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A River Runs Through It
1992
· Movie
· 123 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1518
- IMDb #1759
- Google retired #468
- Rotten Tomatoes #1474
- Metacritic #1869
- Letterboxd #1634
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2069
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1330
- Metacritic Critics #1670
- Metacritic Audience #2383
- Criticker #1308
- Kinopoisk #1578
- AlloCiné #614
- Trakt #1879
Every rating
54–94
out of 100
Two brothers in early 20th-century Montana are raised under the strict guidance of their Presbyterian minister father, who teaches them about life and grace through the art of fly-fishing. The story follows their diverging paths as one brother remains steady while the other seeks a more turbulent existence.
Details
- Director
- Robert Redford
- Writers
- Norman Maclean, Richard Friedenberg
- Based on
- A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
- Studio
- Allied Filmmakers, Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 9 October 1992
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $43.4M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →1 major award won · 4 wins from 14 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Original Score | Mark Isham | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1992 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Richard Friedenberg | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1992 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Robert Redford | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1992 | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Mark Isham | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1992 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Richard Friedenberg | Nominee |
| 20/20 Awards 1992 | Best Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards 1992 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Academy Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Mark Isham | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Richard Friedenberg | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Robert Redford | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Mark Isham | Nominee |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Robert Redford | Winner |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| USC Scripter Awards | Richard Friedenberg (screenwriter) ; Norman Maclean (author) | Winner |
Young Artist Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Young Actor Under 10 in a Motion Picture | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Winner |
20/20 Awards
2 nominations
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Richard Friedenberg | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Mark Isham | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Philippe Rousselot | Nominee |
Artios Awards
1 nomination
| Best Casting for Feature Film – Drama | Elisabeth Leustig | Nominee |