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Wanda Nevada

  • 1979
  • PG
  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Brooke Shields and Peter Fonda in Wanda Nevada (1979)
A drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.
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A drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.A drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.A drifter named Beaudray Demerille wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game and takes her gold prospecting in the Grand Canyon.

  • Director
    • Peter Fonda
  • Writer
    • Dennis Hackin
  • Stars
    • Peter Fonda
    • Brooke Shields
    • Fiona Lewis
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Fonda
    • Writer
      • Dennis Hackin
    • Stars
      • Peter Fonda
      • Brooke Shields
      • Fiona Lewis
    • 26User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Peter Fonda
    Peter Fonda
    • Beaudray Demerille
    Brooke Shields
    Brooke Shields
    • Wanda Nevada
    Fiona Lewis
    Fiona Lewis
    • Dorothy Deerfield
    Luke Askew
    Luke Askew
    • Ruby Muldoon
    Ted Markland
    Ted Markland
    • Strap Pangburn
    Severn Darden
    Severn Darden
    • Merlin Bitterstix
    Paul Fix
    Paul Fix
    • Texas Curly
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    • Old Prospector
    Larry Golden
    • Slade - Card Hustler
    John Denos
    • Billy - Gas Station Greaser
    Bert Williams
    Bert Williams
    • Sherman Krupp - Trading Post Owner
    Fred Ashley
    • The Barber
    Jason Clark
    • Alonzo
    Robert V. Walker Jr.
    • Poker Player
    H. Samuel Hackin
    • Poker Player
    Charles Lawry
    • Truckstop Drunk
    Jack Caddin
    • Trucker
    Teri Shields
    • Motel Clerk
    • Director
      • Peter Fonda
    • Writer
      • Dennis Hackin
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film credits list Teri Shields as a motel clerk. She was the mother of Brooke Shields and was about forty-five years of age at the time of filming the motel scenes at the Tovar Hotel in Prescott in Arizona, USA.
    • Goofs
      In the shot before they meet the "old prospector," Bo, Wanda and their mules are making their way down a boulder strewn path in the canyon. One of the mules bumps a boulder with its pack causing the boulder to slide to the left revealing that it is a light-weight fiberglass fake, rather than a solid rock.
    • Quotes

      Wanda Nevada: Why do we always have to do it your way?

      Beaudray Demerille: Because I got all the money and the guns.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Love and Bullets/Time After Time/Life of Brian/The Onion Field/Peppermint Soda (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Wanda's Wish
      Written by Ken Lauber & John J. McElwee

      Performed by Chris O'Connell and Asleep at the Wheel

      Available on Capitol Records

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    5/10
    A Wild West Fantasy with emotion , thrills, adventures and action in the Grand Canyon
    The story starts in 1950's Nevada with Wanda Nevada (13-year-old Brooke Shields) primping in front of a barber shop mirror while her current companion , Slade is in a heated poker game in the back room with gambler and con man Beaudray Demerille (Peter Fonda). Slade runs out of money and uses nubile Wanda as a marker . Demerille wins the hand, but Slade claims that he cheated and takes place a violent confrontation . It results in Demerille grabs his winnings, including Wanda , and takes off in his Studebake ; after that, , both of whom are going to prospect in the Grand Canyon . Along the way , they are pursued by two greedy , botcher crooks : Ruby (Luke Askew) , and Strap (Ted Markland) . By the way , they meet a grizzled varmint appearance briefly from a popular daddy (Henry Fonda). A Pro & a Con - The rest is history !.

    A sentimental adventure with fantastic events , brief touches of humor , supernatural Indians and gold prospecting in which our two protagonists go to the Grand Canyon to look for richness . Romantic drama following the fortunes of a swindler , Peter Fonda , who wins and drags teen Shields in a poker game , then they set out to prospect for gold , along the way they enjoy wonderful and rocky landscapes in the Grand Canyon . The picture relies heavily on the strange and unusual relationship betwen a mature drifter and a very young girl . In fact , when the film was made Brooke Shields was barely 13, and Fonda was 38, so he was in fact 25 years older. In this flick were any more laid-back it would be nonexistent . Nice and sympathetic interpretations from Peter Fonda as a drifter named Beaudray Demerille who wins a young orphan named Wanda in a poker game , while Brooke Shields is fine as the obstinate , feisty teenager. As Shields in her usual form form-stellar for a shampoo comercial. They are nicely accompanied by an enjoyable support cast , such as : two likeable , bumbling cons performed by Luke Askew , Ted Markland , the beautiful Fiona Lewis , veteran Paul Fix , Severn Darden as a leering old man , and special mention for Henry Fonda, Peter Fonda's father , plays an old prospector in the Grand Canyon , being Peter and Henry's only movie together .

    Highlights the colorful and brilliant cinematography by Michael Butler shot on several locations in Prescott, Arizona, Monument Valley, Utah , Mexican Hat, Utah, Glen Canyon, Utah, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Colorado River, Moab, Utah, USA . The motion picture was regular but professionally directed by Peter Fonda. Peter Fonda was born Hollywood royalty , as the only son of classic , iconic movie star Henry Fonda. Like his notorious elder sibling Jane , he had a tense relationship with his dad . Unlike Jane he didn't have his own On Golden Pond (1981) to share with his father . Their only film together was this some forgotten Wanda Nevada . Not that Peter's career was without its own hits and flops , having commercial and creative peaks. This famous actor began what would become a famous association with Roger Corman, starring in ¨Wild Angels¨ , with Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, and Diane Ladd ; later on , Fonda starred in Corman's 1967 psychedelic film ¨The Trip¨, also starring Dern and Susan Strasberg . Fonda's next project was the seminal 1969 anti-establishment film ¨Easy Rider¨ which he produced and co-scripted, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Fonda directed his first feature film, The Hired Hand, in 1971. A critically acclaimed western in which he also starred. Other directing credits include the science fiction feature ¨Idaho Transfer¨, starring Keith Carradine and ¨Wanda Nevada¨ in which he starred as a gambler who wins Brooke Shields in a poker game.
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    • Release date
      • December 12, 1983 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nevada'lı kız
    • Filming locations
      • Prescott, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hayward-Fonda Productions
      • Second Street Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,411,145
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,411,145
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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