Robert Redford deserves a lifetime Oscar for this scene alone. This is the holy grail of movie-making: to meld the pictures, music and words into magic like this. No multi-million budget, comic-book, superhero, special effects flashiness can come close to moving an audience like this, like a movie should.
I'm a grown-ass, hard-ass man,.....but this scene always makes me cry. I think of times fishing with my dad, grandpa, my boys, my daughter, my little brother............in the Smoky Mountains, Montana...... Just kills me.
This was a breathtakingly beautifully filmed movie. I saw this movie when it first came out in 1992, and watched it again the other night and I like you was very moved. I’m 70 now and many of those I love are gone, but this film brings them back as I remember the camping and fishing trips I took with my brothers and grandpa in my youth.
I understand. Same here. It kills me to not have them. But those memories are a testament to my having lived on this Earth with my Dad, lost friends. I cry like a child and laugh like an old man happy. I'm so lucky.
Metal Head. This is just a beautiful Message, and No, You are not Alone. . . . .for Me the Beautiful Moments were on the Cache La Poudre and Thompson Rivers in Northern Colorado. With My Dad. My Brothers, then later My Sons and Daughter. Ah gosh..... and My Wife - She is the best 'Bait Fishing' Woman ever.....She's stubborn. Will Not pick up a Fly Rod :)
This is one of the most beautiful scenes ever to be filmed. Robert Redford's narration of the closing paragraph, which is right from the book, is also one of the most magnificent and moving in film history. I cry every time I watch this scene, yet I watch it over and over. With the world in so much turmoil right now, this represents what is right and good with the world. There are memories and beautiful, and the river will flow. Always.
If you squint your eyes, it's hard to tell the difference between Montana and heaven... America really does have some of the prettiest country you'll ever see.
" If you squint your eyes...." if this line truly was born in your mind......then my friend......you are blessed with eyes which still can detect beauty in its pures form.... Good to know that there are still people like you...fisher of beauty..... God bless Montana.
My dad lost his battle to depression this year unexpectedly. He wanted me to see this one. We always fished- him especially with his brother. Too bad we couldn’t see it together and talk all about it. I’ll always miss you, I too am now haunted by waters. All my love Dad. All things merge into one, and a river ins through it.
This movie clip definitely makes you take inventory of your own life and how quickly it passes by and how so many we love so much are no longer with us. Only the memories survive, for now.
This movie just slays me. My dad was a tough immigrant who was not all about mush and feelings, but on the water, ( while fishing) we connected like true father and son.
That was true of me and my father as well. I rediscovered fishing in middle age, and took my dad out with me a few times in the hopes he'd see I remembered when we'd done it in the old days. I don't know if he understood. But it meant something to me, at any rate.
My best friend was just like Paul. He was in a car accident and remained in a coma for 23 years. Finally passed from complications of pneumonia. I thank god every day for his friendship. He was beautiful. He taught me what friendship means, and what true strength looks like. I love you Kyle...
+samarztk You are spot on here Samartzk. I don't mind confessing that although to the outside world i am an all man kind of feller when I play this I am awash with tears at the beauty of it all.
The line " now everyone I knew In my youth are dead, even Jessie". That line just makes me cry and think about my childhood. Truly a masterpiece in cinema. The cinematography and score are my two favourite things about it. I hope to one day go to Montana.
Niall Hassett Go to Montana if you have the chance. Take Interstate 90 to Bozeman Montana, then south on state hwy 191 thru the Gallatin Gateway. The Gallatin River flows thru the valley and this is the river shown in this movie. I have fished it many times. I first came thru the area as a child traveling and my dad taught me to skip rocks on the bank of the Gallatin River just outside of Big Sky. I am grown now and have shown my kids the beauty of this place. Like in this piece I fish alone now that my kids are grown and gone. I to am haunted by waters, especially these waters. My dad comes back ever so briefly and we are skipping rocks.
Niall, When you do go, head down to West Yellowstone and go to Arricks fly shop. Pick out some inexpensive gear and hit the river. Doesn't matter if you catch anything. Fall in love with the river and the mountains. You will come back many many more times after that. When standing in the River as the day gives way to evening, there is something magical about that place. Can't explain it really. But once your there you will understand. :)
This is the best movie I ever seen in my life. I can't tell how many times I've watched. I lost the account. And I ever end crying. It's simply perfect...
Never worry at the giant footprints that precede you. They were left by men, not behemoths, and not magicians. Just tell the truth. Tell your truth, the one no one else has experienced. Originality comes when you can honestly ask your reflection how he feels.
edi bezhani Well, Norman Maclean is by NO means the ONLY writer like this, just one of a select group. But, if you'd kindly recommend a specific from Kadare, I'd gladly try him out!:)
A beautiful ending to a film about life... Everything comes together in the end as the message portrayed will transcend as long as the human soul burns on... Speechless
I cry every time I see this. I spent my youth fishing in Utah, Montana and Wyoming. Nothing is so peaceful as fly fishing and that 4 count rhythm somehow soothes your soul.
