00:00During his adolescence, he had already made a few television appearances, in The Magic Lie and Leo and Me at 15 years old.
00:07But upon arriving in Hollywood, it was Disney that offered him his first feature film, Midnight Madness.
00:13It was thanks to his youthful appearance that he got the role, the production wanting an 18-year-old actor who could play a 15-year-old character.
00:20And it's this eternally adolescent look that will allow him to follow up with a second feature film.
00:24the subversive class 84 where he embodies the scapegoat of a group of students whose existence is punctuated by violence.
00:31At that time, he was known as Michael Fox, which he would later change to Michael G. Fox, in homage to his favorite actor, Michael G. Pollard.
00:39And it is with this new identity that he will join the sitcom Sacré Famille for one of the main roles.
00:44which earned him 3 Emmy Awards, 1 Golden Globe, and a new impetus in his film career, which would begin to flourish.
00:51because it was precisely at that moment that he was offered the role that would propel him to the rank of global star.
00:59When offered the role of Marty McFly, the producer of Family Ties refused to let him go.
01:05Fox therefore chose to decline the offer.
01:08The film then went into production with Eric Stoltz in the role of Marty.
01:11But after 6 weeks of filming, Bob Zemethys was not satisfied with Stoltz's performance, which he considered too serious and impersonal.
01:18He therefore returns to the charge with the producer of Sacré Famille,
01:22who decides to let him act in the film on the condition that he continues to prioritize the series.
01:27Michael J. Fox then had to reshoot everything that had already been filmed with Eric Stoltz.
01:32Some scenes are completely remade, others are kept.
01:35particularly for shot-reverse-shot exchanges where Fox reshoots his lines.
01:39To add to the edit, the original scenes where the other actors respond to Eric Stoltz.
01:44Young Michael then had to deal with a very busy schedule.
01:48since every day, from 10am to 6pm, he is filming on the set of Sacré Famille,
01:52and from 7pm to 3am, he was filming at Universal Studios for Back to the Future.
01:58The film was released on July 3, 1985 in the United States, and was an immediate success.
02:03Nearly $400 million in worldwide revenue, for an initial budget of $19 million.
02:08Over 3 million admissions in France.
02:11From there, two sequels will be filmed simultaneously.
02:14sequels that were not supposed to happen, but which became necessary in view of this unexpected success.
02:19Michael J. Fox is now a name to be reckoned with.
02:21So much so that Teen Wolf, which will be released a month after Back to the Future,
02:25will earn $80 million on a budget of $1 million.
02:29The film is entirely driven by the newfound popularity of its actor.
02:32but it will subsequently fall into oblivion.
02:34people only remember the success of Back to the Future.
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