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A River Runs Through It A River Runs Through It is not only a beautifully crafted movie, but also a profound and touching

A River Runs Through It

A River Runs Through It is not only a beautifully crafted movie, but also a profound and touching story that explores the complexities of family ties, nature's indomitable force, and the universal struggle of self-discovery. Released in 1992, this masterpiece was directed by Robert Redford and is based on Norman Maclean's autobiographical novella of the same name.

The film's cast is a star-studded ensemble, with Brad Pitt leading the pack as the young and wild Norman Maclean. He delivers a remarkable performance, effortlessly embodying the character's rebellious spirit and deep connection to the river. Alongside Pitt, Craig Sheffer portrays Paul Maclean, Norman's older brother, who is equally as passionate about fly fishing but often finds himself adrift in a sea of self-destructive tendencies. Both actors bring a profound authenticity to their roles, capturing the raw emotions and complexities of sibling dynamics.

Also starring in A River Runs Through It are Tom Skerritt as Reverend Maclean, the boys' wise and gentle father, and Brenda Blethyn as his wife, Mrs. Maclean. Skerritt's portrayal is remarkable in its ability to showcase the Reverend's deep love for his sons and his unwavering commitment to their upbringing. Blethyn beautifully captures the heartache and resilience of a mother caught in the whirlwind of her boys' lives.

However, A River Runs Through It is not solely a character-driven film; it is a love letter to the powerful and mysterious force of nature. The breathtaking cinematography, courtesy of Philippe Rousselot, effortlessly takes the audience on a journey through the winding rivers and vast landscapes of Montana, where the story is set. The ebb and flow of the rivers mirror the transformative journeys of the characters, serving as a symbol of life's constant motion and the cyclical nature of time.

A River Runs Through It is also notable for its outstanding musical score, composed by Mark Isham. The soundtrack beautifully complements the film's themes and creates an emotional resonance that lingers long after the credits roll. Isham's score captures the essence of the river's mesmerizing rhythm, evoking a sense of serenity and introspection. His masterful blend of orchestral arrangements and soothing melodies perfectly captures the film's contemplative tone.

For those looking to immerse themselves in the sounds of A River Runs Through It, the movie's soundtrack is available for download or streaming. Whether you want to relive the emotional journey or simply savor the tranquility of Isham's music, there is something for everyone in this remarkable score. You can play and download these captivating sounds here on our website, where you will find a collection of memorable compositions that will transport you to the banks of the Big Blackfoot River.

In conclusion, A River Runs Through It is a cinematic gem that poignantly explores the depths of family bonds, the power of nature, and the human pursuit of meaning and connection. With a stellar cast, breathtaking cinematography, and an enchanting score, it is a film that resonates deeply with audiences of all backgrounds. Now, thanks to modern technology, you can experience the magic of A River Runs Through It in the comfort of your own home. So, sit back, relax, and let the sounds of the river carry you away.

A buck. I know Paul says he's paying, but...
A little early for me.
A professor?
A real professor.
A storyHm... All righty.
Aagh! OK.
About ten years before, she'd been elected beauty queen of Wolf Creek.
After a few shots of the especially vile whisky brewed by Black Jack himself,...
After graduation, he took a job as a reporter for a Helena newspaper,...
Again,...
Ah, he doesn't have to post bond.
Ah, thank you, Eva. This is the most charitable idea I've heard in years.
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah! "Fit you with a pair of concrete galoshes, see?"
Ah.
All right!
All right. Just me, Norm and Chub.
All you have to do is look at him and take him home.
AM?
Amen.
And after?
And all of you would get your photographs in the paper.
And although I was unaware of it then, teaching fit me.
And as often as we fall into sin,...
And beat hell out of the son of a bitch!
And did you find that experience rewarding?
And finally, I said to him...
And grace comes by art, and art does not come easy.
And I hung fresh towels on the washstand for you.
And I knew just as surely and just as clearly...
And I realised that in the time I was away,...
And I said "Yes, I do. "
And I said I heard Louis Armstrong sing the...
And I wanna see you again.
And if Paul and I listened very carefully all our lives,...
And in the glow of awakened memories,...
And it was there he felt his soul restored and his imagination stirred.
And now I usually fish the big waters alone,...
And now, the Muskrat Ramble!
And of course, we had to test it.
And one day my coach says "Mac, how'd you like to meet John L Sullivan?"
And so it is those we live with and should know...
And so when the police sergeant awakened me one morning,...
And some of the rocks are timeless raindrops.
And that was the last time we ever spoke of my brother's death.
And there could be no better place to learn than the Montana of my youth.
And there she is over there. Twenty only a week ago.
And there she is over there. Twenty only a week ago.
And there, on a branch,...
And this is Paul?
And though it is true that one day a week was given over wholly to religion,...
And vine ripened tomatoes...
And we were left to assume, as my younger brother Paul and I did,...
And who had, in my absence, become men.
And... and maybe Paul could come, too?
Anyhoo, she tried to lose me again and again,...
Anyhoo, this is...
Anyhoo, what was I... What was I talking about?
Are you getting serious?
Are you related to the Fishing Newspaperman?
As a break.
As a career?
As a Presbyterian, my father believed that man by nature was a damned mess,...
As part of my degree,...
As time passed, my father struggled for more to hold on to,...
At that moment, I knew, surely and clearly,...
Bananas today
Be careful!
Beat it.
Being back in my father's church seemed to complete my return.
Besides, he's behind in the big stud poker game at Lolo.
Best jazz in the world. Coloured jazz, you know?
Blackbird, bye bye!?
Borrowed?
Boy, something smells good out there! Morning, everybody. Morning!
Boys, this is my big brother, the professor.
Boys, what have you done?
Brother, you've been away a long time.
Brother!