I turn so emotional each time i watch this movie, such a masterpiece, thank you mister Redford... there's another movie which gives me the same feelings, it's "dances with the wolves", it turns me out every time...
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.” ― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories . In the frailness of our human condition, despite our status, or station, we all share in this; We all stand naked in the cold and indifferent judgment of time. From the rails of our first cries, to the moans our last sighs, we are all lost in this life, a thin ribbon of time, to wander this road, to learn the greater lessons of this existence. One lesson being, Pauper or King, Victor or Vanquished, wounded, and weary, we are all just walking home... . Thank You "harneyjt" for posting this deeply treasured scene. Please Be Well, and Stay Strong on Your Journey, Will
In the frailness of our human condition, despite our status, or station, we all share in this; We all stand naked in the cold and indifferent judgment of time. From the rails of our first cries, to the moans our last sighs, we are all lost in this life, a thin ribbon of time, to wander this road, to learn the greater lessons of this existence. One lesson being, Pauper or King, Victor or Vanquished, wounded, and weary, we are all just walking home... Did you write this ??? If you did write this you should take up the profession of a writer because this is beautiful writing in itself.
What a beautiful sentiment, beautifully expressed. This film is really something special. You can tell by the type of people it brings together. I feel a kind of solidarity with all of you, just knowing we've shared the experience. Magic.
this scene should be called "how to get a grown man choked up every time". true art, in its absolute and finest form! i can remember seeing this for the first time as young boy, not having yet experienced life but in the slightest degree, and feeling moved! you know what it must mean to me now! 25+ years on. and to think, i've still got so many more years to go (God willing). just a timeless scene that all can relate to...that is the definition of art in my mind's eye!
I bet I've seen this scene 25 times, and it makes me emotional each time. The words, the scene, the lived life. THis 2.5 minute clip is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I was 11 when I saw this movie in the theater and this scene stuck with me, but it hits harder the older I get. One of the greatest endings ever filmed.
Thank god I’m not the only one.. writing this and sobbing like a baby.. instant flashback to growing up and fishing with my dad.. I feel so alone after watching this scene.. the old mans hands trembling gets me every time.. perfection
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” Lois Lowry, The Giver . . . Rest In Peace Darling, Will
Mcclean wrote this tiny memoir for his family and a few friends. Everyone who read it loved it. It's a small book, takes no time to read and it lingers with you forever because every sentence is real and the emotions are real. If Mcclean is still alive, he's still trying to understand his brother...
I had two brothers, John and Rick. Both are gone now. I'll be 71 next week and my thoughts will be far away at another time and place. I miss my brothers. I'm sorry for your loss. I wish I could say it gets easier, but it doesn't.
Wiliam.anderson.i understand.i to had a brother.me & him were true fishermen.wading the streams in tbe ozarks our whole lives.now hes gone.i sit & stare at the streams alot.it hurts.
@@micheleatlilacsrust5785Thank you. I loved my little brother more than anything in this world. He died at 31. I was 33. I am 40 now. Not a day goes by that I don't miss him. It changed me.
I openly cried when I saw this. My father was an avid fly fisherman. I'm also the youngest in my family, the healthiest, and healthier it seems than all of my old friends. Some are now already gone, as is my father. Ten years passed now.
Movie reminds me of a father. He always wanted to learn fly fishing, and loved to fish. He also fell in love with Montana, but never got to go there. I only hoe that I can one day, and attempt to learn how to fly fish in his memory.
I remember when this book was assigned in my junior year....and thinking that there is no way something that short could be any good...it is still my favorite book to this day 24 years later I've read it numerous times and each time I find something that I never realized before. the movie is great but the book is an absolute masterpiece
I had read and re-read his stuff years before the movie. I attended its local premiere with trepidation, as so many of the good ones were trashed by Hollywood. Redford's TWELVE YEARS of negotiations paid off.......it is THE perfect rendering of Maclean, himself. Total reverence..........
I've seen the movie many times, and it never fails to stir the embers of my emotions. Life is complex and moving just like a river. What a gifted writer and his words were placed in the capable hands of Mr. Redford. I'm grateful that he shared his gift with us in creating a moving account of life's poignancy and joys that are blended under the skies of time and circumstance. Thank you Mr. Redford for a timeless classic that all should see.
