Random Surprising Facts You Didn't Know About Back to Futu (45 items)

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  (#10) Doc Wears a Shirt in Back to the Future II That Alludes to the Plot of III

  The shirt that Doc wears for the majority of the second film features a design depicting cowboys on horseback and a train, foreshadowing the climax of the third film.
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  (#22) Universal Pictures Execs Had Some... Interesting Ideas About the Title

  Universal Pictures head Sid Sheinberg did not like the title Back to the Future, insisting that nobody would see a movie with "future" in the title. In a memo to Robert Zemeckis, he said that the title should be changed to Spaceman from Pluto, tying in with the Marty-as-alien jokes in the film, and also suggested further changes like replacing the "I'm Darth Vader from planet Vulcan" line with "I am a spaceman from Pluto!"

  Sheinberg was persuaded to change his mind by a response memo from Steven Spielberg, which thanked him for sending a "humorous note," and that everyone got a kick out of it. Sheinberg, too proud to admit he was serious, gave in to letting the film retain its title.
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  (#42) Marty McFly Was Almost the Karate Kid

  Ralph Macchio turned down the role of Marty McFly, thinking the movie was about "a kid, a car, and plutonium pills."
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  (#7) Back to the Future II Is the First Film to Accomplish Interaction Between the Same Actor on the Screen Twice as Two Different Characters

  The biggest effect in Back to the Future II is the VistaGlide. There are three scenes that use the effect of the same actor interacting with themselves. The three scenes that were shot were the dinner sequence in 2015, 1955 Biff talking to 2015 Biff in the garage, and 1955 Doc talking with 1985 Doc. In order to create the dinner sequence with the VistaGlide, the camera had to be divided into thirds and Fox had to come in three different times to play his older self, Marty Jr., and his daughter Marlene.

  It's the first film ever to accomplish interaction between the same actor on the screen twice as two different characters.
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  (#3) The Third Movie Uses Time Travel to Tie Seamlessly Into the First FIlm

  In Back to the Future, Doc tells Marty he was inspired to create the flux capacitor after hitting his head on the bathroom sink while trying to hang a clock over his toilet. In Back to the Future III, when Doc freaks out after seeing Marty in his house and runs into the bathroom, you can just see the clock hanging above the toilet he slipped on.
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  (#20) Elijah Wood Makes His Theatrical Debut in the Franchise

  Elijah Wood's first feature film appearance came with the role of Video Game Boy in Back to the Future II. He played one of the two video game boys with whom Marty speaks in the diner near the beginning of the film.

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