Product Details

• Actors: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Margot Kidder, Burgess Meredith, Harry Dean Stanton
• Directors: Thomas McGuane
• Writers: Thomas McGuane
• Producers: Denis Holt, Elliott Kastner, George Pappas, Marion Rosenberg
• Format: NTSC, Color, HiFi Sound
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Key Video
• VHS Release Date: November 20, 1986
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301801024
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,678 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This oddity from the 1970s has an intriguing, shaggy feel to it. The first and last film directed by novelist Thomas McGuane, it's based on one of his novels, which was nominated for the National Book Award. Peter Fonda stars as a Florida Keys upstart, who wants to run his own fishing-charter business. But he comes up against a rival captain (played by Warren Oates), who feels that Fonda is horning in on territory that should be exclusively his. Oates is infuriated even more when Fonda keeps ignoring his death threats. The stellar cast includes Margot Kidder, Elizabeth Ashley, Burgess Meredith, and Harry Dean Stanton. Shambling and laidback, this film also happens to be extremely funny. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I remember when..., March 25, 2009

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Indian Ola (Sugarloaf Key, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 92 in the Shade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I remember when the movie stars were in town making this film back in the mid-70's...some scandalous goings-on! For Key Westers, it's a fabulous trip down memory lane looking at our town before Mr. Buffett put us on the map. Unlike so many film adaptations, this is one where the movie is as good, perhaps superior to, the book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Film -- Where is the DVD???, October 12, 2010

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Lemmy Caution (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 92 in the Shade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A must-see. Peter Fonda and Warren Oates are great together again -- as they were in The Hired Hand and Race With the Devil -- in this offbeat film about rival fishing guides in Florida. Wish they had co-starred in more films.

Also good are Harry Dean Stanton, Burgess Meredith, William Hickey, Elizabeth Ashley, and Margot Kidder.

When the heck is a nice DVD transfer going to be available -- one that includes BOTH of the filmed endings? [WARNING! POSSIBLE SPOILER -- Well, I will only say that in one of the endings, there is a murder. I prefer the non-homicidal ending.] Get the director, Peter Fonda and others in the cast to do a commentary track!

Maybe then we'll find out why the director filmed two endings -- and which did he prefer?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Faithful Movie Adaption., July 12, 2005

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Reflection - See all my reviews

This review is from: 92 in the Shade [VHS] (VHS Tape)

...Of McGuane's novels, "92 in the Shade" is perhaps my favorite. His movie adaption of this work is true to the quirky characters developed in his novel, and recreates the unique ambiance of the Florida Keys/Key West experience, and the sense of his character's fated participation in a script set in a cosmic "play" of Life that was also such a pleasurable part of the book.

Cast selections were fitting...and this was one movie experience that left me with the same feeling as the prose, although the paths taken in the telling were quite different. I feel that McGuane's direction was essential to this success and the capturing of the subtle nuances of this story on film.

An interesting independant film. McGuane's fans should find it true to the tale...