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The movie which was shot on location in parts of Quebec, is directed by Sir Richard Attenborough and is an interesting stab at giving Grey Owl his historical due. Grey Owl was born Archie Belaney in Hastings, England. As a boy, he fantastized about the "Red man." So at 17 he abruptly left England and traveled to Canada, ultimately becoming an adopted son of the Ojibway and a crackerjack hunter and guide. He wrote articles about the unspoiled wilderness, which ultimately led him to write a book and become, for a brief time in the thirties, a sensation.

The film also focuses on his marriage to a citified young woman nicknamed "Pony," played by the lovely Annie Galipeau, who tries to recapture her Iroquois roots.

The movie is at once a love story and the story of a man's reckoning with himself. Attenborough plays the emotions with a heavy hand, and as a result the movie at times teeters into melodrama. Still, there is something majestic about Grey Owl. There's dignity in Grey Owl and the Ojibway people. And there is incredibly dignity and power in shots of unspoiled wilderness.

-Karen Gordon