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This article is about the 1992 film A River Runs Through It. For information on the 1976 novella by Norman Maclean, see A River Runs Through It. A River Runs Through It original movie poster


Directed by
Robert Redford


Produced by
Jake Eberts
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This article is about the 1992 film A River Runs Through It. For information on the 1976 novella by Norman Maclean, see A River Runs Through It. A River Runs Through It original movie poster


Directed by
Robert Redford


Produced by
Jake Eberts
Robert Redford


Written by
Norman Maclean
Richard Friedenberg


Starring
Craig Sheffer
Brad Pitt
Tom Skerritt
Brenda Blethyn
Emily Lloyd


Music by
Mark Isham


Cinematography
Philippe Rousselot


Editing by
Robert Estrin
Lynzee Klingman


Distributed by
Columbia Pictures


Release date(s)
October 9, 1992


Running time
123 minutes


Country
United States


Language
English


A River Runs Through It is a 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 ministerone studious and the other rebelliousas 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 opened to limited release on October 9, 1992, and wide release three weeks later. A River Runs Through It grossed $43,440,294 in US domestic returns. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, for Best Cinematography, Original Music Score, and for Best Adapted Screenplay and also nominated for a Golden Globe Award the Best Director of a Motion Picture. It received one of the awards for which it was nominated: the Academy Award for Best Cinematography was awarded to the film's cinematographer Philippe Rousselot. Less