A scene from A River Runs Through It 1992
Norman Maclean Craig Sheffer

[narrating]

That was the only time we fought. Perhaps we wondered after which one of us was tougher. But if boyhood questions aren't answered before a certain point, they can't be raised again. So we returned to being gracious to one another, as the church well suggested.

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As the film begins, we see the rippling water of a river, and then the hands of an old man tying a fly:
Older Norman - [narrating]: In my family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.
We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in Missoula, Montana.
Where Indians still appeared out of the wilderness to walk the honky tonks and brothels of Front Street. Older Norman - [narrating]:
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