a river run through it be base on the true story of two fly fish brother and norman and paul and ( brad pitt and craig sheffer ) whose reverend father ( tom skerritt ) be a strict man whose two passion be his faith and fly fishing and and and for him and his son and there be a fine line between the two . this story describe the slow progression of the brother life and how their life separate on two different path . it be a touching movie narrate by the director and robert redford and play the elderly norman and reflect on time long go and people long dead . certain theme recur in the movie and such a memory and death and eternity and and dream . most of these theme revolve around the almost tragic hero of paul . he be a capable and charming and and brave man and but have his fatal flaw . the closing line sum up the point of the movie represent then in the arctic half light of the canyon and all existence fade to a be with my soul and memory and the sound of the big blackfoot river and a four count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise . eventually and all thing merge into one and and a river run through it . the river be cut by the world great flood and run over rock from the basement of time . on some of those rock be timeless raindrop . under the rock be the word and and some of the word be theirs . i be haunt by water .