Grey Owl (film)
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| Directed by | Richard Attenborough |
| Produced by |
Richard Attenborough Jake Eberts Claude Léger |
| Written by | William Nicholson |
| Starring | Pierce Brosnan |
| Music by | George Fenton |
| Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
| Editing by | Lesley Walker |
| Distributed by | New City Releasing |
| Release dates | February 15, 2000 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country |
United Kingdom Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $632,617[1] |
Grey Owl is a 1999 biopic directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Pierce Brosnan in the role of real life British schoolboy turned Indian trapper "Grey Owl," Archibald Belaney (1888–1938), and Annie Galipeau as his wife Anahareo, with brief appearances by Graham Greene and others. The screenplay was written by William Nicholson.
Plot
Archibald Belaney (Brosnan) was a British man who grew up fascinated with Native American culture -- so much so that in the early 1900s he left the United Kingdom for Canada, where he reinvented himself as Archie Grey Owl and lived in the wild as a North American Indian trapper. Eventually, Belaney becomes an environmentalist after renouncing trapping and hunting.
Cast
- Pierce Brosnan as "Grey Owl," Archibald Belaney
- Annie Galipeau as Anahareo
- Nathaniel Arcand as Ned White Bear
- Vlasta Vrana as Harry Champlin
- David Fox as Jim Wood
- Charles Powell as Walter Perry
- Stephanie Cole as Ada Belaney
- Renée Asherson as Carrie Belaney
- Stewart Bick as Cyrrus Finney
- Graham Greene as Jim Bernard
Production
The film was shot in the English city of Hastings, Quebec's cities Chelsea and Wakefield, Jacques Cartier Park and Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park.
Director Richard Attenborough said in an interview that he and his brother, noted presenter and naturalist David Attenborough, had attended "Grey Owl"'s De Montfort Hall, Leicester lecture in 1936, depicted in the film, and being influenced by his advocacy of conservation.[2]
Reception
The film met with average to negative reviews, and has a 'rotten' 18% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[3] William Gallagher of the BBC said, "if you like cuddly animals or you fancy Pierce Brosnan, you're in luck".[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greyowl.htm
- ↑ Country life: Volume 194 2000 In the film, Lord Attenborough has re-enacted that precise moment, even down to the detail of the lecture taking place in Leicester (Grey Owl's lecture tours included many of Britain's major cities). The influence on Dave, ."
- ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grey_owl/
- ↑ BBC - Films - review - Grey Owl
External links
- Grey Owl at the Internet Movie Database
- Grey Owl at Rotten Tomatoes
- Grey Owl at allmovie
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