A frame from the film. That is all you get.
1992 film · directed by Robert Redford
Does Brad Pitt die in A River Runs Through It?
He plays Paul Maclean.
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Yes.
He does not make it to the credits. It happens off screen.
How it happens, in words. No pictures yet.
Beaten to death over gambling debts, off-screen.
Charismatic, self-destructive Paul is a brilliant fly fisherman and newspaperman drowning in drink and poker debts. After a last golden day fishing with his father and brother, the police inform Norman that Paul was beaten to death; his body was found in an alley with the bones of his casting hand broken. The circumstances are left deliberately mysterious.
Death reported, never shown. Based on Norman Maclean's real brother.
- Cause
- beaten to death
- When
- off screen
- Director
- Robert Redford
- Runtime
- 123 min
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