This scene is powerful. He's having this moment of reflection. Narrating a masterpiece in his mind. While fishing in the exact stream he fished with his brother who was tragically murdered. Having visual memories of his childhood. And not even shedding a tear.
The last time I cried, I was driving my 1984 Dodge B250 through a 1 mile stretch of road where I grew up. It was cathartic. I rarely get that choked up. But this movie gets me every time.
I have never seen a movie ending that is this poignant, this moving. The movie deserved an Oscar just for this scene alone. "I am haunted by waters..."
As a fly fisherman i watch this movie at a minimum once a year. Each year as I get older the words, symbolism and art speak to me more and more. When I watch it I pick up something new every single time. It's a truly amazing film. Maybe I am getting soft in my old age, or maybe the movie is getting better!
I read the book years ago and it brought to me to tears. This ending narration is not entirely word for word from the book but it’s really close. Normal Maclean was a terrific writer. This story came in the book “a River Runs through it” which contains two other stories, the third story, USFS 1919: Ranger, the cook, and a hole in the sky” contains another beautifully poetic ending verse. I was shocked to learn Maclean only published two books in his life this being one them. In some ways this is good, but I wish I could read many more such beautiful works by a talented author.
Reminds me of times gone by when the wild areas in Montana, BC and Alberta were not as busy as they are now. My Dad and his buddies lived this dream in the Crowsnest Pass and East Kootenays form the 1940,s to the 1960,s before the area was packed with people and real estate development. Was very fortunate as a kid in the 1960,s to go along with my Dad on these trips. Reminded me of the old boys I knew as a kid that are gone now.
The days are going by slowly now as my countdown has begun. I will be heading to this river again this year. My excitement grows with each passing day like a child waiting for Christmas. The time I spend on the river is my time to refresh and renew. Maybe just maybe I will delete some of the pictures in my mind and remember once again times from long ago. Simpler times with my dad and before the stresses of work and life. Being a veteran and working as a paramedic have given me some great memories of friendships, comradery, and a true sense of value. But they have also taken their toll , so when I refer to pictures in my mind I am referring to memories of places and events that haunt me. Those times and events have made me what I am, and I am proud of that. This place, that very special place along the banks of the river, listening to the sounds of the water rolling over the rocks is cleansing. Its as if the bad memories, the hurt and the pain wash away with the water and are somehow made pure.
+Brent Haynes Your words ring so true and from the bottom of your heart........ and they are also proof,that not all is lost for the human race...not all.... Thank you for your words and may you find what you are searching,when your eyes gaze over that water...
It is rare when all the elements of film making- visuals, music, words and narration - come together this beautifully....... A favorite film and ending for all time...
The writing takes my breath away. Narrator: Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being of my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters
I have watched this hundreds of times. This scene reminds me of my one and only brother, many decades ago playing by the creek where we grew up and spending all day long outdoors in the woods. We grew up and grew apart in distance, living far away from each other and having our separate lives but the love was always strong, full of great memories. Time flies by so fast, life here is just a vapor in time.
This movie remind me my own family. Paul character reminds me a lot to my own cousin who was to me like a brother. His youth, his bravery his beauty. He was murdered too. I totally understand what happens to a family after something like that. What happens to the father who always think about him even in his speeches. What happens with the time passing and eventually taking everyone you loved. How haunted you feel by those words in the only thing you keep from them: our memories.
I am grateful to have been there… and felt exactly what was being described in Retford’s great analogy on life and death. Being alone in the half light of that canyon is peaceful… and truly all existence seemed to fade with my soul and memories. If you ever get a chance go to Bozeman, Montana and stand in the Gallatin River, or drive over to Yellowstone and enjoy the beauty and grander of all it has to offer! God made that place special, I was blessed to make the trip twice last year to see some of it, I highly recommend you do the same!
We buried my great uncle recently. He, my dad, my brother, and I spent countless hours on the creeks and rivers of western North Carolina. He fished 2-3 days per week right up to the last few months of his life. I imagine he felt much like this character: haunted by waters. I'm sure, eventually, I will be, too.
Hatte ich über diesen Film schon mal was gesagt? Man kann es eigentlich nicht in Worte fassen. Jeder Versuch würde stümperhaft wirken. Ich hatte den Film vor Monaten mit unserem großen Sohn gesehen. Gestern sprach er mich plötzlich nochmal darauf an: „Das war ein schöner Film.“
We used to watch this movie as a family. Mother, father both my brothers and I. We are all grown now leaving just memories of togetherness, this movie makes me think of them. This scene particularly makes me miss them more and more. I can’t help but sob like a child.
All the blessings were given to me by long hours fishing for brook trout in Nova Scotia. It's a shame that these experiences are not there for our youth anymore. It is these times that ground you spiritually and give you a real understanding of things. It is the ultimate classroom.
