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A River Runs Through It is a 1992 American period coming-of-age drama film directed by Robert Redford and starring Craig Sheffer , Brad Pitt , Tom Skerritt , Brenda Blethyn , and Emily Lloyd . A River Runs Through It and Other Stories is a semi-autobiographical collection of three stories by author Norman Maclean ( 1902 -- 1990 ) published in May 1976 by the University of Chicago Press .