Grey Owl

"A dream to save the wilderness. A secret that shocked the world."

Oct 1 1999 PG-13 1h 58m
Biography, Drama, Western

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?

Plot

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?

Written by

William Nicholson

Directed by

Richard Attenborough

Cast

Pierce Brosnan, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Ajawaan Productions, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Beaver Productions

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 5 nominations total

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6 out of 10
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