind the scenesThe Old West was Michael J. Fox's request
While shooting the first film, Zemeckis asked Fox what era he'd like to visit. Fox said he wanted to see the Old West and meet cowboys. The idea was held back until this film, and 1885 Hill Valley was built from scratch.
source ↗ - CameoZZ Top plays the 1885 dance
The Old West-style band at the town festival is played by the members of ZZ Top.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesReagan almost played the mayor
Zemeckis considered Ronald Reagan, a former president and former Western actor, for the role of Hill Valley's mayor in 1885. He contacted Reagan's agent, Lew Wasserman, but Reagan declined.
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- ReferenceThe series comes after the films, in its own timeline
In 1991, Doc lives on a farm in Hill Valley with Clara, their sons Jules and Verne and the dog Einstein. The DeLorean has been rebuilt and now has voice-activated time circuits. Per creator Bob Gale, it comes after the films but in its own alternate timeline.
source ↗ - CameoThe real Doc shows up at the end of each episode
In live action, Christopher Lloyd closes each episode as Doc Brown, doing an experiment tied to the day's story. The animated Doc is voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
source ↗ - ReferenceBiff tells jokes in season one
In the first season, after the credits, Biff Tannen tells a joke tied to the episode. It nods to the stand-up career of Thomas F. Wilson, the actor who plays Biff.
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