WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

Now and Then was made in 1995 and was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.

It tells the story of four twelve year old girls in 1970s America who spend a summer growing up together and realising the realities of life.

The film stars Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann and Ashleigh Aston Moore, four highly talented young actresses. The movie features the activities of the girls over the summer, investigating murder mysteries, looking at naked boys (skinny dipping) and holding seance's in cemetery's to name but a few scenes in the film.

The film also stars Rosie O'Donnell, Melanie Griffith, Demi Moore and Rita Wilson who are shown as grown up versions of the four girls.

If you’re a bit of a golden oldies enthusiast then its worth picking up the Now and Then CD, which is packed with hits such as "Sugar, Sugar", "Daydream Believer" and "I'll Be There".

Now and Then is an easy going film that is a pleasure to watch.

WHO'S IN IT?

Actor/Actress	Character
Christina Ricci	Roberta Martin
Thora Birch	Tina Tercell
Gaby Hoffmann	Samantha Albertson
Ashleigh Aston Moore	Christina Dewitt
Rosie O'Donnell	Older Roberta Martin
Melanie Griffith	Older Tina Tercell
Demi Moore	Older Samantha Albertson
Rita Wilson	Older Christina Dewitt

WHO HELPED MAKE IT?

Role	Person
Co-producer	Suzanne Todd and Demi Moore
Director	Lesli Linka Glatter
Screenwriter	I. Marlene King
Editor	Jacqueline Cambas
Cinematographer	Ueli Steiger
Music	Cliff Eidelman

ANY OTHER FACTS?

Year Made	1995
Length (min)	96
Where was it made?	USA
MPAA (USA)	PG-13 - parents strongly cautioned
Rating (UK)	PG - parental guidance recommended
Formats Available	Video

REVIEWS

Film Review Year Book 1996/7
Stuffed with period pop songs and lovingly photographed, Now and Then will either reduce you tointoxicated jelly or get up your nose.

Four childhood friends meet up after a gap of twenty years. The deal is to re-live their halcyon days of 1970 when they first experienced the bloom of puberty, discovered the importance of friendship and found out what a willy looked like. Throw in a subplot about a mysterious murder, lots of country lanes and even more golden oldies and you have Stand By Me with knobs on. Or, rather, without knobs.

Demi more produced this nostalgic wallow and also stars as one of the grown-up girls alongside Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell and Rita Wilson. It is the vibrant quartet of Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann and newcomer Ashleigh Aston Moore, however, as the 12 year-old soul mates who bestow this film with any pedigree.

Abstract from "Film Review Year Book 1996/7 written by James Cameron-Wilson"

Whats The Blurb Say on The Back of The Video Box?
In the summer of 1970 four young girls breezed through heady days of padded bras, tell-all truth or dare sessions, cemetery seances and discovered what boys looked like naked. But it was also the year their childhood innocence was cracked by the reality of divorce and the eerie ghost of a 25 year old murder mystery and so faced that moment in life when you realise nothing will ever be the same again. That year they made a friendship pact that would last into adulthood. They pledged that no matter where, no matter when if one was in need of a friend they would all be there. Now reunited, more than 20 years later, it is hard to believe they ever had anything in common.

Abstract from "The Now and Then Video Cassette Box"

Now and Then Links

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Thora Birch Page

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Gaby Hoffmann Page

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