17 Classic Movies That Were Saved By Studio Interference
In an alternate 1985, American movie audiences saw a movie called Spaceman From Pluto, wherein Eric Stoltz's time-traveling DeLorean is sent back to the 80s by driving straight into a nuclear explosion -- nuke the fridge style.
Almost as if the writers and producers had time traveled themselves to watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and realized what a horrible idea that would be, Stoltz was recast, the title was changed to Back to the Future and Marty McFly gets back to the future by summoning 1.21 gigawatts through the power of lightning.
This is just one example of how studio notes aren't always a bad thing. On this week's episode, Alex Schmidt is joined by The Canon's Amy Nicholson to discuss how movies like , and Beverly Hills Cop were saved, or almost completely ruined by the scourge of Hollywood: studio notes.
Footnotes:
Five Myths About Hollywood (Washington Post)
5 Times The Studio Actually Knew What Was Best For The Movie (Cracked)
4 Insane Unknown Backstories Behind Famous Movies (Cracked)
7 Terrible Early Versions of Great Movies (Cracked)
Back To The Future - Nuclear Test Site Alternate Ending Storyboard
Oscar-Nominated Screenwriters Share Worst Studio Notes: 'So Where Are the White People?' (The Wrap)
Check Out Blade Runner's Tough Love Studio Notes From Before The Original Release (Bleeding Cool)
How The Shawshank Redemption Would Have Ended Without Studio Notes (Cinema Blend)
The Wrath of Kahn Director on Making the Seminal Star Trek Film (Nerdist)
Predator - Shooting the Jungle
Adapting Forrest Gump turned a caustic satire into a sentimental romance (AV Club)
In Jurassic Park, Spielberg made a family favorite from an adult book (AV Club)
Inside The Pixar Braintrust (Fast Company)
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