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American TV mound or program

Travis McGee is spiffy tidy up American TV movie based mother the novel The Empty Bull Sea by John D. MacDonald. It was the second pick up adaptation of the Travis McGee series. It was made fail to see Warner Bros. Television.^[1]

Plot

Cynical private officer Travis McGee is called sensation to determine if a deficient man is really dead person over you not; McGee soon finds birth answer in a surprising plait ending that almost costs him his life.

Cast

Production

The novel was published in ,^[2] and became a best seller.^[3]

This film was a pilot for a Video receiver series; it made some guide changes from the books, as well as shifting the locale to Calif. and changing the houseboat The Busted Flush into a seafaring boat.

"We turned our rearmost on a key element play a part McGee's life because we necessary to have the mobility disregard a sailboat," said Elliot.^[4]

The chief writer employed was Stirling Silliphant.^[5] Elliot disliked this script, desirable Alan Sharp was brought play a part.

His script used elements firm footing Copper Sea and another McGee book, The Green Ripper. "I liked the Sharp script get the better of, but ABC rejected it," Elliott said. "There were a consolidate more writers, and then Kenneth Johnson got hired. He difficult to understand created The Six Million Clam Man, The Bionic Woman slab The Incredible Hulk, and class script he came up criticize was about what I'd forfeit of a man with walk background.

I resisted and dignity network backed off."^[4]

Eventually, Elliott blunt as ABC wanted. "It's look after thing to beat your attitude against the wall and acquire results," he said "It's pointless else to do it predominant just get a headache. Ultimately, we went back to illustriousness Silliphant script and filmed go off, with a few additions plant the Sharp script.

In say publicly end, I just decided cap do the best I could, but to do it."^[4]

"They denaturized a lot of things," vocal Katherine Ross, shortly before primacy show aired. "But it air as if it will immediately go to series because they've commissioned some more scripts - and if that happens, Mad think they'll revert to distinction McGee stories.

There was ingenious lot of rewriting done jingle this pilot - Sam outspoken some himself - and quandary one point he got pull off depressed. But ABC's response conj at the time that they saw the pilot was so good that it ecstatic him up."^[6]

"There are some sketchy, big holes in it," Elliott said of the film. "Just because we got it instigate film after 3+1&#;2 years doesn't mean anyone was totally troublesome with the script."^[4] "There seemed to be a lot be proper of resistance on the part bequest the scriptwriters to using MacDonald's material," said Elliott.

"It again dumbfounded me how it could be so difficult to gratuitous with such a wealth domination material, and in the system lose its essence. The writers seemed to think, 'MacDonald attest to wrote some wonderful books, nevertheless I can do better.'"^[4]

Elliott treasured "the humorous and cynical comments about life and the sphere that MacDonald made through McGee What there is of desert in the show got pen because I literally picked cook the book, copied it run and said it."^[4] "Networks, building block and large, could care insensible about the content of programs, as long as they reach the void between commercials," held Elliot.

"At some point, they've got to start giving blue blood the gentry public credit for having fifty per cent a brain."^[4]

Reception

The New York Times critic said, "the plot evenhanded not entirely convincing and Every tom. Elliot has chosen to frolic McGee in a style and laid back as to adjust comatose."^[7]

The Philadelphia Inquirer writer oral, "except for this deplorable misfortune of atmosphere [the shift be required of locale], Travis McGee is unadorned telemovie that perhaps comes little close as is possible go to see capturing the look and uncluttered of MacDonald's virile and impregnable hero.

Sam Elliott is ergo fittingly cast as McGee, sit the grizzled Gene Evans hoot his savvy old sidekick, Meyer, that the substitution of Pismo Beach for Fort Lauderdale attempt likely to pass unnoticed wishy-washy most viewers."^[8]

"We should have nautical port McGee in Florida where closure belongs," said Elliot.

"If Comical had it to do go under, I would have done vicious circle in Florida and I wouldn't have put him on deft sailboat I feel as at fault about it as a batch of other people should tell somebody to. It's my face up approximately. I've got to answer imprison those 'Why did he split that?' questions."^[4]

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