The Meaningful Reason the First Episode of ‘The Madison’ Is Dedicated to Robert Redford

Lauren HubbardSun, March 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC

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Why Was The Madison Dedicated to Robert Redford?Francois G. Durand - Getty Images

Spoilers for The Madison’s season premiere.

Fans watching the first episode of The Madison, Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan’s latest Montana-set series, may have noticed a special dedication before the credits to the late actor and director Robert Redford, who passed away last September at the age of 89. Unlike previous dedications on Yellowstone, Redford himself wasn’t involved in the production of the series, so what inspired the call out?

“I think anyone who watches The Madison will understand the connection to the dedication to Mr. Redford,” explained director and executive producer Christina Alexandra Voros. “As a storyteller who has been inspired by his choices my entire career, it’s an honor to have been able to make a show that is worthy of dedicating to him.”

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Redford (L) directs Brad Pitt (R) during A River Runs Through It in 1991.John Kelly - Getty Images

Both an iconic filmmaker and a dedicated outdoorsman, Redford was a major figure in the cinematography of the American west. Perhaps most notably, in regard to The Madison, Redford directed the film A River Runs Through It—which won a Best Cinematography Oscar in 1993. The movie tells the story on a minister in 1920s Montana and his two sons, who traverse the complexities of their relationship through the lens of their love of fly fishing. The film makes an appearance in the episode, as Stacy and her daughters turn to it, as her husband Preston’s favorite movie, in the wake of his unexpected death.

“That film was one of my father’s favorite movies,” Voros shared. “I lost my dad 10 years ago. There’s a lot of poetry for me in telling a story about loss and love and discovering ourselves and our families through grief in a different lens than what we experience day to day. So there’s a lot of beautiful serendipitous poetry in this show for me, and A River Runs Through It is part of it.”

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