Eric Stoltz "Back to the Future" - production begins

Production started on November 26, 1984 and by Christmas, Spielberg had declared Stoltz wrong for the comedy.

Steven Spielberg, says that Zemeckis checked with him before making the switch.

“[Zemeckis] showed me the first five weeks of shooting that he had put together, aAnd he said, ‘I just don’t think we’re getting the laughs I was hoping we would get.’ ”

Spielberg feels the decision “was absolutely correct.”