Now and Then (1995) on Netflix
In the summer of 1970, Samantha, Roberta, Teeny and Chrissy raise money for a tree house and hold séances in the cemetery. A cracked tombstone convinces them a boy's spirit has returned.
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Plot summary
In 1995 four women return to Shelby, Indiana, and recall the summer of 1970 they spent as twelve-year-olds. Samantha, Roberta, Teeny and Chrissy are saving for a tree house to put in Chrissy's backyard. Samantha's parents are divorcing, Teeny chases stardom and boys, tomboy Roberta is unhappy about her changing body, and Chrissy is sheltered by her mother. Interested in the occult, the girls hold séances in the cemetery, and after a cracked tombstone they come to believe they have raised the spirit of a boy called Dear Johnny. Finding out what happened to him becomes their summer's quest, while the Wormer brothers remain their rivals.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Now and Then (1995)
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- Now and Then was filmed largely in the Country Walk subdivision off Coffee Bluff Road in Savannah, Georgia, standing in for Shelby, Indiana, a town itself based on the real-world town of Winchester, Indiana.
- Screenwriter I. Marlene King went on to create Pretty Little Liars, which she said is influenced by Now and Then, and she reunited with director Lesli Linka Glatter on it, Glatter directing the pilot episode and two season finales.
- Jamie Lee Curtis was originally announced to play the adult Chrissy, but she was replaced in the part by Rita Wilson.
- Although the film received unfavorable reviews upon release, it was a box office success, grossing $37.5 million against a $12 million budget, and it is considered a cult classic for its depiction of girlhood and female friendships.
- One of the songs is anachronistic for a story set in the summer of 1970: "Knock Three Times" was not released until 1971.