Brother!
Bunyan Bug stonefly number two.
Bunyan Bugs!
Buster here wants to fish.
Buster wants to fish.
But even before that, beneath the rocks,...
But I still reach out to them.
But I... Well, I did it before, up at the Yukon.
But I... Well, I did it before, up at the Yukon.
But if boyhood questions aren't answered before a certain point,...
But it was a tough world, too.
But most of the time, I sat in the card room of my fraternity house,...
But the poor with Christ...
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
But we can still love them.
But when I am alone in the half light of the canyon,...
But, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, it gives a lovely light.
By taking him fishing.
Bye.
Can I show you something?
CardsWhat?
Cast your line into the current.
Casting is an art...
Chicken in the car. The car won't go.
Chub, who is that?
Cluck!
Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
Come on, buster! I'm as dry as dirt.
Come on, guys. Let him breathe. He just got here.
Come on, we're getting outta here.
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Come on!
Come on! Let's see some blood here! Go on! Lots of blood!
Come on! We can all fit.
Come with us.
Congratulations.
Couldn't you find him?
Crazy son of a bitch!
Damn it, the forest fires!
Damnation!
Dance?
Did I tell you what a forest fire sounds like coming down a mountain at 60mph?
Did she want me to come? And she answered yes.
Did you get a picture?
Did you get my card from Yellowstone?
Dinner is in half an hour, so you have time for a bath.
Do I look old, Norman?
Do I look thin, Mother?
Do much fishing out east?
Do you know those Indian children don't even have shoes, Norman?
Does she?
Don't be the professor tonight.
Don't forget, old boy. Friday, fishing.
Don't go away.
Don't you wait up. I'm planning on eating the rest of this when nobody's looking.
Don't... Aagh!
Done.
Down at Lolo, they don't drink too much.
Down, man! Bad dog, bad!
During the day, he could look over the girls,...
Each one of us here today...
Each weekday, while my father worked on his Sunday sermon,...
Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give,...
Even as children we understood that, and admired it.
Even so, Paul and I probably received as many hours' instruction in fly fishing...
Eventually, all things merge into one...
Every afternoon, I was set free, untutored and untouched till supper,...
Every girl you need to know will be there... without Momma!
Excuse me. Would you like to dance?
Figured if he can't catch a trout, by God, he's gonna scare one to death.
Find you a little Sheba.
Fine by me, Boss!
Fishing?
Fishing.
Flapperism.
Flip it!
Fly fishing in a suit and tie, white gloves and patent leather shoes.
Fly fishing!
For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us.
For the first time, Paul broke free of our father's instruction...
Friday's good.
From God, who is our home."
From Wolf Creek. She got a brother went to Hollywood.
Gentlemen, it's been swell,...
Get him! Get him!
Give us a couple of boilermakers, friend.
Go fishing with me?
Go on, move over.
Go on!
God knows, I love that damn dog.
God, it's heaven!
God!
Goddamn it! Open up the door!
Good Lord! George!
Good luck, Son. We'll be rooting for you.
Good to see you.
Good, good.
Good. Now throw it away.
Grace.
Half a billion years ago.
Half a billion.
Half as long.
Hang on!
Hang on.
Hark, fair Juliet speaks.
Have you considered an advanced degree?
He almost always chose a path along the Big Blackfoot,...
He began each session with the same instruction.
He called it shadow casting,...
He covers the police beat and has friends here.
He doesn't like Montana, and he sure as hell doesn't like me!
He drinks too much.
He drove me back home, down the length of the river,...
He hit a guy and a guy is missing a couple of teeth.
He simply knew he was tougher than anyone alive.
He taught nothing but reading and writing...
He turns around, looks at me, and says "The end of my line."
He was in Dakota,... fly fishing.
He was... He brought someone,...
He'd chosen Montana subjects to spin his lies about shooting, hiking, trapping,...
He'll make a killing.
He's going to show up with a coffee can full of worms.
He's in love.
He's not used to all this. He's a Presbyterian.
Helena! (laughs)
Hello, boy.
Hello, Father.
Hello, Mrs Hatcher.
Hello, Mrs Hatcher. I'd like...
Hello.
Hello. (clears throat)
Her brother NeaI's coming from California.
Her daughter has turned into quite a beauty.
Her skirts flew high, and she won the contest.
Here I go, singin' low
Here you are.
Here's to the heart, goddamn it.
Hey, buster,...
Hey, Chub!
Hey, Maclean!
Hey, Norman! Norm!
Hey, where's the gargle?
Hey, you got anything to drink, buster?
Hey.
Hi, there, Mr Sweeney.
Hi.
Hi.
His right hand.
Hm.
Hm.
Holy Christ!
How about "To my editor, the old fa... the old curmudgeon." Excuse me.
How are you, Murph?
How the hell do you help that son of a bitch?
How's that?
Howdy, Norman.
However, there was a balance to my father's system.
I agree, I agree.
I ain't burned!
I also hear that he...
I am haunted by waters.
I am sorry about that. I wanted to be there.
I can help.
I could do that again!
I couldn't feel my hands! I'm thinking about my dog, Sport, that's with me.
I do.
I don't cry, Norman.
I don't know, Jess.
I don't think you, uh...
I don't...
I dunno.
I figured you felt lucky tonight. I could use some of the luck.
I got it! Whoo, whoo, whoo!
I got some chicken salad sandwiches in the car,...
I guess... a boxer.
I have a wonderful idea.
I have one.
I have to dance.
I interviewed the President.
I just flat don't like the house rules, Murph.
I just had a drink about an hour ago
I just slipped, that's all.
I knew he earned no more than $1,800 a year,...
I knew I was tough, because I'd been bloodied in battle.
I know, you've got twenty.
I love you. Don't forget to write!
I need a ride home.
