About Grey Owl:
"A man becomes what he dreams. You have dreamed well."
The movie web site for Grey Owl does not seem to be available.... too old and too quiet a movie... Searching, I discovered it was released direct to DVD in America .... no theater exposure... it is a slow movie -- and it was powerful for me. I have evidence that the movie was equally powerful for star Pierce Brosnan, though for very different reasons -- yet somehow connected.
Pierce Brosnan, who starred as Grey Owl, was likely personally touched by the quiet power of the movie, as evidence by his personal message to fans on the "the Actor" page of www.PierceBrosnan.com. Out of all his acting experience, including several James Bond flicks and the TV series "Steele" , Brosnan sites Grey Owl (CLICK HERE):
There's a line from the movie Grey Owl, "A man becomes what he dreams. You have dreamed well." Sentimental… romantic… maybe? But applicable I think to a sixteen year old lad who is trying to find his way in life as he walks into a theatre arts lab in South London one night.
So began my career as an actor at The Oval House Theatre.
Even though I performed on stage in London, and grew up in and around the theatre scene of the late 60's and early 70's - I'm afraid it wasn't enough to leave a mark.
I got lucky when I came to America. I was all of 27 years old and landed my first audition - a series called 'Remington Steele'. Life was good. I felt I could be anything I wanted to be. And I wanted to be in the movies.
For me, acting is doing. My acting teacher Yat Malgram once said, "nothing comes from nothing." I've had the opportunity and the good fortune to be part of this exciting tradition for some time now. Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.
This website is a new beginning. Let's see where it takes us. To quote the last line of Lawnmower Man, "All the phones are ringing."
Welcome. Pierce Brosnan
Right now, in my life, this phrase provides a ray of hope to me in my commitment to experience Heaven on Earth and hauntingly echos an unspoken personal prayer that perhaps, one day, this could be said of me: "A man becomes what he dreams. You have dreamed well."
The movie is a bout a real person. Here is a bio and picture.
Here is a review that seems to resonate for me: (SOURCE)
GREY OWL AN UNEXPECTED GEM!, 19 August 2001
Author: blue-7 </user/ur0059151/comments>
from Salt Lake City, Utah
Recently I was looking for the newly issued Wide Screen DVD of FLY AWAY HOME and came upon interesting title that I had never heard of: GREY OWL. The fact that it was a Richard Attenborough Film caught my attention (he responsible for such fine films as GANDHI, CHAPLIN, and SHADOWLANDS). I noticed that the screenplay was by William Nicholson (author of SHADOWLANDS). This "Special Edition" was full of interesting sounding material and the price was just under $10.00 -- so I chanced it & bought it. WOW! What a beautiful film. Pierce Brosnan stars as Archie Grey Owl, a real life trapper in the 1930s, who came to love and respect the wild lands of Canada, and worked to help protect them. Brosnan (who starred in a James Bond film) gives a shaded, warm, powerful performance as does Annie Galipeau as the young woman who loves and influences his feeling for the creatures of the land -- especially the beaver. A fine score by George Fenton (THE CRUCIBLE) and beautiful photograhy by Roger Pratt add greatly to the effectiveness of the film. AND the extras on this DVD are something else! Includes two shorts made in the 1930s with the real Grey Owl as well as audio commentary tracks by Attenborough and Producer Jake Eberts; 2 Featurettes; and many other fine additions PLUS options for those having access to a PC with DVD-ROM features. GREY OWL has been released directly to DVD in the United States -- a fact that Richard Attenborough attributes to Hollywood's lack of interest in distributing something that isn't loaded with a lot of violence and sex. This is a film that not only informs and entertains but leaves you with something to think about. I had a very warm feeling at the films conclusion -- and a whole new love and understanding for beavers! GREY OWL is a very fine film -- worth checking out! This is one I look forward to sharing with others.
