Fade In (1973)

Mar 20, 2023

by Ted Davis

Directed by: Alan Smithee (Jud Taylor)

Synopsis: Originally filmed in 1968 but not released until 1973 as a TV movie. Moab, Utah rancher Rob (Burt Reynolds) hires out as a driver to a visiting Hollywood production company filming a pretentious western (Blue, 1968) in the local environs starring Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet and Ricardo Montalban, and has a brief and bittersweet romance with assistant film editor Jean (Barbara Loden).

Kitty Cameo: Jean washes the dishes and Rob dries them as his tabby and white cat devotes himself to eating his meal on the window sill over the sink.

Fade In - Rob Burt Reynolds and Jean Barbara Loden in kitchen with tabby and white cat eating on windowsill
Fade In - Rob Burt Reynolds and Jean Barbara Loden in kitchen with tabby and white cat eating on windowsill
Fade In - Rob Burt Reynolds and Jean Barbara Loden in kitchen with tabby and white cat eating on windowsill

Final Mewsings: The romance with Jean may have been brief, but Rob still has his cat.

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