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Apr 20, 2012 · Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Lasse Hallström
- 2012-04-20
Feb 8, 2007 · The sheikh who is a visionary, a wise man and a keen salmon fishing enthusiast (a potent combination), dreams of seeing salmon run the rivers of his native land - The Yemen. Bizarre? Duh!
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is a 2011 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked.
It seems a little callous to study salmon and fishing for them, but he is an affable young man who finds himself in over his head when a sheikh hatches a plan to transport his favorite pastime to his Middle East homeland.
When a rich Yemeni sheikh and angling enthusiast, Muhammad ibn Zaidi bani Tihama, offers to fund a scheme to populate the desert wadis of his country with Scottish salmon, Jones initially dismisses it as impossible and preposterous.
Mar 9, 2012 · Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) is a fisheries scientist who one day receives an unusual request: A businesswoman named Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt) wants his help in fulfilling a ...
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- PG-13
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Dec 19, 2011 · Now Playing in Select Cities#FishingInTheYemen http://www.fishingintheyemen.comFrom the director of Chocolat and the Oscar-winning® screenwriter of Slumdog M...
- 3 min
- 96.1K
- CBS Films