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Went to check out a special screening of the fully restored 25th anniversary edition of Back to the Future in digital projection at a theater in Orange last night. Yes, it was absolutely fantastic - it really is a perfect movie. I don't think I'd seen it on the big screen since it's premier in 1985. The Back to the Future trilogy will be released on Blu-Ray tomorrow - Oct. 27th.

Eric Stolz as Marty McFly with Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown

An interesting factoid I just learned about the movie is that Eric Stolz was originally cast as Marty McFly, and actually completed five weeks of filming before director Robert Zemeckis and producers Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy decided he just wasn't right for the role and replaced him with their first choice, Michael J. Fox, who at the time was having scheduling conflicts with his hit TV show Family Ties.

Check this blog entry [here] for some additional behind the scenes info, as well as some screen caps of Eric Stolz as Marty McFly. Hopefully someday this footage will surface, but it's been 25 years already so I'm not holding my breath. Here's the 25th anniversary release poster: