Movie
A River Runs Through It
Romance film with a runtime of 123 minutes, released in 1992. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Robert Redford's lyrical direction sets the tone for this evocative adaptation of author Norman MacLean's memoir of his idyllic Montana youth. The MacLean family is presided over by the strict but encouraging Rev. MacLean (Tom Skerritt) and his loving wife (Brenda Blethyn). Craig Sheffer stars as the young Norman, the older son in his family, who takes his school work and writing a bit too seriously for Paul (Brad Pitt), the impetuous younger son, to take much stock in. Paul would rather have a good time, drink and play cards than get involved with academic study. Where Norman wants to be a college literature professor, Paul would prefer to stay in Montana all his life and wrangle some kind of job writing for a local newspaper. But, ironically, Paul is the better fly fisherman and in this way attains a sense of perfection. The film also details the MacLean boys' involvement with a colorful group of town's people -- including a young Indian woman Paul decides to date and the defiant Jessie (Emily Lloyd), whom Norman later marries.
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Cast
- Craig Sheffer
- Brad Pitt
- Tom Skerritt
- Brenda Blethyn
- Emily Lloyd
- Susan Traylor
- Edie McClurg
- Stephen Shellen
- Vann Gravage
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Nicole Burdette
- Michael Cudlitz
- Rob Cox
- Buck Simmonds
- Fred Oakland
- David Creamer
- Madonna Reubens
- Arnold Richardson
- MacIntyre Dixon
- William Hootkins
- Jess Schwidde
- Chuck Adamson
- Rex Kendall
- Jack Kroll
- Martina Kreidl
- Noah Snyder
- Margot Kiser
- Philip A. Braun
- Tracy Mayfield
- Anne Merrem
- Chuck Tweed
- Prudence Johnson
- D. Gorton
- Lincoln Quesenberry
- Hawk Forssell
- Jim Dunkin
- Jacob Snyder
- Kathy Scharler
- Don Jeffery
- Byron Dingman
- Cecily Johnson
- Caleb Shiff
- Lynzee Klingman
- William Kittredge
- Annick Smith
- Gretchen Rau
- Robert Redford
- Elisabeth Leustig
- Walter P. Martishius
- Richard Friedenberg
- Barbara Maltby
- Norman Maclean
- Kathy O'Rear
- Bernie Pollack
- Jake Eberts
- Jon Hutman
- Robert Estrin
- Philippe Rousselot
