The River Why Page #2

Synopsis: A young man abandons his family for a solitary life of fly-fishing. His goal was to find his own way in the fishing world and thereby find himself and love.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Matthew Leutwyler
Production: Image Entertainment
  2 wins.
 
IMDB:
5.9
PG-13
Year:
2010
101 min
Website
93 Views


I heard it quoted

and misquoted daily.

"via the fly rod, the most

aesthetically perfect experience...

available to mortal-"

Don't break my book.

Don't worry about

your stupid book. Here.

"Come. Let's

kill them all.

"Then let's go find

an honest alehouse...

"where we may drink

a cup of barley wine...

and rejoice together. "

Completely mistaken.

I swear, Hen.

You've taken

his facetious humor...

and turned it into

a mortal condemnation.

(Mom) You bribed your

teacher for your diploma.

(Henning) Shows a lack

of humor. The trout-

(Mom) Ike Walton wrote all

that about fly fishing...

just so he could make

some extra pocket money.

[intense guitar music

while arguing]

Stop! Just shut up! Stop. [music stops]

What would you think of me

if I didn't fly fish?

You know what you are?

You're a fishing fascist.

You're a diarrhea-mouthed

bigot who's blind to anyone...

who doesn't drool over the

sound of your stupid, suave talk.

The only person you

love is yourself...

because you've got your head

so far up your own ass-

All right now,

Gus Orviston...

that's no way

to talk to your father.

What in hell's

gotten into you?

You're a greedy,

gloating shrew...

and you don't know sh*t

about fishing or living.

Neither one of you do

because you're just both...

dug so deep

in your ruts...

that you've got mud

in your ears.

[clattering]

[crashing]

I gotta

get out of here.

See this?

[Mom] No no no, not Nijinsky.

This is the source

of all your bullshit.

(Gus, off) Nijinsky was an

honored part of our family...

since before

I was even born.

And even though his body...

was stuck

over the living room mantle...

his spirit haunted

every corner of my life.

What can you say after you've

spontaneously cremated...

your parent's prized fish

in the fireplace?

The only thing

that came to my mind

was "Good-bye. "

[starting engine]

For me, happiness

would never be found...

anywhere but on the banks

of a river anyway.

So I took the few

possessions I owned-

Bye, Gus.

and turned to the river.

And to a new life devoid of

every obstacle between me...

and my beloved

art of angling.

[soft music]

I will ask it plain

'Cause I just have

One way to speak

Help to make me strong

Because this world

Has made me weak

I remember

when I started out

There wasn't anything

Any man or any country

Any court or any king

That ever kept me

From my calling

Oh

No wall so tall

I could not scale

But now I feel

Like I am falling

Oh

Lord, don't let me fail

Let me run like

I'm a river

Let me travel

Like a trail

Lord don't let it fail

Let me run

Like I'm a river

Let me travel

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