Greed. Sex.
I was glued to the tube both times this aired, ignoring children and classwork and what-have-you, and managed to tape it neither--the second time as they saw fit to confuse us with a name change, which made me miss the first episode. It is adult soap opera, complex and engrossing, with Sam Elliott at his "Lifeguard" best--before the cowboy roles came to dominate his acting career.
I was snowed in one weekend at a lake house with my future husband and we watched this mini series, and I have been in love with Sam Elliott ever since. I really wish I could watch it again.
"Aspen" was a trashy but very absorbing and fun pilot for a legal/mystery series that would have starred Sam Elliott. The executive producer was the great Roy Huggins who gave us "Cheyenne", "Maverick", "Colt 45", "77 Sunset Strip", "Run For Your Life", "The Outsider", and "The Rockford Files", as well as creating but not producing "The Fugitive".
This lushly-mounted mini-series -- shown over three nights back in November of 1977 -- is based on two separate and unrelated novels: Bart Spicer's "The Adversary" and Burt Hirschfeld's "Aspen." These origins may explain why the mini-series persists in telling two stories which never quite come together and do little to support or illuminate each other.
Sam Elliott and Perry King play one of the greatest parts of their careers in this compelling drama situated in the Colorado Mountains.Aspen, the mini-series,(also known by another name) is a wonderful drama wrapped around the locals and visitor skiers.
