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92 in the Shade
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Wikipedia article
'92 in the Shade' is a 1975 American drama film written and directed by Thomas McGuane, based on his 1973 novel of the same name, it stars Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Elizabeth Ashley and Margot Kidder.
Plot
Tom Skelton, a young man, opens a charter fishing business in Key West, Florida. He enters into a rivalry with a local sea captain named Dance and his partner Carter, who steal one of the new fishing guide's clients. Skelton retaliates by burning Dance's boat.
Cast
* Peter Fonda as Tom Skelton
* Warren Oates as Nicholas Dance
* Margot Kidder as Miranda
* Burgess Meredith as Goldsboro
* Harry Dean Stanton as Faron Carter
* Elizabeth Ashley as Jeannie Carter
* Sylvia Miles as Bella
* John Quade as Roy
* Joe Spinell as Ollie Slatt
Production
Thomas McGuane directed the film and wrote the script. He was married to one of the film's female stars and had a scandalous affair with the other, as detailed in the autobiography 'Actress' authored by Elizabeth Ashley.
The film is known for having two different versions, each with different endings. One has a happy ending in which Dance and Skelton fight while they're in the boat and Dance's gun gets thrown in the water, and then they both agree to stop their fight and become friends, but other version has darker ending in which Dance shoots and kills Skelton. In the book 'Warren Oates: A Wild Life' by Susan Compo, Peter Fonda said how there was another third ending which was filmed, but which was never used in any version of the film:
Fonda said he was "not exactly thrilled with" the film saying "I hoped it would turn out to be a better film. I like it in some ways. ..I'm not happy with the editing and some of the music. You know, it was a film I very much wanted to produce myself, but Eliot Kastner got his hands on the property and produced it. I'm not crazy about Kastner. You see, after he gets a project off the ground, he usually doesn't give a rat's ass about it".
Release
Although the film was a box-office failure, a January 1976 review in 'The New York Times' described it as "more satisfying" than 'Rancho Deluxe', another 1975 film written by Thomas McGuane.
See also
* List of American films of 1975
References
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