Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - vs - A River Runs Through It

The comparisons were inevitable.

The clover that holds these two worthy contenders together is four-leafed. Both are adult, coming of age stories, both evoke the romance of fly fishing, and both showcase the magnetic beauty of not just the respective stars — Emily Blunt and Brad Pitt — but the natural surroundings of Montana, Scotland and, yes, even Yemen (played here by that well known character actor, Morocco).

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Reflecting on the film “A River Runs Through It” and how it changed Montana

Turns out it's all McGuane's fault.

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Celebrity Chum - Mr. Jolie Edition

Anatomy of a Junket: A River Runs Through It

Brett goes to Vermont to learn about the Blu-Ray release of A River Runs Through It and fly-fish with Tom Skerritt, it's an Anatomy of a Junket.

Paul MacLean in Helena

The true story of Paul MacLean's life differs somewhat from the one that appeared in his brother's book, A River Runs Through It. An article that appeared in the Helena Independent Record back in 2000 chronicles the true story of Paul MacLean's life and death.

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Eventually, all things merge into one

A River Runs Through It actor Arnold Richardson dies at 96.

HELENA, Mont. — Arnold Richardson was not the best-known Montanan to appear in a Hollywood movie, but his solitary bit part — as the elderly Norman Maclean in "A River Runs Through It" — remains one of the most iconic cinematic images of the state, partly responsible, for better or worse, for the explosion in the popularity of fly fishing in the 1990s.

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