Eric Stoltz Marty Mcfly Costume

Camturner26 · Mar 19, 2018

Just wondering if anyone had any information on the original Mcfly costume worn by Eric Stoltz because Michael J Fox.

Not many photos exist online of him in it, so it's hard working with what's available.

Shoes: vintage 80s dark green Converse Chuck Taylor high-tops

Jeans: look to be black jeans, maybe from Levi's/unknown. Worn with a black belt.

Shirt: United States Patent Office Guitar t-shirt - brand unknown

Jacket: unknown/custom made?
Made from thick black and white woven plaid wool. With snaps and zips.

Shirt: dark blue plaid - brand unknown

Any thoughts on this. Does anyone else know something!
Would love to hear from you guys.

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BlobVanDam · Mar 19, 2018

Searching for "Gibson Les Paul patent shirt" yields many results for similar shirts based on that same patent image, although at a quick search I couldn't find that exact variant. Worst case there are similar options available though, or you could grab the original patent image from somewhere and make your own custom design. Depends on how much effort you want to go to.
Pretty cool shirt. Would have been cool to see MJF wear it too.

Camturner26 · Mar 19, 2018

BlobVanDam said:
Searching for "Gibson Les Paul patent shirt" yields many results for similar shirts based on that same patent image, although at a quick search I couldn't find that exact variant. Worst case there are similar options available though, or you could grab the original patent image from somewhere and make your own custom design. Depends on how much effort you want to go to.
Pretty cool shirt. Would have been cool to see MJF wear it too.

Ah so cool man, thanks for the lead.

I found a match to the original image, without the upper text, nothing 100% yet.

Indy said if there was enough interest he'd make a run of them, which would have been great, but not enough people were interested. Part of the reason I think this costume is so forgotten and pushed aside.

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moviebuff5 · Mar 20, 2018

https://patents.google.com/patent/US2714326A/en?inventor=theodore+mccarty&oq=theodore+mccarty
It still is not 100%, but with a bit of editing it should have everything you need.

Camturner26 · Mar 22, 2018

There's a few good shots or Eric in the Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History book.

All the photos are really high quality, some you can see in detail and pattern in the jacket and the blue plaid shirt.

The shirt has an interesting zig zag pattern within the plaid. Someone may be able to use this and the colour to recreate this pattern. I know spoonflower prints custom designs.

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67Beatle88 · Mar 23, 2018

I'd love that jacket...

BTTFSpencer · Mar 24, 2018

That's a really unusual getup, it's a lot less iconic obviously but it also looks like something that would be worn today. I can't imagine a kid from the 80s wearing any of that and Eric Stoltz looks about 26 rather than 17.

Camturner26 · Mar 24, 2018

BTTFSpencer said:
That's a really unusual getup, it's a lot less iconic obviously but it also looks like something that would be worn today. I can't imagine a kid from the 80s wearing any of that and Eric Stoltz looks about 26 rather than 17.

Yeah, that's part of the reason MJF was in a totally new costume. The directors said Eric's costume didn't look much out of place in the 50s. Jokes like the life preserve couldn't be used.

MJF was actually supposed to wear Erics green Converse as part of his costume, but costume designer Deborah L. Scott forgot to bring them to the fitting. Fox had arrived in his own pair of bruins when Robert Zemeckis told him to "Just wear those"

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BTTFSpencer · Mar 24, 2018

Are the converse shoes green? I thought that they were black on Eric. When Michael finally wears a pair of cons in the 50s they're black in any case.

I like the idea of him arriving on set with his own pair of Bruins, that's what we've been told. They must have had him hand them over to meticulously remove the tag and rear labelling, which isn't a lighting fast process or so I'm lead to believe.

I want the story of Doc's Vandals since they're seen in those Eric "I was in Pulp Fiction at least" Stoltz photos.

Camturner26 · Mar 24, 2018

Yeah the shoes are green. The ones worn in the 50s are a different pair.

The bruins were out of production so the costume department had to have them made specifically. 10 pairs were made for the first film.

