10 Things - Back to the Future: The Lost Version 

Could we also say Thomas F. Wilson playing Biff Tannen was also what makes this movie a masterpiece? He's the antagonist, but he's just perfect in every way.

The chemistry between Lloyd and Fox is so amazing. Not only do you not stop and wonder why a high schooler is friends with an old man, you see how quickly they fall into the same pattern with '55 Doc.

One of the few movies that resonates just as strongly as an adult as it did when you were a kid.

Back to the Future is one of those movies I could watch over and over and never get tired of it. A perfect movie!

Back to Future got my thru a tough time..I was 13 when it came out in 1985 and was being heavily abused at home.While being ashamed and not telling anyone I searched for an escape.I found a temporary one in BTTF..During that summer I would scrounge up enough money to see the early 11:00am matinee showing and would try to stay past the 10:00pm showing..This movie was magic and was the perfect escape.I would sometimes even try to sneak in to showings of Teen Wolf if I could..But Marty was everything I wanted to be so I would lose myself in the movie seeing it over 30 times that summer..So if anyone who ever worked on BTTF happen see this I would like to say thank you.

I seriously can't imagine anyone else in any of the major roles in this movie. They are all just so iconic.

Reading the original script for this feels like a totally different movie and I’m super happy with the movie we have today.

What most people forget about the 1980s is that 1950s retro was a huge part of that decade's culture, and was no doubt a significant factor in the success of Back To The Future.

I would be super super excited to see the Eric Stoltz version. I watch the trilogy over and over again on a fairly regular basis. So this would be something new and fascinating. I don’t care if it’s not as good, I kinda just desperately wanna see it because it’s such a mystery. I wanna see what Eric did with the character. It’s like an alternate timeline, an alternate character that brings an alternate view. It’s what Back To The Future is all about and it could never take away anything from the theatrical releases that are masterpieces. But it’s a missing piece of the puzzle. I’m certain I’d love Eric’s darker more serious portrayal of Marty. It’s just something different. I hope it does get released in my lifetime.

I've always loved the fact that the day in the past he goes back to, was my parents' wedding day.

Eric Stoltz could not take direction, disagreed with parts of the script and challenged the director Robert Zemeckis. Not good.

Definitely wouldn't have survived as a cult classic movie if they kept the refrigerator

So glad you covered this Minty. Fun to see the possible version we may have gotten. Keep up the awesome work mate. Cheers!

I like to imagine theres an alternate universe where Eric Stoltz took over from Michael J Fox, and its the cannon version.

That Doc impression was pure class 🤣

Remains my favorite movie of all time, never grows old. And yes, so glad they made all the changes they did.

An absolutely perfect film trilogy, one of my all time favourites. The attention to detail is incredible. I never tire of it!

I hope someday the Eric Stolz more serious darker version of Back to the Future gets released. I’d be interested to watch it.

I'd love to see a cut of the movie with just Stoltz. It wouldn't be complete, but this would be a very interesting "what if?" opportunity that doesn't happen that often.

It’s crazy 30 years later and we can’t come close to making movies as good as back to future. Computers has ruined art. Movies music etc

This is one of the rare few movies thats perfect in every way and can never be remade.... Ever!!!

Marty: “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it” The domino effect: “Like hell they will.“

Thanks for this video! These were, by far, the most Eric Stoltz images I have seen collected together! Someday, I do hope to see an Eric Stoltz cut. Even knowing the Michael J. Fox version was, indeed, the right direction. I just wanna see it, nonetheless.

I think I heard in an interview that the nuclear blast actually lasted into drafts of the script which used the DeLorean. It was the budget that forced them to rewrite it to use the clock tower. Bob Gale said that it was one of those situations where the restrictions on them actually served to make a better movie since it put the courthouse at the center of the story.

Back to the future is probably my favorite movie of all time and Michael is perfect casting obviously, but I wouldn't mind watching the stoltz version with the seriousness he wanted to bring

I want to see the serious version with Eric Stoltz.