I need a woman!
I remember the last sermon I heard him give, not long before his own death.
I said "Excuse me, sir, can you tell me what they're biting on?"
I sell bait.
I should write an article.
I tell you, I was getting pretty good at it! Ow!
I then saw something remarkable.
I think they should put you on church beat.
I think you better go home.
I think you could. I'd lay a bet on it.
I thought maybe I could come over...
I thought they swam down in the cricks.
I understand he's changed the spelling of our name.
I wanted to hear the old man say "Norman, come into my study, please."
I was thinking. We never got to go fishing again.
I will.
I wish Paul could have been here tonight. He's working late.
I wouldn't miss it.
I'd like the Burns residence, Wolf Creek, please.
I'd like to order a drink, too.
I'd love to.
I'd say so.
I'd say the Lord has blessed us all today.
I'll get the oars.
I'll have to be careful. I'll wipe off all the powder.
I'll organise it. Don't lift a finger.
I'll show you. Can you believe those guys?
I'll take you to the Fourth of July dance.
I'll work it off, Father. It was my idea.
I'm a reporter at the Bee.
I'm doing it.
I'm going to ask Jessie to marry me.
I'm gonna take it.
I'm in deep trouble.
I'm in love with Jessie Burns.
I'm not absolutely sure yet.
I'm not gonna lie to you: he's a world champion peckerwood.
I'm not sure I wanna leave you.
I'm nowhere near as good as my brother, but would you do me the honour?
I'm proud of you.
I'm real happy for ya.
I'm so glad you could make it, with work and everything.
I'm sorry Paul won't be here.
I'm sorry, Mother. I have to meet Jessie Burns' family at the station.
I'm sure Mrs Burns would love to meet the girlfriend.
I'm sure Paul would love to go fishing with us.
I'm thinking "If it gets any colder,...
I'm tired and I wanna go to jail
I've applied for several teaching positions.
I've been offered a job at the University of Chicago.
I've got a great idea. I know how we can go down in history.
If he had had his way, nobody who did not know how to catch a fish...
If he wanted me to, I would try.
If it's so funny, how come I'm not laughing. Yes, pee in their pants.
If you need any money, Paul, or anything else,...
In 1917, World War One came to Missoula,...
In all, I spent six years at Dartmouth,...
In fact, how about a round on me?
In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.
In the afternoon, we would walk with him while he unwound between services.
In the faith that looks through death
In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring out of human suffering;
Indirectly, though, Paul was always present in my father's thoughts.
Is Jessie there?
Is that right?
Is that right?
Is there anything else you can tell me?
It is an achievement.
It just goes to show the world is full of bastards,...
It says here a remark was passed...
It stinks.
It was a good year!
It was a life of timber and toil,...
It was a revelation, exposing me to a world I'd only guessed at.
It was a world with dew still on it,...
It was not until the spring of 1926...
It was one week ex actly before I spoke to Jessie again.
It was then I knew I was home.
It went right through my head
It will not last the night.
It would have been a tough thing to do.
It'll give you better base, add some distance.
It's 2,000 miles away. They got more than a dozen papers there.
It's a deal.
It's a pleasure to meet you, Norman. Jessie tells me you're a poet.
It's all right, we'll fix it.
It's just that he's been particularly good to me.
It's not healthy to get behind in that big game at Lolo.
It's not the place of an eight year old boy to change that tradition.
It's OK, Mother! Who is this?
Jack, why don't you bring this lady a whisky?
Jeez, Pauley...
Jeez, the professor!
Jessie Burns.
Jessie Burns.
Jessie was at the university. She was majoring in...
Jessie, this is my baby brother, Paul.
Jessie!
Jessie's brother Neal stepped off the train...
Jesus Christ, Norm.
Jesus Christ!
Jesus Christ!
Jesus Christ! No, don't.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Just a little... further.
Just for tonight."
Just get us a table, for four.
Know what you need on that?
Let me tell you something.
Let the fireworks begin!
Let's go! Whoo!
Let's go. Now.
Long ago, rain fell on mud and became rock.
Long ago, when I was a young man,...
Long time, long time.
Look at that baby! Preacher!
Look at you!
Look out!
Look, I don't know any card tricks, Jess,...
Love.
Macleans!
Macleans!
Macleans!
Make me a child again
Man has been eating God's oats for a thousand years.
Maybe we can go tomorrow. We could get Dad to come along.
Maybe you could go fishing with Norman sometime?
Me neither.
Minister, I guess.
Mm hm.
Mm hm.
Mm hm. It's all right if you're dull, Norman.
Montana, why? It'll always be here.
More than anything else,...
Mother, that was amazing.
Mother!
Mother...
Mother's pictures.
Mr Murchison! How are you?
Mrs Miller has given us some cherries so I can make your favourite pie.
Murph!
My brother stood before us, not on a bank of the Big Blackfoot River,...
My calling?
My father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman.
My mother loves the Cliquot Club Eskimos.
Neal, in Montana there are three things we're never late for:
Neal, this is Norman. Norman, my brother Neal.
Nearly all the bones in his hand were broken.
No Injuns. Period.
No matter where I go...
No murder, no mayhem.
No, for the summer.
No, I do not like your brother.
No, I'm the one who brought you the drink.
No, it's a good hole.
No, no, it's early, but...
No, no, it's early, but...
No, no... Just... games.
No, no... Just... games.
No, this is Norman.
No, we didn't get a chance. The fireworks started and...
No, you look, uh...
No! I'll come and get it.
No! Stop it!
No.
No...
None?
None.
Norm, it's fine. I'll be fine.
Norm, it's my debt.
Norm!
Norm...
Norman!
Norman?
Norman?
Norman's not funny.
Not a good idea, Paul.
Not a minister?
Not bad.
Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness,
Not like her.
Not the home made beer!
Nothing.
Nought be all else to me save that Thou art
Now let Paul tell his latest story.
Now, I had a hell of a time tracking 'em, because they turn white in the winter.
Now, nearly all those I loved and did not understand in my youth are dead,...
Now, you be sure to take pictures.
Now, you have taught classes already, haven't you?
Of course, now I'm too old to be much of a fisherman.
Of glory in the flower; We will grieve not
Oh, God,...
Oh, I was just gonna say,...
Oh, I'll never leave Montana, Brother.
Oh, I'm famous.
Oh, it's big and it's blue. People ride on the waves.
Oh, jeez.
Oh, jeez.
Oh, Lord of my heart
Oh, Lordy!
Oh, my Lord in heaven! It's all right.
Oh, my pleasure.
Oh, NealWhat about the bait?
Oh, now, just let the young man breathe.
Oh, really(?)
Oh, right.
Oh, she's fine. I'd like...
Oh, this is Norman Maclean, but I don't think she...
Oh, well now.
Oh, yeah?
Oh, yeah. It'll be in the Sunday paper.
Oh, yeah. Yes, yes, yes.
Oh, yes, everybody does.
Oh, yes, which one? The murder, the wreck or the fire?
Oh, yes. He'll be there. Won't you, honey?
Oh, you can get him back. Get drunk and dance naked on his tables.
Oh,... yeah.
Oh!
Oh!
Oh!
Oh! The east is making you soft.
Oh.
Oh.
OhHow am I funny?
OK, hop in.
OK, let's go!
OK!
OK?
OK.
OK.
OK.
OK.
OK.
OK.
OKIt's my debt.
Old Cal, he heaves it out there.
On land, or sea, or foam
On the other hand, Paul stayed home for college,...
On the right!
On your right! Watch right!
Only games.
Only if it's something good. (laughs)
Only need three more years before I can think like a fish.
Ooh, he's here! He's here!
Oops! How ladylike(!)
Or a professional boxer.
Over the lips, past the gums, look out stomach, here she comes!
Ow!
Pack up all my cares and woe
Paul was different. His toughness came from some secret place inside him.
Pauley!
Perhaps we wondered afterwards which one of us was tougher.
Perhaps, Mother.
Phantom Of The Opera! (laughs)
Preach, you OK?
Preacher?
Professional fly fisherman.
Quite a day.
Quote: "The Reverend Maclean had quite a nice roast while dining with his family."
Rather find strength in what remains behind;
Read.
Real threats?
Really?
Recognise anybody?
Red can. Hills Brothers. I'd lay a bet on it.
Remember those rocks we used to go to?
Right!
Right! Right!
Righty ho! The usual for Norm,...
Righty ho.
Righty oh ho ho.
Ronald Coleman?!
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream?
Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream?
SalHey, Sal! Oh.
San Berdoo and a lot of sand, and a lot of desert,...
See you later, boys!
See, Professor, that's why you need to stick around here from now on.
Shall we kill him?
Shall we?
She called to tell me that Neal was going back to California,...
She can learn from you. Stick to activity.
She had ridden bareback standing up through the 100 inhabitants, mostly male.
She still wore the divided skirts of a horsewoman,...
She went by the name of Old Rawhide.
She's bright as a light, Norman.
She's bright as a light, Norman.
Show me the way to go home?
Shut up!
Sit.
Sit.
Six?
So at 16, I did my duty,...
So how long you planning to stay, Neal?
So it was with my formal education as well.
So my brother and I learned to cast Presbyterian style,...
So the poor bastards pee in their pants.
So we returned to being gracious to one another,...
So we'd ride those waves all day long, all the boys,...
So what's the first station out there now?
So while my friends spent their days at Missoula Elementary, I stayed home...
So you can make your plans.
So, in the autumn of 1919,...
So, it was this otter and her pups.
So, uh... what are you doing now, Mabel?
Some Kodak, huh?
Sometime before, Father had told me...
Son of a...
Sport!
Sport! Sport, come here!
Standing on the steps of the Missoula library once again,...
Starting fall term.
Steady!
Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop!
Sure glad I didn't go home and get some sleep!
Sure.
Sweet Jesus!
Take care of him, Sal.
Teaching literature.
Ten...
Thank you, Norman, that's very kind of you.
Thank you, O merciful professor of poetry and trout.
Thank you.
Thanks for coming to see me last night(!)
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, its fears.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live
That is to say,...
That was funny.
That was the only time we ever fought.
That's how you spell "Chi ca go"! (laughs)
That's my brother.
That's... nice.
The Burns family ran a general store in a one store town...
The fish are out further.
The Fishing Newspaperman.
The life of a newspaperman.
The Lord forbid my flock keep me in ignorance.
The ministry?
The only plan Neal had in mind was a trip to Black Jack's Bar,...
The poor without Christ are of all men the most miserable.
The real McCoy, not like, uh,...
The river was cut by the world's great flood...
The road to where?
The rules at Anaconda mines say "No breaks, not even for the john."
The sun don't bother me!
The truth is, I'm not sure I wanna leave.
The usual.
The year ended with my acceptance into Dartmouth College.
Then a bunch of the locals came running over,...
Then he said "Someday, when you're ready,...
Then I guess it's just the Macleans.
Then I guess we ought to do it.
Then I'll see you then.
There was a little hotel there that used to...
There was a time...
There.
There's no such thing.
There's sandwiches in here for you.
These hands are hot, Norm. I can feel it.
They got some swell hooch here. They even wash the glasses.
They said I'd find you at your other office.
They send trains down here all the time, you know, without a schedule.
They were Methodists,...
They'd bury you with full honours. Tell them, Norm.
They'll be telling everyone the class of '19 did it.
They'll come ashore.
