'Maclean' Runs Through It

John Maclean, author and grandson of the Rev. John Maclean, works at a desk in the family cabin . Between John Maclean and his father, Norman Maclean, five books have taken shape in the cabin, including “A River Runs Through It,” written by hand at the cabin by Norman Maclean.

John is also an author and journalist best known for his 1999 book, Fire on the Mountain, about the deadly South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain (in Garfield County, Colorado), in 1994.

LINK (Via: The Missoulian)

Steve Wagner of ESPN spends some time on the river with John Maclean -- surviving son of legendary author Norman Maclean.

LINK (Via: ESPN)

Inception Runs Through It

Vintage Fly Fishing - Barry Moser Wood Engravings

Paul Macleans fishing hat.

Neil Burn's (AKA Buster) can of worms.

These engravings appeared in the 1989 edition of A River Runs Through It which was designed and illustrated by renowned artist and printmaker Barry Moser.

LINK (Via:The University of Chicago Press)

Affleck and Damon to star in remake of A River Runs Through It!

Photo courtesy of Searchlight Films

Hoping to capture the chemistry that won them both Oscars for their film, Good Will Hunting, Variety Magazine is reporting that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will be starring in a remake of A River Runs Through It. According to Variety, the film will be directed by Academy Award Winning Director Robert Zemekis of Forest Gump fame and has already begun preliminary shooting.

Affleck, who picked up fly fishing on the set of his wife's film Catch and Release, will play the role of Norman Maclean and Damon will star as Norman's troubled younger brother Paul. Craig Schiffer, who played Norman in the original film, has agreed to play the part of the Reverend John Maclean and Tom Skerrit will have a cameo role as the elder Maclean. Rounding out the cast are Jessica Alba as Jesse Burns, Don Draper from Mad Men as Jesse's lovable brother Neil, and Cyndi, "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" Lauper will play Neil's bar fly babe Rawhide. 

LINK (Via:Variety)

Blu-Ray Review: A River Runs Through It

The Blue Ray edition of A River Runs Through It features never before seen supplemental material including deleted scenes, a featurette on the making of the movie and a documentary on efforts to restore the Blackfoot River.  LINK  (Via:HD Report)

"In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing,"

Last Sunday a monument dedicated to the Rev. John Maclean and his son's book was unveiled in front of the First Presbyterian Church in Missoula. Church members Thelma Hogan and Tom Finch conceived of the commemoration, which comes 100 years after Maclean became pastor in Missoula. He and wife Clara arrived in February 1909 from Clarinda, Iowa, with young sons Norman and Paul in tow.

The Maclean Family in 1911.

LINK  (Via:The Missoulian)