The Grey Fox.1983 91m director Phillip Borsos, script John Hunter John Hunter may refer to:
After self-teaching basic music theory as a child, Baker moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1958 at which time he began and The Chieftains; with Richard Farnsworth Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Biography Early life Farnsworth was born in Los Angeles, California to a housewife mother and an engineer father. , Jackie Burroughs, Kenneth Pogue, Wayne Robson Wayne Robson (born in 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian television actor who is best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, a thief, on The Red Green Show and the character Beano Callahan in the Sandra Bullock and Denis Leary comedy, , Timothy Webber and Gary Reineke The Grey Fox imagines a mythic past for the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography out of a brief moment in actual history. British Columbia-based director Phillip Borsos draws on local lore as the source of Bill Miner's story, and envisions the U.S. train robber as a courtly gent who still can handle a Colt Peacemaker while he also charms the sweet Canadians of Kamloops. The film finds its soft-spoken Miner in Hollywood stuntman-turned-character-actor Richard Farnsworth and a proto-feminist love interest in photographer Kate Flynn, played by Jackie Burroughs. The script draws on extensive research, historical accounts and court records to give characters measured and dignified voices that sound of the Edwardian era. Beguiling locations, from the Washington coast to the ranch land of the B.C. interior to the eastern foothills, captured with restraint and order by Frank Tidy's camera, convey "a country in transition, filled with beauty and despair." A rendition of the Western, released when Westerns were generally not in vogue, The Grey Fox earned domestic acclaim among Canadian audiences for showing them a corner of Canada's past with both implied authenticity and the fantasy of historical romance Historical romance is a subgenre of the romance novel literary genre. Definition Historical romance is set before World War I.[1] Many historical romances include contemporary attitudes, as, for example, the heroines often have far more education than was the , but it was also able to attract international audiences to the story of Miner's quiet invasion. AWARDS: Genie Awards--Picture, Director, Screenplay, Foreign Actor (Farnsworth), Supporting Actress (Burroughs), Art Direction, Musical Score; Montreal World Film Festival--International Critics Prize, Out-of-Competition Best Canadian Film; London Critics Circle Film Awards--Actor (Farnsworth); Motion Picture Sound Editors Founded in 1953, Motion Picture Sound Editors (M.P.S.E.) is an honorary society of motion picture sound editors. The society's goals are to educate others about and increase the recognition of the sound editors, show the artistic merit of the soundtrack, and improve the , USA--Best Sound Editing; Western Writers of America--Best Movie Script; AV Trust--Masterwork |
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