“Make the Improbable Possible”
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
6.4
959 votes·2012
·1h 47m
·MovieDramaRomanceComedy
Overview
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.
Commercial Verdict
Hit
Revenue vs Budget2.4x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Profitable theatrical release
Keywords
fishhusband wife relationshipbureaucracybased on novel or bookfishingfly fishingsheikdamsoldierdesertsalmonarab
Cast
Ewan McGregor
Dr. Alfred Jones
Emily Blunt
Harriet Chetwode-Talbot
Kristin Scott Thomas
Patricia Maxwell
Rachael Stirling
Mary Jones
Amr Waked
Sheikh Muhammad
Catherine Steadman
Ashley
Tom Mison
Capt. Robert Mayers
Tom Beard
Peter Maxwell
Jill Baker
Betty
Conleth Hill
Bernard Sugden
Alex Taylor-McDowall
Edward Maxwell
Peter Wight
Tory Grandee - Angus Butler
Hugh Simon
Foreign Secretary Brian Fleet
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