"This begs to ask the question." Never change, Minty. We love you.

The last time I looked into the Stoltz replacement story a few years ago, the reigning theory at that point was roughly 80% of the movie had been shot when they brought Fox in.

I am very happy with the progression of your videos. They have come a long way and are very well done. This video was awesome and I never knew that Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty. You were right that it would have been a completely different movie if he was the lead. Thanks for the eye opening video!

I am waiting to see the "10 Things You Didn't Know About Minty" video. As far as BTF goes, you can see bags under Biff's eyes in the diner scene except for that quick clip of when he gets punched because that was shot several weeks earlier when the actors weren't as tired.

Your Doc impression is spot on Minty! 😁

The ‘Back to the Future’ trilogy is one of the finest and most enjoyable ever made. I love the ending of the first film because Marty did NOT deliberately try to change his future, he went to save doc (and get back to his own time). His parents being better versions of themselves (and also their two oldest children), so really great. FYI: loved the fun and funny things, that you added in this presentation. 👍👍👏👏❣️

I think thats why this movie turned out so epic because filming so much of the movie with Stoltz was a sorta rough draft. Re filming scenes a second time they knew exactly what they wanted. LIke anything in life repeating things naturally gets better, tighter more thought out essentially.

Minty's Doc Brown impersonation was the funniest part in the history of this channel

Yes I would like to see the un released footage with Eric Stoltz with Audio to compare the movies, but I still couldn't see anyone else playing Marty Mcfly but Michael J. Fox!! Great job again Mr. Minty!!

I love Michael J Fox as Marty but to be honest Im very curious to see the Stoltz version just to see what kind of a film it would of been with him.

Love how in the Premier Interview Barry Norman says "Eventually" about Fox taking over from Stoltz. Barry was the son of a film director and had close friends in the industry. So seems he'd heard about BTTF shooting with Stoltz for a long part of the shoot. Even Zemeckis's friend and business partner, Joel Silver would say in 1993 that they all shot ALL of BTTF with Stoltz.

It would be cool if they released the Eric Stotlz version, I bet they filmed most of the movie with Stotlz. The could release it as something like Back to the Future: Alternate Timeline.

As an 80s teen, I like both Eric and Michael and had a crush on Eric LOL. I do feel for Eric since it was obvious that he was replaced after shooting quite a lot of scenes already. That would have been a big blow to his ego.

Absolutely perfect movie and should NEVER be rebooted

There is also a comic book called Back to Back to the Future where they go back in time to try and prevent Eric Stoltz been replaiced with Michael J. Fox. It's a six parter comic book series.

If I ever get to see the Stoltz footage I will die happy. I love the BTTF we got, but the curiosity is just too great. Ever since they released what little we got my mind has just buzzed with wonder of what could be. I need to see it!

If you were born prior to 1980 how can you NOT get emotional about this film? Also the Pt. 3 was filmed near my property and last year we attended an outdoor screening of pt. 3 with a large screen designed like the screen in the movie and with an freakin Delorean that my grandson and I fought over. I was so mad that day because I was given a number to call re: the screening and a quiet gentleman answered. We spoke and I thanked him for his time. Upon hanging up I Fyking realized he answered the phone by identifying himself, "Hello this is Bob Gale". I had so many questions and comments I could've addressed but then again i wouldn't want to have taken his time up.

The films are an absolute masterpiece that should never be remade or rebooted.

I would love to see the full Eric Stoltz footage released some day.

Great critique of BTTF. Love the additional trivia you give us about different movies. It really shows you did your research and how much you love movies. Keep it up!

Nice one! FWIW, there's a nice nod to Eric Stoltz in an episode of Fringe, where in an alternate version of 1985, characters are seen exiting a movie theater after a showing of BTTF with Stoltz listed on the marquee as the star of the movie! 🙂

This one's gonna get big views. Not many videos go deep on the details about the Stoltz-Fox swap, that I know of. And yes, you get clever points for thinking out of the box with an unreleased film.

