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The River Why is an independent film based on the 1983 Sierra Club novel of the same name by David James Duncan. The film stars Zach Gilford, William Hurt and Amber Heard and is directed by Matthew Leutwyler. Showtime broadcast the film in August 2011. The film is being screened in the USA in the fall of 2011 as a benefit for fish and river conservation groups and will be released on DVD/VOD/blueray on Nov 8, 2011. The River Why is an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan. The coming-of-age tale centers on a young man named Gus Orviston (Zach Gilford) and his... MORE

The River Why is an independent film based on the 1983 Sierra Club novel of the same name by David James Duncan. The film stars Zach Gilford, William Hurt and Amber Heard and is directed by Matthew Leutwyler. Showtime broadcast the film in August 2011. The film is being screened in the USA in the fall of 2011 as a benefit for fish and river conservation groups and will be released on DVD/VOD/blueray on Nov 8, 2011. The River Why is an adaptation of the 1983 Sierra Club novel by David James Duncan. The coming-of-age tale centers on a young man named Gus Orviston (Zach Gilford) and his quest for an elusive rainbow trout, which is a metaphor for the man's internal search for self-knowledge. Amber Heard plays his love interest, a tomboy fly-fisher named Eddy. Since April 30, 2008, the film rights to The River Why have become the subject of a lawsuit by novelist Duncan, alleging copyright infringement among other issues. The lawsuit was settled and the case dismissed in November 2008. In June 2008, actors William Hurt and Amber Heard joined the cast; filming began in Portland, Oregon in July 2008. LESS