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LoneWolfInCyberia OP t1_iyccr12 wrote

Reply to comment by nkleszcz in Romancing the Stone(1984) by LoneWolfInCyberia

He had Used Cars before this, quite a good comedy too, actually his 80s comedies were quite good, this, Back to Future series, Who Killed Roger Rabbit, before he went all serious in the 90s.

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nkleszcz t1_iycf22x wrote

As good as Used Cars was, it wasn’t a hit. (Neither was I Wanna Hold Your Hand or 1941). RtS was a surprise moneymaker and a lucrative one at that, thus giving him the clout he needed for so risky a project.

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Quint-MacReady t1_iyd13ao wrote

“Aren’t you a little big to be playing in the fucking mud?” Used Cars is a hilarious classic!

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TheMadLurker17 t1_iye8nm9 wrote

Alas Used Cars bombed initially. No studio wanted to greenlight Back to the Future at the time because of the poor box-office office showings of his films up to that point. Romancing the Stone's strong box-office is what got Back to the Future greenlit.

'The Movies that Made Us' episode on Back to the Future details this.

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