Saved by Spielberg

‘Back to the Future’ is an amazing title that sums up exactly what the movie is about. ‘Space Man From Pluto’ isn’t!

Strangely, one executive thought the latter was better, and told Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis to change it. At a loss of what to do, the two turned to their friend and mentor Steven Spielberg for help.

Recalling what happened, Bob said: “We took the memo to Steven, who told us ‘Don’t worry, I know how to handle him,’ before writing a letter back which said, ‘Hi Sid, thanks for your most humorous memo, we all got a big laugh out of it, keep ‘em coming.’ Steven knew he would be too embarrassed to say that he wanted us to take the letter seriously. Luckily nobody questioned the title after that. Without Steven, it could have all been very different."