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Oct 1, 1999 · See All Cast & Crew. Pierce Brosnan. Grey Owl. Stewart Bick. Cyrus Finney. Vlasta Vrana. Harry Champlin. Grey Owl is a biographical drama set in the 1930s, focusing on Archie Grey Owl, a Canadian trapper who becomes a naturalist and advocate for the beaver population. The film follows his life transformation inspired by an Iroquois woman named ...
Nov 2, 2000 · 110 minutes. Certificate: PG. Original Title: Grey Owl. The long-shelved, eco-themed biopic of Archie Grey Owl, the noble charlatan who lived as a Native American and fought the cause of wild...
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • 09/28/24. An excellent biopic of an Englishmen who lived his life as a Native American who lied about his ancestry and was able to bring such vital discussions of the ...
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- Richard Attenborough
- PG-13
- Pierce Brosnan
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.
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- Beaver Productions
- Richard Attenborough
1 hr 57 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Pierce Brosnan stars as Canadian trapper Archie Grey Owl, who, in the 1930s, stopped killing wildlife, turned his attention to saving it...
The film was met with negative reviews. It has a 17% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 4.6/10. [ 6 ] William Gallagher of the BBC said, "if you like cuddly animals or you fancy Pierce Brosnan, you're in luck".
Grey Owl was a real historic figure, and someone could probably do something interesting with his story, but what Attenborough seems to find most compelling and noble about him is that he sacrificed his WASP identity to become a lower caste. At one point his (actually Indigenous) girlfriend tells him, “Now you tell me you weren’t born to that life.
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