At least with the BTTF franchise, if they decide to do remakes, they can market them as being alternate timeline realities, to avoid alienating fans. Just as long as they add some sort of additional title note, so we know what's going on in what series, I'd think that it could be possible to see more exploration on the idea of time travel, perhaps from different eras as starting points.

If Back to the Future was released today Marty would return to 1992

Can never have too many Back to the Future videos.

I am surprised that there are more trivias emerging every year about this amazing trilogy.

As a kid i remember being wowed with his alternate life, got the girl, the car, new happier cooler parents. But as an adult i can see how this could be sad, would have been interesting to see the end be more intense and emotional.

A legend movie grew up watching these as a kid on VHS

Ironically, we had this movie on Betamax® (which was “pirated”by renting it, hooking up two VCRs with audio/video cables and recording it. It was very technical and complicated, I know. 😆😆) Minty, I love your passion, brother! Congrats on the success of your channel! 🥳

I would actually really love to see the Stoltz film. It would be a really respectful way to re-make the film and they could do like a he meets himself in the future at the end and bam new good BTTF PT2

Minty - this is, by far, my favorite video you have ever created. I graduated high school in 1985 - and this is probably the ultimate 1980s movie as it links 80s kids with their parents who grew up in the 1950s. I've always wondered about the Eric Stoltz footage and story so thanks for doing the research! You should do more videos like this: the Richard Donner Cut of Superman 2 would be a good example. Thanks, man! Minty Rules!

You can watch the storyboards of the alternate nuclear plant ending on the Blu-ray special features. Budget constraints were another reason they reworked the ending to be in the Hill Valley Town Square, which works much better anyway.

Thanks for the new information Minty, I learned a few new things about BTTF. That was pretty heavy!!

Great Scot!!! The original version would've been crap. So glad more insightful heads prevailed. Great video. Really well put together.

Now I REALLY want them to release a 1 Disc Special Edition of BTTF with Eric Stoltz. 🧐

Simply put just a great movie from beginning to end

Back To The Future is one of my favorite movies in my top 5. This movie along with MIB I have rewatched like 20 plus times. I friggin love them. With all that said geez I had no dang clue there was a lost version!! This will be a real treat to watch!

Videos are always awesome. I’ve been watching your stuff for years.😊

What we got is a perfect movie. One of the absolute all time greatest films

I still would have liked to have seen the Eric Stolz version of the movie. It would have been cool to have released an extended version where Stolz would have been a parallel universe version of Marty and it was a darker version.

Thank you for making this recap! Never knew any of this!

Minty you brought me back. Almost forgot about the copy warning on vhs tapes. Your channel is great keep up the good work.

I have a feeling the Time Machine being powered by Coke was because originally Back to Future was supposed to be a Columbia film and Columbia was owned by Coke Cola at the time. I mean they even made a movie called the Coke Cola Kid while they owned Columbia, so yeah they wanted product placement.

The Eric stoltz version seems very interesting, the darker 80’s time travel vibes. His Marty doesn’t dress with bright colors like Fox’s, since he played the role more serious.

amazing as always minty, loved the Doc impression too

Minty you do a great doc brown impression!!! I was listening saying 'Holy crap he sounds like him."

The 80's were the best years to live through. Especially as a teenager!

This is great.. thank you for a look into this,, i had no idea and i love BTTF.. especially 1 and 2.. watched and rewound the 'pirated' VHS copies my uncle had made hundreds of times my 90s youth.. (even if they all looked a bit orange in the copy's tracking lol)

Excusing the NPC takes with the piracy, thanks for the video!

*Going into my DVD archive, thanks for making up my choice of what to watch this weekend.* 📀

I definitely want to see the Eric stolt's version so badly!

As much as I have enjoyed the back to the future franchise over the years, I’d love to see the Eric Stoltz version.

