In the scene where Paul fights a fish hidden from view behind a large boulder, the fish is actually John Bailey of Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop in Livingston, Montana. In several scenes, the fish on the end of their line was actually a half-gallon milk jug with rocks in it. The “trout” the Maclean brothers hooked into and fought were mostly non-fish. Since most of the time he was not near any river in Los Angeles, he trained it on top of a building. Rumors also said Pitt trained to fly-fish for four weeks before filming.
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Jason made sure that Skerritt and Sheffer used the traditional forearm style, while Pitt used the more open free arm style that Paul Maclean would have used. Both Craig Sheffer (Norman) and Brad Pitt (Paul) were quite athletic. Tom Skerritt (the elder Maclean) had done some fly fishing previously. While Jason did most of the fly casting in the movie, the actors picked it up rather quickly. After the scene was filmed, he approached Jason and said, “You are Paul.” The friend was stunned that Jason had captured the essence of Paul’s artistry with a fly rod. When Jason did that particular cast, an elderly, long-time friend of the Maclean brothers was on the set. This includes the memorable “shadow-casting” that Paul Maclean performed while standing on a big rock in the middle of the river. In these scenes, Gary Borger’s son, Jason, did almost all the fly casting for the actors in the movie. Most of the fly fishing scenes were filmed on the Gallatin River in the Gallatin Canyon south of Bozeman. Brad Pitt wasn’t actually the one casting…
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The fly-fishing industry saw a whopping 60 percent increase in 1992, the year the movie came out, and grew by another 60 percent in 1993. The fly fishing industry doubled in size after A River Runs Through It was released. Livingston served as Missoula, and the Gallatin River served as the Big Blackfoot River. The movie is set in Missoula, Montana, though most fans know that it was filmed 200-plus miles east of Missoula in Livingston, Montana. The movie wasn’t really shot in Missoula, Montana… And the legendary “Blackfoot River”, was actually the “Gallatin River”. Even as it celebrates its 25-year anniversary, the movie continues to captivate viewers who resonate with its story of tragedy, family, the American West, and fishing. Based on the novella by Norman Maclean, “A River Runs Through It” launched the career of Brad Pitt and boosted interest in fly fishing. BUT…did you know not everything in the movie was as it seems? Jared Zissu with posted this article about the truth within the movie.Ī River Runs Through It premiered on Octo– 27 years ago. We all know about the movie A River Runs Through It and its relation to Montana.
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