Grey Owl

Grey Owl is a 1999 biopic directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Pierce Brosnan in the role of real-life British schoolboy turned Native American 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. 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. Plot Archibald Belaney (Brosnan) from Britain grows up fascinated with Native American culture—so much so that in the early 1900s he leaves the United Kingdom for Canada, where he reinvents himself as trapper Archie Grey Owl and pretends to be a First Nations native. Eventually, Belaney becomes an environmentalist after renouncing trapping and hunting. Cast Pierce Brosnan as Archibald "Grey Owl" Belaney Annie Galipeau as Anahareo Nathaniel Arcand as Ned White Bear Vlasta Vrána 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 Saginaw Grant as Pow Wow Chief Production The film was shot in the English town of Hastings, Quebec towns Chelsea and Wakefield, Jacques Cartier Park and Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park.