The most perfect movie. Everything about it, the cinematography, the music, the acting, the writing, the narration; everything is absolutely perfect. A real argument could be made that this is the best movie ever made.
Honestly, argument can be made it's one of the best stories ever told. The book is fantastic and the ending monologue is lifted nearly word for word. MacLean was a hell of a writer.
I’ll never forget waking from a nap on the couch and this just started on HBO. Started watching with one eye half open and about 5 min later both eyes were open and not too long after that, I was sitting up.....watching this masterpiece. Just so many great scenes in this and that ending, just wow. When they find out what happens and Norman sits in the chair and you hear the chair crack after the father asked, “which hand?” Just terrific. There were so many great movies made in the 90’s. This, along with Shawshank and Fearless with Jeff Bridges are in my top 10 of all time. Easily Robert Redford best film.
Robert Redford deserves a lifetime Oscar for this scene alone. This is the holy grail of movie-making: to meld the pictures, music and words into magic like this. No multi-million budget, comic-book, superhero, special effects flashiness can come close to moving an audience like this, like a movie should.
Truth!
Spot on!
Unfortunately, they haven’t been able to make phenomenal movies like this for many years.
truwth -this may perhaps be the best expression of humanity that Hollywood has ever offered...
I always thought A River Runs Through It was the best film of 1992. Unforgiven is overrated.
Watched this as a kid with my dad and didn’t understand. Now I watch as a man and break down every time.
"Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it". One of the greatest lines in cinematic history. Pure beauty.
One of the greatest lines in modern American Literature
I'm a grown-ass, hard-ass man,.....but this scene always makes me cry. I think of times fishing with my dad, grandpa, my boys, my daughter, my little brother............in the Smoky Mountains, Montana...... Just kills me.
This was a breathtakingly beautifully filmed movie.
I saw this movie when it first came out in 1992, and watched it again the other night and I like you was very moved.
I’m 70 now and many of those I love are gone, but this film brings them back as I remember the camping and fishing trips I took with my brothers and grandpa in my youth.
I'm a hard-ass man, too. This scene tears me apart. You are not alone.
I understand. Same here. It kills me to not have them. But those memories are a testament to my having lived on this Earth with my Dad, lost friends. I cry like a child and laugh like an old man happy. I'm so lucky.
@Metal Head Good for you to show how your heart feels. Even hard ass men have hearts & feelings. Love & peace.
Metal Head. This is just a beautiful Message, and No, You are not Alone. . . . .for Me the Beautiful Moments were on the Cache La Poudre and Thompson Rivers in Northern Colorado. With My Dad. My Brothers, then later My Sons and Daughter. Ah gosh..... and My Wife - She is the best 'Bait Fishing' Woman ever.....She's stubborn. Will Not pick up a Fly Rod :)
This movie is like living a lifetime in 2 hours its beautiful.
@Ricky Simmonds So true. And what a breathtaking two hours they are.
I don't cry often. But, I cry every single time this movie ends. Just a beautiful testament.
Me too.
Without physical contact
I know your beautiful spirit
Thank you there
@AT Hiker It certainly is. Hugs to you for sharing!!!
Im 55 now...this hurts on a level unparalleled
Absolutely agree
This is one of the most beautiful scenes ever to be filmed. Robert Redford's narration of the closing paragraph, which is right from the book, is also one of the most magnificent and moving in film history. I cry every time I watch this scene, yet I watch it over and over. With the world in so much turmoil right now, this represents what is right and good with the world. There are memories and beautiful, and the river will flow. Always.
If you squint your eyes, it's hard to tell the difference between Montana and heaven...
America really does have some of the prettiest country you'll ever see.
" If you squint your eyes...." if this line truly was born in your mind......then my friend......you are blessed with eyes which still can detect beauty in its pures form....
Good to know that there are still people like you...fisher of beauty.....
God bless Montana.
2233golf2 Thank you
No compliance agreed I'm a born and raised Montanan
I'm from Alberta, just up north. It's the best part of Canada too. I miss it dearly.
Hahaha that's awesome
My dad lost his battle to depression this year unexpectedly. He wanted me to see this one. We always fished- him especially with his brother.
Too bad we couldn’t see it together and talk all about it. I’ll always miss you, I too am now haunted by waters. All my love Dad. All things merge into one, and a river ins through it.
"I am haunted by waters" gets me every time 😢
I'm the same, I find myself waiting for it to be said.
Me too. Every time.
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@@rhodesianpatriot So beautifully said. That's exactly how it feels to me as well.
This movie clip definitely makes you take inventory of your own life and how quickly it passes by and how so many we love so much are no longer with us. Only the memories survive, for now.
