Watched it for the first time last night with Mae- she's not a big fan of the late Jim Harrison, Michigan based author: "Legends of the Fall" etc. The Mexico area based story he wrote "Revenge" is a novella- and actor Kevin Costner directed and starred, along with Anthony Quinn, in the movie production.
What struck me as strange, as Quinn's character, El Tiburon- "Tibby", a wealthy Mexican drug load, sent a pair of double shotguns, as a retirement gift, to the USAF base where Costner's character, a retired 'Nam era Phantom pilot, was based- Costner was also, in the movie, a tennis "hustler"-- and unlike the movie script, he met "Tibby" on a tennis court, and did not save him from a near fatal hunting accident.
When Costner gets to Tibby's ranch, he has the two guns in slip cases, and later on in the dialogue, Tibby tells him: "We will plan a trip to Italy, and get those fitted properly" Costner hasn't yet shot them-- Just wondering why a wealthy Mexican drug "kingpin" would order doubleguns from Italy, and not from Spain?
Anyone care to venture a guess?? Also, in the novella, Costner's dog is a female English Setter named "Doll"- not the yellow Lab as shown in the movie-- details, details, details-- Also, FYI- Tiburon is Spanish for shark- and the late actor Anthony Quinn is not of Greek origin, as it might seem from his role in the movie:"The Guns of Navarone"- He was born in Spain- El Zorro
