James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is Grey Owl in Richard Attenborough's true story of a 1930s Ojibwa Indian from the Canadian wilderness. Owl became infamous for his adventures where he used to exploit the wilderness for his own profit, including raping the forests using high-explosives. However, when he meets and falls in love with a native Mowhawk-Indian, Pony (Annie Galipeau) his whole perspective on life changes and begins to understand the true meaning of his and Pony's lives and the damage to the environment he has caused. He goes on a mission to give lectures and write books on the forthcoming destruction of the natural planet, travelling to North America and England to spread the word where he soon becomes a celebrity.