Talking to a family friend about movies he was after,I got told about a title starring Peter Fonda and Warren Oates which has completely appears to have fallen off the face of the earth.After not being able to find a Video or DVD of the movie,I was very happy to hear from a DVD seller that they had tracked down the film,which led to me getting ready to finally relax in the shade.
The plot:
Walking into a fishing town, Tom Skelton decides to set up his own charter fishing business.Being the owner of the business on all things fishing related in town, Nichol Dance decides to give Skelton a warm local welcome by trying to burn his business down.Getting shown the door by everyone in town,Skelton decides to step out of the shade and take Dance on.
View on the film:
Made as writer/director Thomas McGuane's life was in free-fall, (he got divorced from his first wife Becky Crockett, (who went on to marry Shade star Fonda)got married to Margot Kidder,and started an affair with Kidder's Shade co-star Elizabeth Ashley!)McGuane's shows a surprising level of confidence in his lone directing credit,thanks to McGuane & cinematographer Michael C. Butler basking the film in lush yellows and blues which turn the rivalry into a boiling hot affair.
Adapting his own novel, McGuane gives the screenplay a fever dream atmosphere. Following Tom Skelton's drift into town,McGuane gives Skelton's battle with Nichol Dance a sweet dreamy edge,as everyone around them appears unconscious over how deep their hatred for each other runs.Joined by wonderfully boo-hiss support from Burgess Meredith, Joe Spinell and Harry Dean Stanton,Peter Fonda gives a very good performance as Tom Skelton,whose laid-back grin is given a rough under-bite by Fonda,as Skelton finds himself getting caught up in a tough battle.Taking on Fonda, Warren Oates gives the title a striking rogue's charm as Nichol Dance.with Oates making Dance's one- oneupmanship on Skelton a delight to see,as Dance and Skelton fight in the shade.
The plot:
Walking into a fishing town, Tom Skelton decides to set up his own charter fishing business.Being the owner of the business on all things fishing related in town, Nichol Dance decides to give Skelton a warm local welcome by trying to burn his business down.Getting shown the door by everyone in town,Skelton decides to step out of the shade and take Dance on.
View on the film:
Made as writer/director Thomas McGuane's life was in free-fall, (he got divorced from his first wife Becky Crockett, (who went on to marry Shade star Fonda)got married to Margot Kidder,and started an affair with Kidder's Shade co-star Elizabeth Ashley!)McGuane's shows a surprising level of confidence in his lone directing credit,thanks to McGuane & cinematographer Michael C. Butler basking the film in lush yellows and blues which turn the rivalry into a boiling hot affair.
Adapting his own novel, McGuane gives the screenplay a fever dream atmosphere. Following Tom Skelton's drift into town,McGuane gives Skelton's battle with Nichol Dance a sweet dreamy edge,as everyone around them appears unconscious over how deep their hatred for each other runs.Joined by wonderfully boo-hiss support from Burgess Meredith, Joe Spinell and Harry Dean Stanton,Peter Fonda gives a very good performance as Tom Skelton,whose laid-back grin is given a rough under-bite by Fonda,as Skelton finds himself getting caught up in a tough battle.Taking on Fonda, Warren Oates gives the title a striking rogue's charm as Nichol Dance.with Oates making Dance's one- oneupmanship on Skelton a delight to see,as Dance and Skelton fight in the shade.