They're both marvellous.
This is Norman.
Thou my best thought by day or by night
Though I was surprised by the invitation, I asked only one question of Jessie.
Three!
To him, all good things, trout as well as eternal salv ation, come by grace.
To learn a real Christian lesson in giving. HmDon't you think?
To me, the meanest flower that blows
To the son of a Montana minister, Dartmouth was more than an education.
To what use shall you put this achievement?
Too tight. Try a roll cast.
Too young to join me, Paul took a job as lifeguard at the municipal swimming pool.
Two.
Ugh!
Uh huh.
Uh oh.
Uh, Buster's the one with the red ass.
Uh, I'll have a martini, Paul. It is Paul?
Uh, well, there are more important accomplishments, Norman.
Uh, you know the house rules as good as I do, Paul.
Uh... eight?
Uh... Well, I've been considering the Forest Service.
Um,... a favour.
Unbelievable.
Under the rocks are the words,...
Wait for your brother!
Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light?
Was Norman forgiven?
Watch it, Fred. I'm telling you, they're after you.
Watch it! On the right, on the right!
Watch out!
Watch the first step it's a lulu.
We borrow old man Seifert's rowboat and we shoot the Chutes.
We came back to Salt Lake City,...
We can love completely...
We have no bananas today?
We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in Missoula, Montana,...
We love you, we love you. Good luck.
We should celebrate!
We talked about music.
We'll catch up.
We'll come back here tomorrow, wipe this day off the books.
We're not gonna catch anything, anyway. It's too damn hot.
We're very proud of you.
We've got home grown potatoes
Well, because...
Well, do your best.
Well, goddamn it, let's get the hell out of here and celebrate.
Well, here's to the old fam damn ily!
Well, I called because I wanted to see you again.
Well, I didn't get in at all, but I was here.
Well, I gotta shove off.
Well, I hear everything, don't I?
Well, I'm sorry about that. That was my fault.
Well, it's nice to know you're touching a nerve, but...
Well, Ma,...
Well, maybe what he likes is somebody trying to help him.
Well, not like her.
Well, now.
Well, thanks for the flight.
Well, that's a good idea.
Well, that's marvy, because Jessie's got a brother in from California, and, um...
Well, the chickens haven't come home to roost yet, Al.
Well, the guy deserved it.
Well, um, how about Saturday?
Well, what do you sayThe Big Blackfoot.
Well, you do fish?
Well, you will work off every cent of its value.
Well, you're not forgiven.
Well, you've had six years to become sure, Norman.
Well.
Well...
Well...
What are you do...?
What are you gonna be?
What are you talking about? You can't go back in there!
What better lesson for those girls than a trip to the reservation?
What did he do?
What do they knowI've just come from there. I'm having my liquid lunch.
What do you mean? This is gonna be... It's a classic.
What do you say?
What do you think about me spending the night with you and the folks?
What do you want?
What have you done to my boy?
What the hell...?
What you making?
What, did you sit up all night on that thing?
What?
What?
What?
What?
What?
What'll it be, Je... Jessie?
What's it like?
When I travelled that way, San Berdoo was there.
Where are weWhere are we going?
Where are you going?
Where is he?
Which hand?
Whisky... double.
Who do you know at the University of Chicago?
Who gave you the boat?
Who, Ronald Coleman?
Who?
Who's that?
Whoo!
Whose idea was this, anyway?
Why did he hit him?
Why don't you come with us to Chicago?
Why is it the people who need the most help...
With all the fish in the river.
With whatYou're in debt up to your goddamn neck!
Won't you come in?
Won't you remember to powder my toothbrush, Mother?
Wonderful. Wouldn't it be?
Would you be a doll and get us a drink?
Wow!
Yeah, he usually only eats what he can hit on the road.
Yeah, I didn't get in till late.
Yeah, I was just a little nervous. Mm?
Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah. Deadline. I can't work there.
Yeah. You want me to come over and protect you?
Yes, exactly. Has been getting calls. No names, just threats.
Yes, I am pleased.
Yes, sir.
Yes, the John L Sullivan, the last bare knuckle champion of the world!
Yes, they're fine, everybody's fine. They're all fine, Mrs Hatcher.
Yes, we have no bananas
Yes, we're very proud of him.
Yes?
Yes?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
You ask him.
You bet your life.
You betcha!
You better go in and get your brother.
You can always hear me singing this song
You can bet that everyone from here to Helena knows all about your education.
You can die trying.
You come for a drink?
You could get it in the school paper, I bet.
You got it! (whoops)
You know, he took me off the Anaconda story.
You know, I heard, uh, Louis Armstrong sing, this, uh, song once...
You know, people have told me I look like Ronald Coleman.
You know, you have the most beautiful hair I've ever seen.
You know, you're funny.
You left him alone, Norman?
You look great! You look great!
You sissy!
You son of a bitch, you're getting serious. You and Jessie. Huh?
You think you could beat Jack Johnson?
You will go to church this day and pray for forgiveness.
You, uh... You don't like my brother, do you?
You... You are a fine fisherman.
You... You sank the beer, yeah?
You'd be right in the middle of things.
You'll make a killing!
You're all right if you're out of work.
You're already thinking like a dead stonefly. Picture.
You're just rusty, that's all.
You're late, Neal.
You're not, uh...
You're picking your brother up too much lately.
Your mother spent the night sick with worry. Did you think of her feelings?
Yowsa, yowsa, yowsa!
6.30.
...I want you to know that... She lives past the slaughterhouse.
"Macleans Conquer Chutes." I don't like sardines.
(Aunt Sally) Friday's good. What time?
(boys laugh) Hey! What the hell is going on?
(car horn) Hey!
(car horn) Whoa! Whoa!
(Chub) A little, uh, infatuation? (girls laugh)
(coughs) (conductor) All aboard!
