Catching this on cable, I missed some of the beginning, and I did see a scene where the three men lay their fish next to each other in the dirt, but I have to wonder:
Does anyone ever cook any of the fish, in the movie or the book? They have such lovely baskets to carry them home in, but I don't recall the mom or any girlfriend frying, baking, or otherwise preparing fish for dinner.
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No offense, but what a stupid post. Maybe you should re-watch this movie from the beginning. You will then realize how unimportant showing women cooking fish would be in this beautiful movie.
shareOffense taken. They seem such utilitarian folk, these Presbyterian Macleans. Even men shown cooking fish would be unimportant — as long as someone actually ate the fish.
I think some of the greatest moments of this movie show the simple life in Montana. Cooking and eating the delicious fish for which they so valiantly fished would seem apropos.
However, I defer to the screenwriter; from other posts on this board (e.g. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105265/board/nest/75682723), the original book seemed to be too deep for such mundane matters, as do you.
No, they never cooked any of the fish. They threw them into passing cars on the way home for laughs.
shareNo fish were harmed during the making of this film. They weren't to show throwing them back since they hadn't during that time. However, they now often do so they didn't want to focus on the death part.
"The producers would like to point out that, although the Macleans kept their catch as was common earlier in this century, enlightened fishermen today endorse a catch and release policy to assure that this priceless resource swims free to fight another day."
There was a 15 minute cooking scene where they show the ingredients and the cooking process. One of those guys from the home cooking network or whatever comes on and shows it. The director thought this added too much run time though so it was cut.
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