Christmas Time is Here

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Back to the Future starring Eric Stoltz

For those who remember the '80s time-travel movie "Back to the Future", can you imagine another actor playing Marty McFly? I mean Michael J. Fox is Marty McFly. Fast talking, smooth, cool, nice guy. The role is tailor-made for Michael J. Fox. It's hard to believe anyone else playing the part but apparently, there was another actor who had a brief stint as Marty McFly.

(in an alternate reality where Eric Stoltz stars in BTTF - Fringe episode)

When filming began for BTTF, Michael J. Fox was busy with his sitcom "Family Ties". So, although Fox was Robert Zemeckis' first choice, another actor was cast. Enter Eric Stoltz. For those who are not familiar with Eric Stoltz, he portrayed Rocky Dennis, a kid with the rare disorder lionitis, in the biographical drama film "Mask", which also stars Cher.

He was also in the John Hughes film "Some Kind of Wonderful" (my all-time favorite movie) starring alongside Lea Thompson and Mary Stuart Masterson.

There was four weeks of filming done with Stoltz. But the director felt that his performance wasn't appropriate for the film. Eric Stolz's acting style is serious and dry. He is more of a method actor. He isn't very funny. Very different form Michael J. Fox's style.

Eventually, Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg decided to go with Michael J. Fox, their original choice. Luckily, Fox was able to negotiate splitting his time between the film and "Family Ties". Hence, he replaced Eric Stoltz and the rest we know is history.

References:

Gazette Review - What Happened to Eric Stoltz – 2016 Update

Video:

Youtube clip uploaded by Arthur Bluvstein

Photos: From all over the internet

The Smiths - Guitar Cover

Here's me with a guitar cover of The Smiths song, "This Charming Man".

Backing Tracks - How to play a guitar
Guitar lessons - anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk

The Smiths - Guitar Cover

Souvenir

OMD cover by Brittle Stars

Brittle Stars - Souvenir

Can't Help Falling In Love

Here's Celtic folk band, Lick the Tins, with their cover version of the Elvis Presley original, "Can't Help Falling in Love" from the movie Some Kind of Wonderful, written by John Hughes and directed by Howard Deutch.

“Think everyone over 17 has forgotten what it’s like to be 16? Filmmaker John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink) hasn’t. Now Hughes delivers another funny, savvy, crowd-pleasing look at adolescence in this story about a high school misfit (Eric Stoltz-Mask (with Cher)), who falls head-over-heels for the senior class siren (Lea Thompson-Back to the Future) that he’s blind to the charms of his beautiful and devoted best pal (Mary Stuart Masterson-Fried Green Tomatoes, Bed of Roses, Benny & Joon, Heaven Help Us). Some fun, some heartache, Some Kind of Wonderful!”

The Kiss

Credits:
Paramount Classics DVD
chezajp
vistavizion
Check out also http://www.somekindofwonderful.org/ for a definitive guide to SKOW.

Soundcloud Album

Here are some tunes I made. Hope ya like it folks.