What excites me is that we are finally (according to the producer) going to see some of that legendary Eric Stoltz footage that we've been hearing about for 25 years (for those that don't know, he was the original Marty McFly until they fired him and hired Michael J. Fox).

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What excites me is that we are finally (according to the producer) going to see some of that legendary Eric Stoltz footage that we've been hearing about for 25 years (for those that don't know, he was the original Marty McFly until they fired him and hired Michael J. Fox).

It's great they are finally digging this out for the fans to see. Hopefully it's a decent clip and not just something that breezes by. I remember when I first heard that Eric Stoltz had originally been cast as Marty McFly, I searched the web for photos like this one:

I think his hair and his expression makes him look crazier than Doc. Also I think the re-shooting also probably helped the actors get more into the characters, since they had time to improve on their characters reactions, which in turn made it better movie.

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I think his hair and his expression makes him look crazier than Doc. Also I think the re-shooting also probably helped the actors get more into the characters, since they had time to improve on their characters reactions, which in turn made it better movie.

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Michael J. Fox was the first choice to play Marty McFly, but he was committed to the show Family Ties.  Family Ties producer Gary David Goldberg felt that Fox was essential to the show's success, particularly with costar Meredith Baxter on maternity leave, and refused to allow him time off to work on a film. Back to the Future was scheduled for May 1985 and it was late 1984 when it was learned that Fox would be unable to star in the film.  Zemeckis' next two choices were C. Thomas Howell and Eric Stoltz, the latter of whom impressed the producers enough with his portrayal of Roy L. Dennis in Mask  – which had yet to be released – that they selected him to play Marty McFly.  Because of the difficult casting process, the start date was pushed back twice.

Four weeks into filming, Zemeckis decided Stoltz was miscast. Although he and Spielberg realized reshooting the film would add $3 million to the $14 million budget, they decided to recast. Spielberg explained Zemeckis felt Stoltz was too humorless and gave a "terrifically dramatic performance". Gale further explained they felt Stoltz was simply acting out the role, whereas Fox himself had a personality like Marty McFly. He felt Stoltz was uncomfortable riding a skateboard, whereas Fox was not. Stoltz confessed to director Peter Bogdanovich during a phone call, two weeks into the shoot, that he was unsure of Zemeckis and Gale's direction, and concurred that he was wrong for the role.

Fox's schedule was opened up in January 1985 when Meredith Baxter returned to Family Ties following her pregnancy. The Back to the Future crew met with Goldberg again, who made a deal that Fox's main priority would be Family Ties, and if a scheduling conflict arose, "we win". Fox loved the script and was impressed by Zemeckis and Gale's sensitivity in sacking Stoltz, because they nevertheless "spoke very highly of him". Per Welinder and Tony Hawk assisted on the skateboarding scenes, though Hawk had to leave the film because he was taller than Fox, having doubled for Stoltz in various scenes. Fox found his portrayal of Marty McFly to be very personal. "All I did in high school was skateboard, chase girls and play in bands. I even dreamed of becoming a rock star."

Gimme, gimme gimme!
I almost wish that summer was over already... 

Been looking forward to these to come out on blu-ray. Hopefully they'll get good transfers!

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I read about this over at Blu-ray.com. Very excited about this and I'm really hoping for a quality video and audio transfer here. I want to hear the Delorean whiz through my home theater in lossless audio.

The list of included features is also impressive:
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4800

And to top it off, the UK will be getting a Delorean Limited Edition version (whatever that may be ... perhaps the discs housed insided a case shaped like the Delorean?)

Anyway, definitely picking this up if the transfer is of good quality.

Hopefully the British version will be region free like other universal titles so I can import.

Universal + catalog title means there's a big chance it will be. Apparently the UK will be getting two Limited Editions:
- tin can (or could be steelbook) available everywhere
- Delorean LE available only at Play.com so far.

Tin now listed on Amazon UK

Now available as a pre-order at Amazon