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Grey Owl (1999)

Grey Owl poster
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British man named Archibald Belaney reinvents himself as a Native American trapper called Grey Owl. The film shows his life in the Canadian wilderness with his wife Anahareo.

contemplativemelancholicbiographicalseriousepisodicslightly datedslow-pacedunderstated

What happens

Grey Owl is a 1999 biographical film directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Pierce Brosnan in the title-role of the real-life British schoolboy turned Native American trapper Archibald Belaney, known as "Grey Owl", and Annie Galipeau as his wife Anahareo, with brief appearances by Graham Greene and others. The screenplay was written by William Nicholson. The film was released on 10 September 1999 in Spain and 15 February 2000 in US. It was the last film made by Largo Entertainment before it went defunct in 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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