Directed by:
Robert RedfordScreenplay:
Richard FriedenbergCinematography:
Philippe RousselotComposer:
Mark IshamCast:
Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Lloyd, Stephen Shellen, Michael Cudlitz, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Robert Redford, William Hootkins (more)Plots(1)
Robert Redford directs and narrates this tale of two brothers growing up in 1920s Montana. Norman (Craig Sheffer) is the responsible one who will later attend college, while Paul (Brad Pitt) is more reckless, staying at home and getting increasingly involved in a lifestyle of gambling and drinking. Together, they join their preacher father (Tom Skerritt) for long fly fishing sessions, but the apparent happiness of these occasions is eventually disrupted by Paul's carelessness, a carelessness which draws the film towards its tragic conclusion. (Pathé Distribution UK)
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When Brad was starting out, some of the critics were enamored in the same way as the up-and-coming Redford, and this early collaboration was just the thing to satisfy them. The wonderful story had no cracks and still has no cracks. In Norman Maclean's rewriting of the partly autobiographical short stories, fly-fishing is a beautiful frame for the drama of a Northern family from 1919-1937. The young Pitt excels here as the younger brother Paul and draws all the attention to himself. But of course, there's also Norman, the older one, played by Craig Sheffer, and their domineering father, Reverend Maclean (Tom Skerritt).
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