Keep the Change (film)

Keep the Change
Genre	Western drama
Screenplay by	John Miglis
Directed by	Andy Tennant
Starring	William Petersen
Theme music composer	John M. Keane
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Steve Tisch
Producer(s)	Cindy Chvatal; William Petersen; Linda Berman; (supervising producer); Iya Labunka (line producer)
Production location(s)	Livingston, Montana; Paradise Valley, Montana
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Editor(s)	Michael Brown
Running time	95 minutes
Production company(s)	High Horse Films; The Steve Tisch Company; Turner Pictures
Budget	$3 Million
Release
Original network	TNT
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	June 9, 1992

Keep the Change is a 1992 American made-for-television Western drama film directed by Andy Tennant. It stars William Petersen, Jack Palance, Lolita Davidovich, Rachel Ticotin and Buck Henry.[1] It won a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America in 1992.[2]

Plot

Joe Starling, a failing artist, who deserted his family's ranch to live in California with his girlfriend Astrid. However, he leaves Astrid behind & returns to his home in Montana in search of life's meaning, & resolve a mid-life identity crisis by raising cattle. But once he arrives back, he discovers his old rival, Overstreet, a tough, rugged rancher who hasn't changed, will stop at nothing to get Joe's family's land into his hands. Both men are pitted against each other in a struggle for land. Along the way, Joe encounters ghost from the past, including Overstreet's daughter & his old high school sweetheart Ellen. He discovers she has a daughter, who he didn't know he's the father, & she married his old high school rival Billy Kelton, which becomes complicated. He soon realize that he too has a dark secret, that he's able to come to terms of what he's dealt with in the past.

Cast

William Petersen as Joe Starling
Rachel Ticotin as Astrid
Lolita Davidovich as Ellen Kelton
Buck Henry as Smitty
Jeff Kober as Billy Kelton
Fred Dalton Thompson as Otis
Lois Smith as Lureen
Jack Palance as Overstreet
Frank Collison as Darryl Burke

Production

Ron Carr, a freelance location manager for Ted Turner's cable television station TNT said that much of the film would be shot in Montana.

With a budget at $3 million, principal photography began on September 9, 1991. Filming the cattle scenes took place at Turner's Flying D. Ranch near Gallatin Gateway, Montana. All the ranch scenes were filmed at Paradise Valley, Montana. The town scenes were filmed in Livingston, Montana. The beginning of the film was shot in Los Angeles, California Production lasted for 22 days, & was completed on October 1, 1991.

Release

Keep The Change aired on TNT on June 9, 1992.

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References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2011-10-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104601/awards

External links

Keep the Change on IMDb

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2011-10-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104601/awards