Nice touch using the BTTF NES game music in parts of the video

so, you went back in time and changed the future, by showing us a thing from the past, with new stuff and, GREAT SCOTT, it's 1.21 gigawatts!

You should definitely do 10 things about any which way but loose and any which way you can. That would be very interesting. Still waiting for the 1985 fortress and Jacob's-ladder can't find it to watch it

With the recent advances in A.I image generating, it's only a matter of time before we can watch a more serious version of Back To The Future with Eric Stoltz and a refrigerator time machine

Doc n Marty = Rick n Morty My high school class showed Back to the Future, as a fund raiser, in an auditorium projected on the big screen in 1990. We charged $5/per or $10/family. It was packed. Hundreds showed up, mainly from church folks. We made $ from snacks too. As a 17yo, I had no idea we were pirating a movie that originally was a movie about movie pirates! Instant karma relief 30+ years later. Thanks Minty! Damn you WWCoG! Illegal movie viewing....

Michael J. Fox looked like a kid during his entire acting career!! Didn’t realize how good he actually was until way later..

That part that always bothered me is the fact that everyone just stands around watching as Biff tries to run Marty down with his car. He was trying to murder Marty, and nobody cared.

Michael J Fox was excellent as our Marty

My headcanon is that there was an earlier, so far unseen timeline in Back to the Future, where Marty, who in this timeline bears a striking resemblance to actor Eric Stoltz, uses Doc's DeLorean to travel back to 1955, but fails to get his parents together when he accidentally interferes with history, and is erased from existence. The ensuing paradox results in time shifting back and forth between two timelines, one with Marty and the one where he's been erased, centered around Hill Valley and the effected period of time. Ultimately this causes wear on the space-time continuum, like someone pacing on the same stretch of carpet; and the effected space-time begins to distort, causing additional variations in history, which further distorts space-time. Left unchecked, space and time would collapse around the effected area. But as it should happen, one of the new timelines produces a version of Marty who, thought he goes back in time endangers his own conception, actually manages to get his parents together and insures his existence; creating a stable paradox and a segment of space-time that's actually stronger against tampering for it. This is partly the reason Marty and Doc aren't immediately affected by the Hell-Valley timeline Old Biff creates, because those changes would undermine the stable paradox they previously created.

As a die-hard BTTF fan, I'm very glad that the rewrites occurred, and that Universal were willing to pony up the cash for the necessary reshoots to allow Michael J Fox to play Marty. Also, having Doc Brown's pet be a dog instead of a chimp was probably better from a safety standpoint, as chimps can be quite vicious when stressed.

Back to the alt future

I think George as a boxer would have been cool to have in the movie. On another note, I would love to see all of the Eric Stoltz footage. Another awesome video. Thanks Minty!

brilliant analysis of how it worked the best being written for the middle of both decades

THANK YOU!!! I’m 40, and absolutely in love with the trilogy. But this is amazing!! Thank you!!!! ❤

Read the book ‘Back To The Future: The Ultimate Visual History’ by Michael Klastorin. It gives a LOT of background info about early scripts and just how much footage with Stoltz was shot.

6:51 What amazed me about those piracy adverts in the early 2000's was just how fast they thought you could download a feature length movie over a 56k modem link....just see how fast the blue progress bars flies! It's like Marty came back from the future and plugged her into full fibre broadband!

I'm glad we got the "Back to the Future" we did. That other version.... ALL of it... sounds terrible. It might be an interesting alternate universe tale, though.

I wonder if we’ll get The Eric Stoltz Cut? Anyone want to start a campaign?

Minty have my babies!!!

"With great seriousness, concern and despair - as anyone would be who was taken out of their timezone…" 🤔....?? I think they call that jet lag, Minty... 😆

Interesting timing of the upload of this video, as I recently saw the Back to the Future musical in London, which was fantastic.

There is an animatic of Marty driving the Delorean at a nuclear test site to charge at the bomb as it is detonated.