Fade In

+ intro by season curator Elena Gorfinkel

A shelved deep cut of late 1960s Hollywood, never screened in cinemas, features Loden’s first leading role, playing a film editor against Reynolds’ brawny rancher.

  • Director

    Alan Smithee, Jud Taylor (uncredited)

  • With

    Barbara Loden, Burt Reynolds, Patricia Casey

  • USA 1968/1973. 93min

  • Digital

Made on the rocky Moab set of the Terence Stamp western Blue, Fade In concerns a budding and unlikely city-country romance between a film editor (Loden’s first leading role) and a Utah rancher. After editorial meddling by Paramount, this film became the first pseudonymous ‘Alan Smithee’ vehicle, shelved until a TV debut in 1973. Due to its unusual production history, this is a rare opportunity to see this film on the big screen.

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