![]() ![]() Also, based on his Scottish-Irish heritage, Redford closely identified with the book’s Scottish immigrant characters. A part-time resident of Utah, who, as a teenager, spent his summers working at Yosemite National Park, Robert Redford felt a unique appreciation for Maclean’s depiction of the American West. In 1980, Robert Redford read the novella and was “immediately captivated” by it, as stated in a NYT article. In the next ten years, various Hollywood entities, including actor William Hurt, expressed interest, but Norman Maclean, distrustful of Hollywood, was reluctant to grant another option, as noted in a LAT article. William Hjortsberg was hired to write the adaptation. ![]() The same year, film rights were optioned by producer Richard Sylbert, as announced in the DV. ![]() Norman Maclean’s semi-autobiographical novella, A River Runs Through It, and Other Stories, was published in 1976. ![]()
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