You see a lot. Good eye sniper❤️. Something I read every day reminds me of how many decent courageous honest people there are out there🙂
Well said!
This movie just slays me. My dad was a tough immigrant who was not all about mush and feelings, but on the water, ( while fishing) we connected like true father and son.
That was true of me and my father as well. I rediscovered fishing in middle age, and took my dad out with me a few times in the hopes he'd see I remembered when we'd done it in the old days. I don't know if he understood. But it meant something to me, at any rate.
That pause that seems to last forever before, "I am haunted by waters" kills me.
It tears me up. I think of my dad, my boys..........
Jeff Leach Music
You need to read the book... best scene ever
Fuck... that part always gets me
It always gives me time to conjure up images of my dad, brothers, and I as we chased the fish. I am haunted by waters.
They're all gone....but I still reach out to them..."
Squeezes my heart every time. Dont we all reach out in memory to those we love?
This scene made me cry. Definitely one of the best endings of a movie I've ever seen.
Marie K: ...true that
ditto
My best friend was just like Paul. He was in a car accident and remained in a coma for 23 years. Finally passed from complications of pneumonia. I thank god every day for his friendship. He was beautiful. He taught me what friendship means, and what true strength looks like. I love you Kyle...
Funny how as I get older, when the look back is much longer than the look forward, this scene seems to mean more to me.
god this is the most heartbreaking scenes in any cinematic moment ive watched. i cry every time.
+samarztk me too
+samarztk You are spot on here Samartzk. I don't mind confessing that although to the outside world i am an all man kind of feller when I play this I am awash with tears at the beauty of it all.
The line " now everyone I knew In my youth are dead, even Jessie". That line just makes me cry and think about my childhood. Truly a masterpiece in cinema. The cinematography and score are my two favourite things about it. I hope to one day go to Montana.
Niall Hassett Go to Montana if you have the chance. Take Interstate 90 to Bozeman Montana, then south on state hwy 191 thru the Gallatin Gateway. The Gallatin River flows thru the valley and this is the river shown in this movie. I have fished it many times. I first came thru the area as a child traveling and my dad taught me to skip rocks on the bank of the Gallatin River just outside of Big Sky. I am grown now and have shown my kids the beauty of this place. Like in this piece I fish alone now that my kids are grown and gone. I to am haunted by waters, especially these waters. My dad comes back ever so briefly and we are skipping rocks.
Brent Haynes Thanks so much man. Im only 16 now but when i get older i will have to fly from dublin to montana and do this
Niall, When you do go, head down to West Yellowstone and go to Arricks fly shop. Pick out some inexpensive gear and hit the river. Doesn't matter if you catch anything. Fall in love with the river and the mountains. You will come back many many more times after that. When standing in the River as the day gives way to evening, there is something magical about that place. Can't explain it really. But once your there you will understand. :)
Will have to do that thanks
Brent Haynes Wow, you are the company one needs with an old whiskey in hand in a log cabin trading life stories.
Miss you dad. Thank you for the many fishing trips.
This is the best movie I ever seen in my life. I can't tell how many times I've watched. I lost the account. And I ever end crying. It's simply perfect...
+Francisco Almeida Read the book it's so much more beautiful.
+Vic Raffle well, I'm man enough to confess lol
Tikimohn you do know why the book is better don't you?
I seriously get chills every time. This scene is perfect.
I know the feeling.
That end scene gives me chills up my spine every time. Gorgeous film.
As an aspiring writer, I read this book and despaired. The voice Maclean found to tell his story was one I fear I will never reach.
Never worry at the giant footprints that precede you. They were left by men, not behemoths, and not magicians. Just tell the truth. Tell your truth, the one no one else has experienced. Originality comes when you can honestly ask your reflection how he feels.
Relax guys.
People don't want to read Maclean's voice, they want to read yours. Just write.
go and read ismail kadare and u see what a writter is!
edi bezhani
Well, Norman Maclean is by NO means the ONLY writer like this, just one of a select group. But, if you'd kindly recommend a specific from Kadare, I'd gladly try him out!:)
A beautiful ending to a film about life... Everything comes together in the end as the message portrayed will transcend as long as the human soul burns on... Speechless
I cry every time I see this. I spent my youth fishing in Utah, Montana and Wyoming. Nothing is so peaceful as fly fishing and that 4 count rhythm somehow soothes your soul.
One of the most incredible moments in movie history. It brings tears to my eyes every time. Robert Redford delivers an unforgettable masterpiece!
I turn so emotional each time i watch this movie, such a masterpiece, thank you mister Redford... there's another movie which gives me the same feelings, it's "dances with the wolves", it turns me out every time...
8 months later and I still can't stop watching this beautiful majestic scene, HELP!!!
Over twenty years later and i still return to it, there’s no escape.
I’m a Marine Veteran but I still cry every time see this movie. It is beautiful
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.” ― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
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In the frailness of our human condition, despite our status, or station, we all share in this; We all stand naked in the cold and indifferent judgment of time.
From the rails of our first cries, to the moans our last sighs, we are all lost in this life, a thin ribbon of time, to wander this road, to learn the greater lessons of this existence. One lesson being, Pauper or King, Victor or Vanquished, wounded, and weary, we are all just walking home...
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Thank You "harneyjt" for posting this deeply treasured scene.
Please Be Well, and Stay Strong on Your Journey, Will
RIDETHESUNSHINE your articulate explanation sounds very much like Richard Kipling’s, If
In the frailness of our human condition, despite our status, or station, we all share in this; We all stand naked in the cold and indifferent judgment of time.
From the rails of our first cries, to the moans our last sighs, we are all lost in this life, a thin ribbon of time, to wander this road, to learn the greater lessons of this existence. One lesson being, Pauper or King, Victor or Vanquished, wounded, and weary, we are all just walking home...
Did you write this ??? If you did write this you should take up the profession of a writer because this is beautiful writing in itself.
What a beautiful sentiment, beautifully expressed. This film is really something special. You can tell by the type of people it brings together. I feel a kind of solidarity with all of you, just knowing we've shared the experience. Magic.
Did you write that last part???
this commemt is one of the finest ones i have ever read and re-read multiple times and felt it gain more meaning each time. thank you from ireland.
this scene should be called "how to get a grown man choked up every time". true art, in its absolute and finest form!
i can remember seeing this for the first time as young boy, not having yet experienced life but in the slightest degree, and feeling moved! you know what it must mean to me now! 25+ years on. and to think, i've still got so many more years to go (God willing). just a timeless scene that all can relate to...that is the definition of art in my mind's eye!
I bet I've seen this scene 25 times, and it makes me emotional each time. The words, the scene, the lived life. THis 2.5 minute clip is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I watch this scene over and over I can’t lie I love this film Redford is a true master of his craft and I’m so very thankful for it
This film, for decades has stirred my thoughts and emotions. Timeless classic ❤️
I saw this movie as a young man when it came out in 1992, and walked out of there just in tears. What a powerful, and heartbreaking movie.
I truly believe that this film is the pinnacle of filmmaking Mr. Redford knows his craft!
i still watch this every now and then and have a cry, the part where he says all those I loved in my youth are gone gets me every time.
I was 11 when I saw this movie in the theater and this scene stuck with me, but it hits harder the older I get. One of the greatest endings ever filmed.
Such a beautiful narration...framed by such beautiful words. So rare nowadays.
Thank god I’m not the only one.. writing this and sobbing like a baby.. instant flashback to growing up and fishing with my dad.. I feel so alone after watching this scene.. the old mans hands trembling gets me every time.. perfection
Behold one of the rarest sights in entertainment--a perfect ending.
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
Lois Lowry, The Giver
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Rest In Peace Darling, Will
Watched this last night for the first time. Completely speechless, I’m rarely effected by a movie, this movie is literally life changing.
One of the most moving cinema endings I have seen. There is something absolutely beautiful and spiritual in it.
Mcclean wrote this tiny memoir for his family and a few friends. Everyone who read it loved it. It's a small book, takes no time to read and it lingers with you forever because every sentence is real and the emotions are real. If Mcclean is still alive, he's still trying to understand his brother...
He’s been dead for years.
He passed away not long before the movie was finished.
Probably one of the most dramatic final scenes in a movie. It always brings me to tears. Well done, Mr. Redford!
It gives u complete picture of brotherhood, discipline and calmness. Good movie. It should be watched in winter after dinner with warm blanket put on.
I can't watch this movie much anymore since my little brother left this world. It cuts right through me.
I had two brothers, John and Rick. Both are gone now. I'll be 71 next week and my thoughts will be far away at another time and place. I miss my brothers. I'm sorry for your loss. I wish I could say it gets easier, but it doesn't.
Wiliam.anderson.i understand.i to had a brother.me & him were true fishermen.wading the streams in tbe ozarks our whole lives.now hes gone.i sit & stare at the streams alot.it hurts.
@William Anderson Love & peace to you.
I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully they lived full lives. @rmenton3
@@micheleatlilacsrust5785Thank you. I loved my little brother more than anything in this world. He died at 31. I was 33. I am 40 now. Not a day goes by that I don't miss him. It changed me.
I openly cried when I saw this. My father was an avid fly fisherman. I'm also the youngest in my family, the healthiest, and healthier it seems than all of my old friends. Some are now already gone, as is my father. Ten years passed now.
