Young drifter Tom Skelton returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with rival fishing sea captain Nichol Dance.Young drifter Tom Skelton returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with rival fishing sea captain Nichol Dance.Young drifter Tom Skelton returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with rival fishing sea captain Nichol Dance.
- Mrs. Rudleigh
- (as Evelyn Russel)
- Powell
- (as Warren Kemmerling)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMargot Kidder was married to writer-director Thomas McGuane at the time of the film's release.
- Quotes
Nichol Dance: Who are you?
Ollie Slatt: Who are you?
Nichol Dance: Nichol Dance. I asked you first.
Ollie Slatt: Oh, I'm Ollie Slatt. I mine for subversive coal in the Bull Mountains. Yeah, we have to blast through 20 feet of sandstone to reach the coal vein. We have two spoils banks and they have two striver arrangements. And I am damn proud of it!
Nichol Dance: Why are you telling me this?
Ollie Slatt: Because of my unparallel subterranean work performance, my union local has awarded me this trip and this certificate for one days fishin' with you. And god damn... fishin' is what I am all about.
Nichol Dance: Well, I sure hope it works out that way. But you may have bothered to call me sooner, 'cause I'm booked up 16 days straight.
Ollie Slatt: Sixteen days... what's that mean?
Nichol Dance: That means that the sooner you can fish with me is 17 days from today.
Ollie Slatt: Well, what about my damn certificate?
Nichol Dance: Now just a damn minute, Mr. Slatt. That certificate is good for one day's guide. Now, you can go with one of these boys on the dock here. They learned everything they know from me.
Ollie Slatt: Yeah? Well, where do I find this other one to take me fishin'?
Nichol Dance: Talk to Carter over there in the big shack.
Ollie Slatt: Now look at me. Do I look like a rich man? Do I look like the man who can afford to pay the local Howard Johnsons for 16 days in a row to wait until I fish on the 17th? What kind of queer breed of odds and ends to ya have to get around here to think like that? I'm just a tourist and coal miner from North Carolina down here for only a few days to relax and fish and ya all just don't get it.
Nichol Dance: Well, you go over there and ask for Captain Farren Carter. He's a regular fish hawk, Mr. Slatt. If it swims and it's in Monroe County, he'll put in a boat for ya.
- Alternate versionsThe original ending featuring the implied death of Tom Skelton was changed after the film was released. A new ending was filmed which featured a fistfight on the boat between Tom Skelton and Nicol Dance, while the tourist Ollie Slate jumped overboard and swam away. The new ending featured Tom and Nicol eventually stopping fighting and laughing over how far their feud had taken them as they lay beside each other in the boat both bruised and exhausted.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993)
While the resolution to this film didn't really wrap up individual character stories to this viewers' satisfaction, "92 in the Shade" is overall a nice 91 minute long diversion, touching upon themes like class distinction and the generation gap. Shot by Michael C. Butler ("Jaws 2"), it's a gorgeous picture to look at. Set and filmed in Key West, Florida, it helps one to experience the flavor of this seaside environment. The music score by Michael J. Lewis also helps tremendously in this regard. The film gets serious without ever becoming overly melodramatic, and its comedy content is indeed pretty funny. Mostly, it works as a series of character vignettes, with an extremely rich cast making the most of their colorful roles.
Fonda and Oates are backed up by such sterling actors and actresses as Margot Kidder (as Toms' sweet and sexy girlfriend), Harry Dean Stanton (as Nichols' associate), Elizabeth Ashley (as Stantons' wife, an attractive but unbalanced woman given to parading around in front of others in a cheerleader outfit), William Hickey and Louise Latham (as Toms' parents), and Sylvia Miles (as Goldsboros' secretary). Among this bunch of heavy hitters, Meredith tends to steal the show - that is, until Joe Spinell turns up late in the film as Ollie Slatt, a goofy tourist looking to charter a boat for a day. He's also quite amusing.
Recommended mainly to admirers of the cast, "92 in the Shade" is uneven, but fun as well.
Seven out of 10.
- Hey_Sweden
- Jul 25, 2016
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- Also known as
- 33 Grad im Schatten
- Filming locations
- 336 Duval Street, Key West, Florida Keys, Florida, USA(Skelton building)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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