For the ninth month of 1994, we trek north for a white knuckle adventure!

Former river guide Gail Hartman (Meryl Streep) brings her son Roarke (Joseph Mazzello) to her old haunts on the Salmon River in Idaho. Not only does Gail have to deal with rough waters, but when her workaholic husband Tom (David Strathairn) decides to join them, she has to deal with their rocky marital issues. On top of all that, the trio crosses path with a pair of vagabonds (Kevin Bacon & John C. Reilly). Can Gail master The Gauntlet, a treacherous stretch of the river, just like she did in her heyday, or will everything sink around her? She might just be in over her head on….The River Wild!