(crash) Watch it! Hey!
(dogs bark) (woman) Come here, come here!
(gears crunch) You better hang on!
(girls squeal) Come on, Jessie!
(laughs quietly) Well, I do have one story.
(laughs) Shh!
(laughs) So I asked him. I went right up to him.
(Mother) What? The end of my line.
(Mr Burns) Hear, hear! (all) Fam damn ily.
(Murphy) Preacher! Preacher?
(Neal grunts) (door clunks)
(Neal) Serve oysters. (Mr Burns)...serve oysters.
(Norman) Lolo. Yep.
(Paul) Hurry up. One.
(shouts) Norman. Oh, Norman!
(shouts) What are they biting on? Louder!
(they laugh) Oh!
(they laugh) Wasn't it?
(train whistles) North Coast! Stops in Helena, Bozeman...
(woman giggles) (Paul) Well, my gal Sal.
(woman) Yes, you are! (man) No!
Amen! (they whoop)
And is this Norman? Yes, it is.
And this is Monasetah. Mabel.
Anyway, it seems my editor... The old curmudgeon!
Are you all right, Norman? Clara.
Bait fisherman? He didn't say.
But they won't even let you play! Oh, yes, they will.
Calvin Coolidge? (Mother) The President?
Can I come? Oh, no, not this time, honey.
Chub! (laughs) Jeez, Pauley.
Come on! I'm with you!
Come on! I'm with you!
Come on! Shut up!
Come on! This way! (all cheer and shout)
Damn it! (glass clunks)
Gentlemen. Hiya!
Get a drink for my brother. Bourbon.
Glad to know you. It's a pleasure. (Jessie) This is my mother.
Good luck! (car engine starts)
Ham, cheese, sardines. Delicious. I hate sardines.
Have you ever been? No, not anywhere.
Have you? College level, but I haven't heard yet.
Heavy date, Paul? Where you going, Pauley?
Hello, Jess. Hey, Paul.
Hello! Howdy!
Here you go. Oh, great. Life saver!
Hey, where are you guys going? Chicken!
Hi. Hi.
Hm? (Jessie) Yeah, that's a good idea.
How are you? Oh, quite well, thank you.
How's your brother? You, uh... You both left him alone.
I am. You'll die.
I did. I got that. What do you think about this tie?
I don't think so. No, I uh...
I know. How do you know?
I'll interview the grieving widow. But I'm the boss, Maclean!
I'm not leaving. What?
Initials? No.
Irish or Scot? Scot.
Is he hurt? He's not hurt, he's just sick.
It's a stinker. What?
It's wonderful. Thank you so much.
Jeez, Ma! Well, you get him so excited!
Jessie says you just got your degree. Yes.
Last time, Paul. Hello, Judge.
Let me borrow those a moment. Sure, why not?
Let's fish together today. Good.
Let's get these things outside. (chatter)
Let's go eat. That's a good idea!
Let's go! (they laugh and whoop)
Let's go! (they laugh and whoop)
Lolo. Lolo Hot Springs.
Make that a double! (Jessie laughs)
Mm? Are you waiting for the phone?
Mr Coolidge? Uh huh.
My darling! Hi, Paul.
Nice to have you back. Thank you.
No, I don't have to. No, you go ahead.
No, no! You take the Anaconda thing...
Norm. (brakes squeak)
Norman, do you drinkDoes he drink? Oh, a little bit.
Norman, what's the matter? He's not funny.
Not for you, Paul. Aw, come on, you know I'm good for it.
Not Montana. Then what?
Oh, I'll take that. She's 23 and built like a brick shithouse.
OK. If you need to use it... No, no, no, I have work to do.
Pardon me? (whispers) He's not funny.
Paul Maclean? In there.
Paul! Well, well...
Paul. Maclean.
Preacher, come on! (laughs) Please be quiet!
Ronald Coleman? I love Ronald Coleman.
She dropped out. (Jessie) Aunt Sally!
So I'm late. Should we have this girl over to dinner?
So, what do you think? What do I think? I think it's the berries!
So... You ready to... Neal?
Son of a bitch! Please, I slipped, I slipped, I slipped!
The body fuels the mind. That's what I was thinking.
The lawMedicine? No.
The water. The ocean.
There isn't? No.
Those were mean rocks. Yeah, nearly a billion years old.
To hell with him. I thought we were supposed to help him.
Want some muffins? Perfect.
Was that your jelly? Yes, it was, Ethel.
We, um... We borrowed it.
We'll fix it. (winces)
We're gonna get some big fish. Yes, we are! Let's go!
Well, he's not coming back. At least he's got friends out there.
Well, uh... Oh, you were gone too long, son!
Well, we would be the kings of Missoula. Yeah, kings! And famous!
Well, what did they say? Mm?
Well? I don't know.
Well... The candle burns at both ends.
What a skeezix! I don't want any goddamn sardines!
What about the late, uh... George Masterson!
What are they biting on? What?
What did they say? Mm?
What did they say? You'll have to cut it out of him.
What do you say, Pauley? Hey, Pauley!
What do you want? What?
What? What?
What...? He fell asleep in the sun.
What's wrong? Who is it?
When? A few days ago.
When's a good time for you, Norman? Oh, uh, Friday?
Why don't you go with Neal, Norman? Hm?
Why don't you take this holelt's good. No, it's all right.
With the poker table! They got new signs on the way down.
Yeah. I can't picture him riding on waves.
Yes, pass this way! (whooping)
You can't shoot the Chutes, Pauley. You can try.
You do? Yeah. To get away... Chicago...
You guys OK? Where's...?
You hit her, you son of a bitch! You knocked her down, you bastard!
You know he fishes, too? I thought everybody knew.
