A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It1992

Director: Robert Redford
Stars: Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 124 minutes

A River Runs Through It is a 1992 film about two sons of a Presbyterian minister - one studious and the other rebellious - as they grow up and come of age in a time that roughly spans the Prohibition era (1919-33) in the United States: from World Wa… more »



Norman Maclean:
[narrating]My father looked at me for a long time, just looked at me and this was the last he and I ever said to me about Paul's death. Indirectly though, he was present in many of our conversations. Once for instance, my father asked me a series of questions that suddenly made me wonder if I understood even my father, whom I felt closer to than any man I have ever known, "you like to tell true stories" he asked and I answered, "Yes, I like to tell stories that are true." Then he asked, "after you have finished your true stories sometime, why don't you make up a story and the people to go with it, only then will you understand what happened and why. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us."

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