When Back to the Future was first pitched to Columbia, the creators thought it would align with their raunchy teen comedies like Animal House, Porky, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Not only did the script contain the implications of a mother and son romance, one scene included Biff attempting to sexually assault Lorraine in a car.Īside from being offered to Disney, director Robert Zemeckis shopped around at studios like Columbia Pictures who initially rejected Back to the Future before securing the rights in an IP deal. Disney is known for family-oriented themes, and a movie that involves the incestual undertones of a mother pushing advances on her son was far too suggestive for them to back. One such production company that denied the movie a few times was Walt Disney Productions, citing that the movie was far too risqué to fall under their brand. Related: Every Back To The Future Easter Egg and Reference In Marvel Moviesīack to the Future writer Bob Gale revealed in an interview that the film had been rejected at least 40 times.
The movie ends with all well, and even better, for the entire McFly family in 1985, though it’s a wonder how Marty could easily go back to family life after his interactions with his teenage mother. Even worse than simply rejecting his mother’s come-ons, Marty devises a plan with feigned sexual advances on Lorraine so that his father George can be the hero and save her. In his attempts, Marty unintentionally becomes the object of his mother Lorraine’s affections, which makes the conflict awkward for both Marty and the audience.
When Marty lands from 1985 in 1955, he is tasked with trying to get his parents together as teenagers. The movie’s sci-fi fantasy elements of time travel, appearing as a "Darth Vader" alien-like figure in the 1950s, and creating fads 30 years before they exist are what most audiences take away from Back to the Future, though the film isn’t without its controversial elements. Not uncommon for a Spielberg-backed fantasy movie, Back to the Future was also nominated for multiple Academy Awards and its theme song, “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News skyrocketed in popularity around the world. Considering the accolades Back To The Futurenow holds, it was a mistake for any major studio to turn it down, so why did Disney pass on the movie back in the early 1980s? Back to the Future (1985), now nationally considered one of the greatest films of all time, was a cultural phenomenon at its release, becoming the highest-grossing movie of the year ahead of franchise movies Rambo First Blood: Part II and Rocky IV.
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