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Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20 , 1964 ) is a multifaceted American artist. He is primarily known as a Film Actor , but is also a Painter , Filmmaker , Author , Musician , and Collector and Archivist of Esoterica . Crispin Glover is known to portray rather excentric people on screen such as George McFly in Back To The Future or Willard Stiles in Willard . Born in '' ( 1984 ). His breakout role was as George McFly in Robert Zemeckis 's '' Back To The Future ''. Glover refused to participate in the film's two sequels, reportedly because he wanted more money and his salary demands were not met. Nevertheless, Zemeckis used previously filmed footage and body prosthetics on another actor, Jeffrey Weissman , to simulate Glover on screen. Glover then sued the producers (including Steven Spielberg ) and won a landmark victory setting a precedent for how actors' images may be used in films. {Link without Title} At the same time, the suit put somewhat of a dark mark on Glover's reputation. ''Back to the Future'' was an international Box Office smash following its release in 1985 . Glover followed it with '' The Orkly Kid '', in which he portrayed a young man whose obsession with Olivia Newton-John raises the ire of his small-town neighbors. From that point, Glover pursued a defiantly Individualistic path. His characters were notable for the peculiar personality tics and unconventional thought processes. He played Andy Warhol in Oliver Stone 's '' The Doors '' in ( 1991 ). He has continued to play exceedingly Eccentric types, e.g. the title characters in '' Bartleby '' ( 2001 ) and '' Willard '' ( 2003 ). He has received some considerable Mainstream attention recently as the "Thin Man" in the '' Charlie's Angels '' films. In Glover, when asked to perform a dance, performed a wild dance resembling an epileptic fit. However, this probably increased his popularity and made him a candidate for Back To The Future as George McFly was a rather eccentric charecter. MUSIC In 1989, during a hiatus from films, Glover released an album called '' The Big Problem ≠ The Solution. The Solution = Let It Be '' ( 1989 ) through Restless Records . The album features ''Clowny Clown Clown'' (which has its own music video), a cover of Lee Hazlewood 's " These Boots Are Made For Walkin' ," a cover of Charles Manson 's "Never Say Never To Always," several original songs, and readings from his art books '' Rat Catching '' and '' Oak-Mot '' (Glover modified old books by adding or deleting pictures, text, and drawings). He included his home phone number with copies of the album, encouraging listeners to phone when they had "solved" his puzzle. Glover later commented that he was rather surprised how many people figured it out. The music itself is similar to Outsider Music , with seemingly absurd, dream-like lyrics. In 2003, he recorded a version of the Michael Jackson classic "Ben" to coincide with the release of the film '' Willard ''. In the eccentric music video for the song, he sings to a rat named Ben. It is available on the DVD of the film. There have also been at least two songs written about him, both titled "Crispin Glover," one by a New Jersey -based band Children In Adult Jails , and the band Scarling. The band The Warlock Pinchers also released a song entitled "Where the hell is Crispin Glover?". ''WHAT IS IT?'' FILM TRILOGY ''What Is It?'' Glover made his directorial debut with 2005 's ''What Is It?'', a strange and Surreal Art Film similar in style to the work of Alejandro Jodorowsky and has been described as "The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home, and is tormented by an hubristic, racist inner psyche." The movie's budget was a mere $125,000 and took almost a decade to complete, originally intending it to be a short film with shooting beginning in Los Angeles . Most of the primary footage was shot in 12 days, stretched over a two-and-a-half year period. From the late- 1990 s in to the early 2000 's, he toured with prints of the film, showing parts of it before it was completed, along with various slides and read excerpts from his works. Production was mostly funded by the actor's roles in '' Willard '' and the '' Charlie's Angels '' films. The film boasts an eclectic and unusual cast. Porn stars Kiva, Muffy and Karin Odell appear naked with animal heads. Most of the principal actors are young and have at some point in the future by including the titles of the next two films in the credits for ''What Is It?''. ''It is Fine. Everything is Fine!'' The second film, ''It is Fine. Everything is Fine!'' has already wrapped on production and is now assumed to be in the editing phase. The film was written by Utah writer-actor Steven C. Stewart, who also appears in ''What Is It?'' and ''It is Fine''. He died of complications from cerebral palsy in 2001 , only one month after principal filming wrapped. Glover said in an online chat that "it's an autobiographical, psycho-sexual, fantastical retelling of point-of-view of life." ''It is Fine. Everything is Fine!'' was shot entirely at David Brother's sound stage in Salt Lake City , Utah . Glover has stated that it is "probably the best film I'll ever work on in my entire career." [http://www.utahcityguide.com/entertainment/878.asp No release date has yet been declared for ''It is Fine.'' ''It is Mine'' ''It is Mine'', the final film of the trilogy, is an original screenplay written by Ryan Page, Mike Pallagi, and Glover. Glover has stated that Stewart "wanted to show that handicapped people are human, sexual horrible, and ''It Is Mine'' will be much more sexual than the other two." 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