Edit: 25 pairs were made

BTTFSpencer · Mar 25, 2018

Can you show me a colour picture of Eric Stoltz' Green Converse? I wouldn't mind seeing what they're like.

It would be nice to know the source of your information if possible, I'm doing a project on iconic shoes in film. The costume Eric wears is kind of cool, shoulder pads are a little firm maybe but I like it. The shirt is quite cool.

That's some great research you've got going there.

Camturner26 · Mar 25, 2018

BTTFSpencer said:
Can you show me a colour picture of Eric Stoltz' Green Converse? I wouldn't mind seeing what they're like.

It would be nice to know the source of your information if possible, I'm doing a project on iconic shoes in film. The costume Eric wears is kind of cool, shoulder pads are a little firm maybe but I like it. The shirt is quite cool.

That's some great research you've got going there.

As far as coloured pictures go you may be out of luck. A lot of the coloured photos are of his top half and don't show anything below the belt.

Although it is known and stated that he wore dark green. Dark enough to appear black on screen so that gives some clue to the shade.

These are my best bet. The darker of the two are a newer pair made a few years ago and the lighter pair are a genuine vintage pair from the mid to late 70s.

As for the information, try BTTF a visual guide. It has a lot of information about pretty much everything. Even mentions the green Converse but nothing more about Eric's costume.

BTTFSpencer · Mar 25, 2018

Camturner26 said:
As far as coloured pictures go you may be out of luck. A lot of the coloured photos are of his top half and don't show anything below the belt.

Although it is known and stated that he wore dark green. Dark enough to appear black on screen so that gives some clue to the shade.

These are my best bet. The darker of the two are a newer pair made a few years ago and the lighter pair are a genuine vintage pair from the mid to late 70s.

As for the information, try BTTF a visual guide. It has a lot of information about pretty much everything. Even mentions the green Converse but nothing more about Eric's costume.

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Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. It would be interesting to say the least to see what Back to the Future was first before they got ahold of Michael. I think I get the fan obsession of wanting to see all of that.

funboy1013xx · Mar 25, 2018

yup yup. I would be in line to buy a limited edition special blue ray "ERIC STOLTZ" version yesterday

opcorn

Camturner26 · Mar 25, 2018

Hey, whoevers interested in having an accurate replica of Eric's shirt made. Follow the link and say your interested! Indy Magnoli is trying to make them but he needs to know we're going to buy them!!

https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=274219

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Roland · Mar 26, 2018

It's a simple black print on a white t-shirt. Any print on demand service can do that. You just need the graphic. Seems to be a job for me.

Indy Magnoli · Mar 26, 2018

Roland said:
It's a simple black print on a white t-shirt. Any print on demand service can do that. You just need the graphic. Seems to be a job for me.

All you need to do is pull the graphics from the original patent file and then remake the heading in the same font and wording as other patent one-sheets you can find one google image search. It's a pretty easy job which you should be able to knock out in less than an hour, I imagine. If you need help sourcing the graphics and info, shoot me an e-mail and I can send you what I've got.

Roland · Mar 26, 2018

Indy Magnoli said:
All you need to do is pull the graphics from the original patent file and then remake the heading in the same font and wording as other patent one-sheets you can find one google image search. It's a pretty easy job which you should be able to knock out in less than an hour, I imagine. If you need help sourcing the graphics and info, shoot me an e-mail and I can send you what I've got.

Thanks for your offer.

I already found the 4-page patent document. You can find almost the full shirt graphic and text there (just the used font on the shirt is different and the outer lines of the guitar drawings are thicker, but that's no problem).

I just can't identify, what this bottom part is. It's not from the patent document.

BTTFSpencer · Mar 27, 2018

I would be interested in a shirt.

BTTFSpencer · Mar 27, 2018

funboy1013xx said:
yup yup. I would be in line to buy a limited edition special blue ray "ERIC STOLTZ" version yesterday opcorn

It won't ever get released. Legal redtape, Eric Stoltz. What are you gonna do. There's photos at least. It's a bit of a tease that we only got to see a small amount with no dialogue. It had a different tone, and what if that tone is interesting, maybe not Back to the Futureish but whatever. Variety is the spice of life.

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