Now and Then (1995)

Director:

Lesli Linka Glatter

Writer (WGA):

I. Marlene King (written by)

Release Date:

20 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A summer when four friends made a promise to return anytime they needed each other. Twenty years later, that time has come.

Plot:

Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.

Plot Keywords:

Summer | 1970 | Small Town | 12 Year Old | Childhood Friend

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Christina Ricci	...	Young Roberta Martin
Rosie O'Donnell	...	Dr. Roberta Martin
Thora Birch	...	Teeny
Melanie Griffith	...	Tina 'Teeny' Tercell
Gaby Hoffmann	...	Young Samantha Albertson
Demi Moore	...	Samantha Albertson
Ashleigh Aston Moore	...	Young Chrissy DeWitt
Rita Wilson	...	Chrissy DeWitt Williams
Devon Sawa	...	Scott Wormer
Walter Sparrow	...	Crazy Pete
Cloris Leachman	...	Grandma Albertson
Lolita Davidovich	...	Mrs. Albertson, Samantha's Mom
Janeane Garofalo	...	Wiladene
Hank Azaria	...	Bud Kent
Bonnie Hunt	...	Mrs. DeWitt, Chrissy's Mom

Also Known As:

The Gaslight Addition (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for adolescent sex discussions.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:6 (w) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Savannah, Georgia, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The movie (aka "The Gaslight Addition") was actually written about a town in Indiana named Winchester, and its gaslight addition. The author of the story I. Marlene King grew up there, as did the director Robert Wise, in vastly different years. Winchester declined to have their name associated with the movie, so the name became Shelby, but later Winchester began to preserve areas mentioned in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: Teeny's yellow shorts are dirty/clean after spying on Wormers.

Quotes:

Crazy Pete: Things will happen in your life that you can't stop. But that's no reason to shut out the world.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Murphy Brown: Then and Now (#10.15)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

These Boots Are Made for Walking

Cute and fun

This is a nice example of a fairly popular genre, the nostalgic growing-up, adventure on the edge of maturity, friendship bonding thing. As already mentioned, the adults are irrelevant and add nothing to the film (not even acting talent). The roles the girls take are all nicely stereo-typical, the princess, the prude, the tom-boy, the 'normal' one - they could have been the Spice Girls! Anyways, if you want to see a cutsie flick that's nostalgic and fairly innoffensive, this could be for you.