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"A River Runs Through It."
It is an amazing movie about real life and the early days of fly fishing in Montana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzyzAXVBioY
Some of it reminded me of my days with my brother Dick who is a great athlete and top fly fisher.
30 years ago 'Sacramento News & Review' offered Kiene's Fly Shop the exclusive premiere, the first showing of the movie in Sacramento.
It cost us $600.00 and was a really good thing for the shop.
We did get two large heavy cardboard tubes with about 100 beautiful large 3' x 2' color movie posters.
We sold the unframed large color posters for $10.00 for years but now they are worth lots more.
https://www.google.com/search?q=a+ri...hrome&ie=UTF-8
It’s a beautiful story. The book remains my favorite read of all time. I thought the movie was a fitting and thoughtful tribute to the book. Redford did a respectable and respectful job. I have no strong feelings about the movie’s impact on the world of fly fishing. But I wasn’t in the industry. It’s cool that Walton Powell’s Hexagraph rods were used in the film.
Some of my Montana friends refer to the movie as A Realtor Runs Through It.........
A private joke inside the industry a few years later was: "We need another movie."
I guess the next few years (summers) in Montana, after the movie, it was a "heyday" for fly shops and fly guides.
You could rewatch that movie every few years.
I really loved that filmQuote:
Originally Posted by Bill Kiene semi-retired
That it was 30 years ago already>? Not so much...
Thanks Bill ;)