''Memphis'' is a 1992 American television film starring
Cybill Shepherd. The script was written by
Larry McMurtry and Shepherd from a book by
Shelby Foote. The movie premiered on
Turner Network Television in January 1992.
Premise
Three white people plan to kidnap a child from a rich black family.
Cast
*
Cybill Shepherd
*
John Laughlin
*
J. E. Freeman
*Richard Brooks
*Vanessa Bell Calloway
*Martin Garner
*
Moses Gunn
*Chino 'Fats' Williams
*Tothany Reynolds
*John Sullivan
Production
Larry McMurtry and Cybill Shepherd became friends during the making of ''
The Last Picture Show''. In 1981 he encouraged her to apply to the women directors’ program of the American Film Institute; as part of her application she submitted a script of
Shelby Foote's novel ''September September''. She was rejected but McMurtry agreed to work on the script with her. They received a development deal at Carson Productions at
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Trade name, doing business as Columbia Pictures, is an American film Production company, production and Film distributor, distribution company that is the flagship unit of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group ...
which ultimately decided not to make the film. However after Shepherd starred in the hit series ''
Moonlighting'' she managed to set it up at Turner Broadcasting.
References
External links
*
''Memphis''at Letterbox DVD
{{Larry McMurtry
1992 films
1990s American films