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A River Runs Through It

film by Redford [1992]

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In Robert Redford
…lukewarm reviews, but Ordinary People, A River Runs Through It (1992), and Quiz Show (1994) are regarded as minor masterpieces. The latter film, which dramatized a 1950s quiz-show scandal, earned four Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director. Redford subsequently directed The Conspirator (2010), about the trial of Mary…
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Oscar to Rousselot for best cinematography, 1992

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In Brad Pitt: Early life and work
…up with such movies as A River Runs Through It, Interview with the Vampire, and Legends of the Fall (1994). Pitt then starred as a police detective in the gritty thriller Se7en (1995) and as a demented malcontent in the fantasy 12 Monkeys (1995), for which he won a Golden…
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