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 A River Runs Through It 

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 A River Runs Through It 
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A River Runs Through It

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A River Runs Through It is an Academy Award winning 1992 American film directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd. It is a period drama based on the semi-autobiographical novella A River Runs Through It (1976) written by Norman Maclean (1902–90).

Set in and around the city of Missoula in western Montana, the story follows 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 War I (1917–18) to the early days of the Great Depression (1929–41).

The film won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 1993. It was also nominated for two other Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Music; Original Score. The film grossed $43,440,294 in US domestic returns.


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Good, but not overly great. It's a bit plotless, and it moves quite slow at moments. Sheffer(though he had some voice problems) and a young Pitt did fine jobs though.

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Brad Pitt was solid, but I found Craig Sheffer to be quite bland. He may look like Tim Robbins and sound like Christian Bale, but he doesn't have anywhere near the talent of either.

As for the film itself, color me unimpressed. Maybe it's due to how much love is heaped upon this film, and while it has some gorgeous visuals I found the story to be rather slight. I don't think it's fair to call it "plotless" per se, so much as Robert Redford is a bit too laid back with his direction. He tries to let the story just tell itself, but there just wasn't that much to say.


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