Just noticed this, “blip” and am wondering if it will effect fly fishing, like Redford’s movie did!?!
It was a great book, I at least hope, they do it justice on film!?!
According to movie site Cinematical.com, William Hurt and Amber Heard will star in the adaptation of David James Duncan’s philosophical novel “The River Why.” Production, under the direction of Matt Leutwyler, will begin in Oregon early next month. “A coming-of-age fishing tale, the film will focus on ‘a young man named Gus Orviston (Gilford) and his quest for an elusive rainbow trout, which is a metaphor for the man’s internal search for self-knowledge.’ Heard plays the object of his affection, ‘a tomboy fly-fisher,’ and Hurt plays his dad.”
I doubt it. I think the demographics have shifted not just in fly fishing, but in fishing in general.
When A River Runs Through It came out we had a giant mass of Baby Boomers, all in their peak earning years, and all desperate to find a “fulfilling” way to spend money on themselves. Also, it’s of primary importance to Baby Boomers to not just do, but to be seen doing by their peers.
Fly fishing was new, exciting, it had a high status quotient attached to it, which is very important to the Boomers. As a generation, they were between about 40 and 60 back then, so they had the energy and the stamina, and most importantly to them, the money to lavish on a new hobby that would produce peer envy.
Fast forward to 2008. The Baby Boomers are now between 50 and 70, the economy is down, and probably the biggest factor is because there was a fly fishing Boom so recently, the status quotient is diminished. Basically, it won’t impress other Baby Boomers when it comes up at a cocktail party because that was sooooooo last decade, been there, done it, bought the monogrammed golf shirt. Now let’s go back to talking about our new Harley Davidsons . . .
With Generation X and Generation Y, the surest way NOT to appeal to them is to put something in a mass-market movie.
So the bottom line is I don’t believe there will be another boom.
I’ve read the book Several times, Love it. If they follow the book and don’t go Hollywood Dumb, we should have a winner. I always thought it would make a good movie. We can only wait and see:rolleyes:
I’ve never found the movies from books I love any good. There’s so much more character development in the book than can be done in two hours in a movie that things I think are integral to the book are omitted. I’ve even had movies I thought were great, then read the book, and then didn’t like the movie anymore.
And why ruin the image of Eddy by putting an actual actress to her…
