Fade In | |
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Written by |
Jerrold L. Ludwig Mart Crowley (uncredited) |
Directed by | Jud Taylor (as " Allen Smithee") |
Starring |
Burt Reynolds Barbara Loden |
Music by | Ken Lauber |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers |
Judd Bernard Silvio Narizzano |
Cinematography | William A. Fraker |
Editors |
Aaron Stell John W. Wheeler |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Budget | $400,000 [1] |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | November 8, 1973 |
Fade In is a 1973 American Western film starring Burt Reynolds, who said, "It should have been called Fade Out." [2]
This article needs a
plot summary. (March 2024) |
In a 1973 interview with writer Emory Lewis, playwright Mart Crowley stated, "I did write one film, Fade-In, with Barbara Loden and Burt Reynolds in starring roles. However, it was butchered by other writers. It was never released. I paid Paramount $1700 to take my name off the project." [3]
Filming started in July 1967 [4] and was shot at the same time as the Western Blue on the same location in Moab, Utah, using some footage from that movie although it had a separate story, cast and crew. [5] Judd Bernard, who produced both, said "Both pictures are either going to be great or be disaster areas. There will be no middle ground with either one." [1] Parts of the film were shot at Professor Valley, Castle Valley, Hittle Bottom, Moab, Dead Horse Point, and Arches in Utah. [6]
It was the first Hollywood made film to show someone taking a contraception pill. [7]
It was the first film to be released credited to the pseudonym Alan Smithee (though the onscreen credit reads, "Allen Smithee"). The pseudonym had been created for Death of a Gunfighter, but that film was not released until the following year.
"It was screened for Bob Evans at Paramount and I think he locked it up in chains", said Reynolds years later. "It's never been heard from since." [8]
Five years after its intended release, Fade-In premiered on television on The CBS Late Movie on November 8, 1973.
"It's the best thing I've ever done", Reynolds added. "An American version of A Man and a Woman." [9]
Fade In | |
---|---|
Written by |
Jerrold L. Ludwig Mart Crowley (uncredited) |
Directed by | Jud Taylor (as " Allen Smithee") |
Starring |
Burt Reynolds Barbara Loden |
Music by | Ken Lauber |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers |
Judd Bernard Silvio Narizzano |
Cinematography | William A. Fraker |
Editors |
Aaron Stell John W. Wheeler |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Budget | $400,000 [1] |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | November 8, 1973 |
Fade In is a 1973 American Western film starring Burt Reynolds, who said, "It should have been called Fade Out." [2]
This article needs a
plot summary. (March 2024) |
In a 1973 interview with writer Emory Lewis, playwright Mart Crowley stated, "I did write one film, Fade-In, with Barbara Loden and Burt Reynolds in starring roles. However, it was butchered by other writers. It was never released. I paid Paramount $1700 to take my name off the project." [3]
Filming started in July 1967 [4] and was shot at the same time as the Western Blue on the same location in Moab, Utah, using some footage from that movie although it had a separate story, cast and crew. [5] Judd Bernard, who produced both, said "Both pictures are either going to be great or be disaster areas. There will be no middle ground with either one." [1] Parts of the film were shot at Professor Valley, Castle Valley, Hittle Bottom, Moab, Dead Horse Point, and Arches in Utah. [6]
It was the first Hollywood made film to show someone taking a contraception pill. [7]
It was the first film to be released credited to the pseudonym Alan Smithee (though the onscreen credit reads, "Allen Smithee"). The pseudonym had been created for Death of a Gunfighter, but that film was not released until the following year.
"It was screened for Bob Evans at Paramount and I think he locked it up in chains", said Reynolds years later. "It's never been heard from since." [8]
Five years after its intended release, Fade-In premiered on television on The CBS Late Movie on November 8, 1973.
"It's the best thing I've ever done", Reynolds added. "An American version of A Man and a Woman." [9]