Grey Owl (Film)
- Pierce Brosnan: Grey Owl ( Archie Belaney )
- Stewart Bick: Cyrus Finney
- Vlasta Vrana: Harry Champlin
- Annie Galipeau: Pony
- Neil Kroetsch: Hunter
- Serge Houde: Hunter
- Peter Colvey: Guests of the hotel
- Nathaniel Arcand: Ned White Bear
- Jacques Lussier: Hotel Manager
- Jimmy Herman: Chief Pete Misebi
Grey Owl is a dramatized biographical film about the eponymous English -born trapper, the 1999 Richard Attenborough directed with Pierce Brosnan in the title role. In German-speaking he ran on 13 April 2000 for the first time in theaters. Alternative title is Grey Owl and the treasure of the beaver.
Action
In the early years of the 20th century: The enigmatic Englishman Archie Belaney travels in the Canadian wilderness and lives as trappers and adventurers, who as to his benefit grown considers the nature and often works with dynamite and other explosives. When he - after almost 30 years - the Mohawk Indian pony learns to know and love, his perspective changes. Through their careful handling he also learns who now calls himself Grey Owl, a respectful treatment of the animals and their habitat.
In order to pass on his knowledge and educate other people about the fragile relationship between the integrity of creation and well-being, he is a champion for this cause. As an avid reporter reveals that Grey Owl actually comes from Europe, his veracity is questioned.
Criticism
The lexicon of the International film criticizes: "Old Fashioned directed biopic, which gives an overly broad space of the love story and also urges the environmental problems in the background. Since the part overmatched actor convey the film hardly voltage, the impressively photographed film loses in cultivated boredom. "
William Gallagher mocks to bbc.co.uk: " What knocks out the film, is his inviolable television mentality: The hero can not lie. "
Comments
In reality Belaneys true identity was discovered only after his death.