You know, I do worry about you, Paul. I think I'm gonna run over and... Hm?
You look so good! He looks a little thin!
You set? Yeah.
You think I should get it bobbed? No, no, not in a million years.
You're looking good. Yes, hasn't he grown up?
You're looking so good. Oh, PauI's here. Come on!
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... "Maybe all I really know about Paul...
... I just may have to slit him open and stick my hands in to keep 'em from freezing."
...a denomination my father always referred to as "Baptists who could read".
...a gin and prune juice.
...a hell of a lot of desert.
...a ploy that was beginning to pay off.
...all existence seems to fade to a being with my soul and memories,...
...although some friends think I shouldn't.
...although they must have been a hardship in her new profession.
...and a river runs through it.
...and had to change at Salt Lake City.
...and his body dumped in an alley.
...and I've got some baking chickens at home.
...and in the evenings he could pursue his other purpose in life,...
...and learned to write the American language.
...and listen to the Cliquot Club Eskimos with your mother.
...and more mountains in all directions than I would ever see again.
...and moved to that town,...
...and only by picking up God's rhythms could we regain power and beauty.
...and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
...and some of the words are theirs.
...and started working for the US Forest Service.
...and still managed to do badly.
...and that he would appreciate me seeing him off.
...and that John, the favourite, was a dry fly fisherman.
...and that the moment could not last.
...and the hope that a fish will rise.
...and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four count rhythm...
...and why. "
...and, being a Scot, believed that the art of writing lay in thrift.
...and, uh...
...are princes and kings of the earth.
...are the words of God. Listen.
...as the church wall suggested.
...as we did on all other spiritual matters.
...asking me again and again, had I told him everything?
...away from home nearly all that time.
...be lifted by repentence through Thy grace.
...before its descent into the invisible,...
...but I have to rush.
...but I like you.
...but suspended above the earth,...
...church, work, and fishing.
...concerning the Indian woman he was with.
...dancing in my awkward arms. "
...do you feel this could be your calling?
...enjoyed it immensely."
...even Jessie.
...even then he told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen.
...except the deer. "
...fishing.
...free from all its laws, like a work of art.
...giving my blue nosed brothers a lesson in Front Street poker.
...half as long.
...his connection with the family growing as slight as my own.
...I attended the school of the Reverend Maclean.
...I believe the high road will suit me better.
...I boarded the Northern Pacific for a 3,000 mile trip east...
...I could attend any college in the world I could get into.
...I had to enlighten incoming freshmen on the wonders of the Romantic poets.
...I realised it was my father's words that made me feel most at home.
...I rose and asked no questions.
...I thought I'd go out and meet some of the old pals, being in town and all.
...in a little speak in Greenwich Village, New York.
...into a rhythm all his own.
...is not wanted.
...is that he was a fine fisherman. "
...is the goddamn otter! (laughs)
...it's been a long trip.
...just before Jessie and I left for Chicago,...
...keeping his line above water long enough, and low enough,...
...late at night,...
...leaving the woods to old men and boys.
...look upon a loved one in need and ask the same question.
...more touched by wonder and possibility than any I have since known.
...my brother had become an artist.
...my father said to me "Norman, you like to write stories. "
...my mind is filled with song. "
...Neal began to hold forth.
...not to the music, but something else. "
...on a metronome.
...or, more often than not, the part we have to give...
...Paul Whiteman of the Cliquot Club Eskimos.
...probably, I figure, to impress the only other client at the bar,...
...Ramon, me, Ronnie Coleman.
...so his offer meant more to me than anything in my life.
...so that I could tell my father and mother...
...taking with it every able bodied lumberjack,...
...telling stories to the same boys who had sat there and listened 100 times before.
...that all first class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen...
...that I finally did come home.
...that I was witnessing perfection.
...that is performed on a four count rhythm between ten o'clock and two o'clock.
...that life is not a work of art,...
...that Paul had been beaten to death by the butt of a revolver,...
...the good things we receive from Thee.
...they can't be raised again.
...tied on some new fangled fly the size of a chicken.
...to learn on my own the natural side of God's order.
...to make a rainbow rise.
...to the unknown.
...to walk the honky tonks and brothels of Front Street.
...trying to remember what a Davis Cup tennis player looked like.
...unwilling to leave the fish he had not yet caught.
...waiting to jump on the first deer,...
...we are reminded of the poet who sings.
...we might hear those words.
...what's an otter doing on the top of Rogers Pass?
...where any honest policeman would be unlikely to find it.
...where Indians still appeared out of the wilderness...
...which was simply an old freight car set in the woods,...
...which we considered our family river.
...who art rich in forgiveness, grant that we may hold fast...
...will at one time in our lives...
...with the deepest feelings of the heart all a stir,...
...with the men as tough as their axe handles...
...without complete understanding.
...won't take it?
...would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching it.
...you might tell our family story. "
...you're so je ne sais quoi.
"A field of grass, where no one seemed to have been,...
"A place remembered. "
"All except for the poor elder son...
"Backward, turn backward O time in your flight
"Closed Mouth Cal Communes With The Croppies."
"Dear Jessie, as the moon lingers a moment over the Bitterroots...
"Does your husband misbehave?"
"Grunt 'n' grumble, rant and rave?"
"He was beautiful. "
"I find I am humming softly,...
"MacLean", with a capital L.
"Norman. "
"Only then will you understand what happened...
"Someplace else. "
"The memory is strengthened by the feeling of you,...
"We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed?"
"Well, shoot that brute some Burma Shave!"
"You know more than that, " my father said.
(Al) Look at that! Ha!
(all laugh)
(all laugh)
(all laugh)
(all laugh)
(all murmur and chatter)
(all shout in delight)
(all) John L Sullivan?
(all) Ooh!
(all)...the number increasing the further one gets from Missoula, Montana!