This always makes me cry. Cry like a baby. This is one of my favorite movies.
Movie reminds me of a father. He always wanted to learn fly fishing, and loved to fish. He also fell in love with Montana, but never got to go there. I only hoe that I can one day, and attempt to learn how to fly fish in his memory.
I remember when this book was assigned in my junior year....and thinking that there is no way something that short could be any good...it is still my favorite book to this day 24 years later I've read it numerous times and each time I find something that I never realized before. the movie is great but the book is an absolute masterpiece
Those who loved the movie MUST read the book. The movie is great, but the book is absolutely perfect.
I had read and re-read his stuff years before the movie. I attended its local premiere with trepidation, as so many of the good ones were trashed by Hollywood.
Redford's TWELVE YEARS of negotiations paid off.......it is THE perfect rendering of Maclean, himself.
Total reverence..........
I've seen the movie many times, and it never fails to stir the embers of my emotions. Life is complex and moving just like a river. What a gifted writer and his words were placed in the capable hands of Mr. Redford. I'm grateful that he shared his gift with us in creating a moving account of life's poignancy and joys that are blended under the skies of time and circumstance. Thank you Mr. Redford for a timeless classic that all should see.
Soul wrenching. One of my favorite films. Well written and narrated. A tear jerker whether you identify with the story or not.
This scene is powerful. He's having this moment of reflection. Narrating a masterpiece in his mind. While fishing in the exact stream he fished with his brother who was tragically murdered. Having visual memories of his childhood. And not even shedding a tear.
The last time I cried, I was driving my 1984 Dodge B250 through a 1 mile stretch of road where I grew up. It was cathartic. I rarely get that choked up. But this movie gets me every time.
I have never seen a movie ending that is this poignant, this moving. The movie deserved an Oscar just for this scene alone.
"I am haunted by waters..."
I went to Glacier National Park; Montana 2 weeks ago. This ending Inspired me to go.
I plan to go either this spring or summer.
Good for you! The Crown of the Continent!
As a fly fisherman i watch this movie at a minimum once a year. Each year as I get older the words, symbolism and art speak to me more and more. When I watch it I pick up something new every single time. It's a truly amazing film. Maybe I am getting soft in my old age, or maybe the movie is getting better!
I read the book years ago and it brought to me to tears. This ending narration is not entirely word for word from the book but it’s really close.
Normal Maclean was a terrific writer. This story came in the book “a River Runs through it” which contains two other stories, the third story, USFS 1919: Ranger, the cook, and a hole in the sky” contains another beautifully poetic ending verse. I was shocked to learn Maclean only published two books in his life this being one them. In some ways this is good, but I wish I could read many more such beautiful works by a talented author.
Stunning. Hauntingly beautiful. One of the best movie endings ever.
Every time I watch and listen to this scene my tears flows just like that river
Reminds me of times gone by when the wild areas in Montana, BC and Alberta were not as busy as they are now. My Dad and his buddies lived this dream in the Crowsnest Pass and East Kootenays form the 1940,s to the 1960,s before the area was packed with people and real estate development. Was very fortunate as a kid in the 1960,s to go along with my Dad on these trips. Reminded me of the old boys I knew as a kid that are gone now.
Fished my whole life. Fly-fishing for nearly 42 years. At almost 71 I'm now that guy and I'm truly "haunted by waters"
Love this movie.brings back good memories. Fishing with my dad.
Proud Vietnam vet
The days are going by slowly now as my countdown has begun. I will be heading to this river again this year. My excitement grows with each passing day like a child waiting for Christmas. The time I spend on the river is my time to refresh and renew. Maybe just maybe I will delete some of the pictures in my mind and remember once again times from long ago. Simpler times with my dad and before the stresses of work and life. Being a veteran and working as a paramedic have given me some great memories of friendships, comradery, and a true sense of value. But they have also taken their toll , so when I refer to pictures in my mind I am referring to memories of places and events that haunt me. Those times and events have made me what I am, and I am proud of that. This place, that very special place along the banks of the river, listening to the sounds of the water rolling over the rocks is cleansing. Its as if the bad memories, the hurt and the pain wash away with the water and are somehow made pure.
+Brent Haynes Your words ring so true and from the bottom of your heart........
and they are also proof,that not all is lost for the human race...not all....
Thank you for your words and may you find what you are searching,when your eyes gaze over that water...
+Brent Haynes Bellas palabras. Y sabias. You are a wise man...
Beautiful words, Brent.
Wonderful words, Bent. Wish I could go fishing in that river.
your count down as well as anybody else (me included) starts the day of birth
This might be the best movie I've ever seen.
If can get through that without sobbing, you're not human
Thanks for putting up this clip again...it is most moving!
