Travis McGee (1983)

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• Basiert auf: The Empty Copper Sea

Travis McGee is a 1983 American TV movie based on the 1978 novel The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald. It was the second film adaptation of the Travis McGee series. It was made by Warner Bros. Television.

Production

The novel was published in 1978, and became a best seller.

This film was a pilot for a TV series; it made some key changes from the books, including shifting the locale to California and changing the houseboat The Busted Flush into a sailing boat. "We turned our back on a key element in McGee's life because we wanted to have the mobility of a sailboat," said Elliot.

The first writer employed was Stirling Silliphant. Elliot disliked this script, so Alan Sharp was brought in. His script used elements of Copper Sea and another McGee book, The Green Ripper. "I liked the Sharp script best, but ABC rejected it," Elliott said. "There were a couple more writers, and then Kenneth Johnson got hired.

Eventually, Elliott did as ABC wanted. "It's one thing to beat your head against the wall and get results," he said "It's something else to do it and just get a headache. Eventually, we went back to the Silliphant script and filmed that, with a few additions from the Sharp script. In the end, I just decided to do the best I could, but to do it."

"They changed a lot of things," said Katherine Ross, shortly before the show aired. "But it looks as if it will now go to series because they've commissioned some more scripts - and if that happens, I think they'll revert to the McGee stories. There was a lot of rewriting done on this pilot - Sam did some himself - and at one point he got very depressed. But ABC's response when they saw the pilot was so good that it cheered him up."

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