92 in the Shade

92 in the Shade
92 in the Shade
	Film Poster
Directed by	Thomas McGuane
Written by	Thomas McGuane
Produced by	Georges Pappas
Starring	Peter Fonda; Warren Oates; Margot Kidder; Burgess Meredith; Joe Spinell
Cinematography	Michael C. Butler
Edited by	Ed Rothkowitz
Music by	Michael J. Lewis
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	August 29, 1975;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]

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.

Fonda said he was "not exactly thrilled with" the movie 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". ^[2]

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.^[1]