Filming the river why

Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. For all The River Why 's ponderous grasps for the meaning of life, nobody can accuse the movie of trying to be too universal. Not after the hero, a young man named Augustine Orviston Zach Gilford of NBC's Friday Night Lights , explains his crisis in voiceover: "What can you say after you've spontaneously cremated your parents' prize fish in the fireplace?

Augustine trades in the City of Man for the City of Trout. This talented young actress has shown such range in her performances, stardom has to be just around the corner. The film captured many of the philosophical underpinnings of the book. The book leaves the natural world to one's imagination. Whereas the movie brings the wonderful nature of an Oregon river basin alive.

My advice would be to read the book and see the movie. Director Matthew Leutwyler wisely lets his camera and his actors, including the eye-popping Wilson River near Portland, this is one of those stories in which the environment is a character tell the story.

Quotes [last lines] Gus : People often don't know what they're talking about. User reviews 17 Review. Top review. Finally, a fishing movie:. I thought this was a good movie, in fact I saw most of it this afternoon and am watching it again in 20 minutes.

I love fishing. Although A River Runs Through It was one of the single most films that brought fly fishing to so many people, I was left wanting more. I was already a fly fisherman before the movie, so I wanted more fishing scenes. The River Why was the type of movie I've wanted to see for decades. I'm 50 and still enjoyed the movie. I've lived in Oregon near Portland since 94 and this move was able to explain to my family back east why I now call Oregon my home. The cinematography was excellent and I give it two thumbs up.

Details Edit. Release date April 9, United States. United States. Official site Official site. Portland, Oregon, USA. They haul it down rivers, wear out the spine, project their lives onto Gus, dream about finding an Eddy, and pass on dog-eared copies to their friends. The appearance of the story on the big screen should be cause for celebration. They spent the better part of two decades struggling to make the movie and had a passage from the novel read with their wedding vows.

Search Search. Rising star Heard Photograph by Kurt Markus. Twitter Icon. Amber Heard Amber Heard plays Eddy, the girl of every angler's dreams. Amber Heard Rising star Heard. Read this next. By: Bridget Moran. By: Erin Berger. By: The Editors.