Surely one of the finest final sequences of any film made. All things fade in time
and time itself is the only survivor.
such an amazing movie, one of the all time greats, it hurts everytime.. "oh i'll never leave montana brother"
Best ending to a movie. Norman Maclean was a masterful writer. Redford's reading doesn't compete with the majesty of the outdoors, it compliments.
Greatest scene in any movie ever
It is rare when all the elements of film making- visuals, music, words and narration - come together this beautifully.......
A favorite film and ending for all time...
Very true
This is without a classic piece of art. LOVE THIS.
BEYOND GENIUS. DAMN I CRY FROM THIS VOICEOVER
A lifetime of wisdom in this story. Robert Redford did a brilliant job at adapting the book into a film. A true master piece.
Perhaps one of the best scenes ever written......I too am haunted by waters.
The writing takes my breath away. Narrator: Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being of my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters
I have a few friends who have worked with Redford as actors ... and what a noble if not majestic heart he soars with.
We are indeed fortunate.
I have watched this hundreds of times. This scene reminds me of my one and only brother, many decades ago playing by the creek where we grew up and spending all day long outdoors in the woods. We grew up and grew apart in distance, living far away from each other and having our separate lives but the love was always strong, full of great memories. Time flies by so fast, life here is just a vapor in time.
This movie remind me my own family. Paul character reminds me a lot to my own cousin who was to me like a brother. His youth, his bravery his beauty. He was murdered too. I totally understand what happens to a family after something like that. What happens to the father who always think about him even in his speeches. What happens with the time passing and eventually taking everyone you loved. How haunted you feel by those words in the only thing you keep from them: our memories.
My life is almost over and I too reach out to those I knew and didn't understand but I loved them so!
Best lines in a movie ever!!! Robert Redford is a genius! Kudos...
I am grateful to have been there… and felt exactly what was being described in Retford’s great analogy on life and death. Being alone in the half light of that canyon is peaceful… and truly all existence seemed to fade with my soul and memories.
If you ever get a chance go to Bozeman, Montana and stand in the Gallatin River, or drive over to Yellowstone and enjoy the beauty and grander of all it has to offer! God made that place special, I was blessed to make the trip twice last year to see some of it, I highly recommend you do the same!
This is perfection...the narration, the pause at the end the music and visuals. So well done..one of my favorite endings in a movie.
Beautifully crafted film , story, top actors, location and great fishing 👏👏👏👏
This film set a standard that I fear will never be reached again.
Interstellar affected me in similar ways. The family dynamic, the beautiful imagery....
Pure magical words! One of my favorite movies !!
We buried my great uncle recently. He, my dad, my brother, and I spent countless hours on the creeks and rivers of western North Carolina. He fished 2-3 days per week right up to the last few months of his life. I imagine he felt much like this character: haunted by waters. I'm sure, eventually, I will be, too.
The best ending to any movie. Gorgeous.
What a poetic narration like no other!
Hatte ich über diesen Film schon mal was gesagt? Man kann es eigentlich nicht in Worte fassen. Jeder Versuch würde stümperhaft wirken.
Ich hatte den Film vor Monaten mit unserem großen Sohn gesehen. Gestern sprach er mich plötzlich nochmal darauf an: „Das war ein schöner Film.“
Robert Redford is quiet, wise and pure class...an American treasure.
Never tire of this scene.
We used to watch this movie as a family. Mother, father both my brothers and I. We are all grown now leaving just memories of togetherness, this movie makes me think of them. This scene particularly makes me miss them more and more. I can’t help but sob like a child.
All the blessings were given to me by long hours fishing for brook trout in Nova Scotia. It's a shame that these experiences are not there for our youth anymore. It is these times that ground you spiritually and give you a real understanding of things. It is the ultimate classroom.
The most perfect movie. Everything about it, the cinematography, the music, the acting, the writing, the narration; everything is absolutely perfect. A real argument could be made that this is the best movie ever made.
Honestly, argument can be made it's one of the best stories ever told. The book is fantastic and the ending monologue is lifted nearly word for word. MacLean was a hell of a writer.
This scene breaks my heart. But I have to watch. Very well done
I’ll never forget waking from a nap on the couch and this just started on HBO. Started watching with one eye half open and about 5 min later both eyes were open and not too long after that, I was sitting up.....watching this masterpiece. Just so many great scenes in this and that ending, just wow. When they find out what happens and Norman sits in the chair and you hear the chair crack after the father asked, “which hand?” Just terrific. There were so many great movies made in the 90’s. This, along with Shawshank and Fearless with Jeff Bridges are in my top 10 of all time. Easily Robert Redford best film.
For my father and grandfather. 🙏