“I am sure there will be those who will argue that the movie will appear to the audience to be a cheap, old-fashion sci-fi flick. Nonsense! I think it’s a kind of title that has ‘heat, originality and packs fun. Most importantly I think it avoids the feeling of a ‘genre’ time-travel movie.” he said in the memo.
Back to the Future almost had a bizarre title
A leaked memo has revealed that sci-fi classic Back to the Future could have had a very different title.
The memo has surfaced on Reddit and shows that Universal chief Sid Sheinberg didn’t like the title ‘Back to the Future’ as he felt that it sounded too much like a “genre time-travel movie.” So he proposed that the film should go by the absurd title of ‘Space Man From Pluto’ instead:
Spielberg reportedly responded to Sheinberg by thanking him for the ‘humourous memo’, and that the production crew had laughed at it.
How very different Back to the Future could have been, especially with the originally planned cast which included the likes of Eric Stoltz and Jeff Goldblum.