I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973) (TV)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Daryl Duke

Writers:

Margaret Craven (book)
Gerald Di Pego (teleplay)

Release Date:

18 December 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young priest is assigned to a remote Indian village in Canada. |

Plot Keywords:

Priest | Canada | Native Canadian | American Abroad | Bishop

Cast

Tom Courtenay	...	Father Mark Brian
Dean Jagger	...	Bishop
Paul Stanley	...	Jim Wallace
Marianne Jones	...	Keetah
George Clutesi	...	George P. Hudson
Keith Pepper	...	Alan Spencer
Margaret Atleo	...	Marta Stevens

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L

Company:

Tomorrow Entertainment

Tom Courtenay plays the young vicar

I have just re-read the book which has been sitting on my shelf for years. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The movie is a faithful attempt to convey how well the young vicar( played by Tom Courtenay) was suited to the task of living amongst the Canadian Indians because he was sensitive to the way they lived their daily lives, while still modelling servanthood as required by his religion. It shows how right Jesus was when he said we needed to be servants to help others. The book was written in 1967 so I wonder what has has happened to the area in which the book was set and to the Indian tribes whose young people were going to schools outside the area.