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Grey Owl
“A dream to save the wilderness. A secret that shocked the world.”
5.6 / 10• 1999• 1h 57m•NR• English
WesternActionDramaRomance
Storyline
Archie Grey Owl is a trapper in Canada in the early 1930s when a young Iroquois woman from town asks him to teach her Indian ways. They live in the woods, where she is appalled at how trapped animals die. She adopts two orphaned beaver kits and helps Archie see his way to stop trapping. Instead, he works as a guide, a naturalist writer, and then the Canadian government hires him to save the beaver in a conserve by Lake Ajawaan in Prince Albert National Park. He writes a biography, which brings him attention in Canada and invitations to lecture in England. Before he leaves, he and Anahareo (Pony) marry. In England, his secret is revealed. Will Anahareo continue to love him?
Cast & Crew
Pierce Brosnan
Grey Owl
LeadSB
Stewart Bick
Cyrus Finney
Vlasta Vrana
Harry Champlin
Annie Galipeau
Pony
Neil Kroetsch
First Hunter
Serge Houde
Second Hunter
Peter Colvey
Hotel Guest
Nathaniel Arcand
Ned White Bear
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Attenborough's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Grey Owl is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