(all)Be Thou my vision
(all)Bye bye, blackbird...
(as gangster) "The boys are gonna have to come down and pay me a little visit."
(background chatter)
(bagpipes play, men cheer)
(band starts playing)
(band stops playing, applause)
(barman) Two up.
(bird flutters overhead)
(birdsong)
(booming)
(both laugh)
(both laugh)
(both) Can give thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
(both) We've met.
(brakes squeal)
(car door slams)
(car horn and engine)
(car pulls up)
(chatter, jazz trumpet)
(chatter)
(chatter)
(chatter)
(chatter)
(chatter)
(china crashes)
(clears throat)
(clears throat)
(clears throat)
(clears throat)
(clears throat) I'm, uh, Norman Maclean.
(clinking)
(clock strikes)
(clock strikes)
(clock ticks)
(cock crows)
(coughing)
(coughing)
(coughing)
(coughs)
(crash)
(crashing)
(crickets chirrup)
(crockery crashes)
(dice clatter on table)
(dice rattle)
(dog barks)
(dog pants)
(door closes)
(door closes)
(door creaks open)
(door opens)
(door opens)
(door opens)
(drunken man coughs)
(drunken singing continues)
(drunken singing)
(ducks quack)
(echoing) I don't think they can see us in here.
(faint drunken singing)
(feet crunch on gravel)
(fireworks whistle and boom, people cheer)
(flies buzz)
(friend) Jessie, who's that?
(gate slams)
(gate slams)
(gears crunch)
(giggles)
(girl) Come here, Queenie, come here!
(glasses chink)
(glasses clunk)
(grunting)
(guard coughs)
(Harry) I got a better story.
(he laughs)
(horses whinny)
(inaudible speech)
(Jessie laughs)
(Jessie) Fam damn ily!
(Jessie) He's just tired. It's a long trip.
(Jessie)If he came back next summer, would you try and help him?
(joins in) Nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass
(Judge) Paul.
(ladies laugh in background)
(ladies) Course he does! He has a pole and everything.
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs)
(laughs) Aagh!
(laughs) I don't know. I miss the ocean.
(laughs) Let's do it.
(laughs) Sure.
(laughs) Well, she's got a tattoo.
(laughs) Well, what are you gonna make me do here, Pauley?
(laughs) Well, you know how Paul likes to...
(laughs) Whoo!
(laughs) Yeah.
(laughs) Yes.
(laughter)
(laughter)
(laughter)
(laughter)
(laughter)
(laughter)
(laughter) Pee in their pants?
(loudly) How are you?
(Mabel) Excuse me!
(man whistles tune)
(man) Bye bye, sonny.
(man) Hey, hey!
(men cheer)
(men grunt)
(men laugh)
(men talk in background)
(men whistle and shout)
(men whoop and laugh)
(men) Get out of it!
(metronome ticks)
(Molly) Drink?
(Mother) Dinner, gentlemen!
(Mother) Mrs Campbell called.
(Mother) No!
(Mother) Norman!
(Mother) Norman!
(Mrs Burns) At least he still has his appetite!
(Mrs Burns) Oh, that would be nice.
(music stops, applause)
(mutters) May he get three doses of clap.
(Neal groans)
(Neal grunts)
(Neal winces)
(Neal winces)
(Neal) Mrs Miller's still alive?
(Neal) Ow! Aagh!
(Norman laughs)
(Norman) Look at that fish!
(Norman) Neal, Paul. Paul, Neal.
(Norman) There!
(Norman) This is not good.
(Norman) Want me to bring you one?
(paper rustles)
(Paul groans)
(Paul laughs)
(Paul whistles)
(Paul whoops)
(Paul whoops)
(Paul) As I live and breathe.
(Paul) Exactly.
(Paul) Ha, ha!
(Paul) Hello, Frank.
(Paul) Norm, what do you wanna be when you grow up?
(Paul) Oh, jeez! I can taste it!
(Paul) OK, OK, OK.
(Paul) OK, we'll put it upstream.
(Paul) OK!
(Paul) Turn here.
(Paul) What say?
(phone rings)
(punches thud, man grunts)
(raps on door)
(Rawhide) I can get in myself.
(reel creaks)
(reel creaks)
(reel squeaks)
(Reverend clears throat)
(Reverend clears throat)
(Reverend laughs)
(Reverend Maclean) "Hath elsewhere it's setting, and cometh from afar:
(Reverend) Grace will not be said until that bowl is clean.
(Reverend) Oh me, oh my!
(Reverend) There is one yonder...
(Reverend) Well,...
(Reverend) Well...
(Reverend) What are you working on? Do you have any new stories to tell us?
(running water)
(scoffs) He doesn't like fishing.
(she giggles)
(she laughs)
(she moans softly)
(she sighs)
(she squeals)
(shouts) I said... (mouths)
(shouts) Norm!
(shrieks)
(sighs contentedly)
(sighs)
(sighs)
(sighs)
(sighs)
(sighs)
(sighs)
(sighs) Dumb Dora!
(sighs) God, congratulations, Norman!
(sighs) God.
(sighs) I promised Jessie.
(sighs) Yes, Mrs Hatcher, I know it's long distance.
(sniffs)
(sucks in breath)
(tapping)
(they laugh)
(they laugh)
(they laugh)
(they whoop, yell and laugh)
(thud)
(train creaks into motion)
(train whistles)
(train whistles)
(train whistles)
(tune ends)
(tuts) Now everyone will think we're Lowland Scots.
(water rumbles)
(whistles)
(whooping)
(whooping)
(whooping)
(whooping)
(whooshing)
(winces) Ah!
(woman giggles)
(women laugh)
(women whoop and cheer)
< she sings along to the music>
< slow dance starts>
< slow jazz>