The Grey Fox Traditional Cache
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This cache is one in the series of “movie title” caches. Some will pertain to the Kootenay area, some not. The movie title series list will include “Mountie” movies, action packed thrillers , musicals and historical films.
As with all the cache hides the title will reveal a hint as to where the cache is stashed.
We had fun going thru the movie title list and picking and choosing which movie title to use.
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This cache can be best accessed from the parking lot of the Ft. Steele Historic Park. Walk over towards the water tower near the train station. Follow the gravel road for a distance of 1.45 Ks. Keep to the left at the fork in the road.
The well disguised cache hide is smaller than micro - bigger than a nano, contains only a log so, BYOP.
Bring tweezers you will need them to get at the log.
The following is taken from the Wikipedia web site:
The Grey Fox is a 1982 Canadian film written by John Hunter and directed by Phillip Borsos. It is based on the true story of Bill Miner, an American stagecoach robber who staged Canada's first train robbery on September 10, 1904. The film stars Richard Farnsworth as Miner. The cast also features Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson, Gary Reineke and Timothy Webber.
Stagecoach robber Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth) is caught and sent to prison for 33 years. He is finally released in 1901. He wanders around, a man out of place in the new century, until he sees one of the first movies, The Great Train Robbery, and is inspired to copy it in real life. After several unsuccessful attempts, he achieves his goal and hides out in a mining town in British Columbia, becoming a respectable resident. There, he meets and falls in love with early feminist and photographer Katherine Flynn (Jackie Burroughs). He considers settling down with her, but one last robbery proves to be his downfall.
Cast
• Richard Farnsworth as Bill Miner / George Edwards
• Jackie Burroughs as Katherine 'Kate' Flynn
• Ken Pogue as Jack Budd
• Wayne Robson as Shorty (William) Dunn
• Timothy Webber as Sergeant Fernie
• Gary Reineke as Pinkerton Detective Seavy
Awards
The Grey Fox has been designated and preserved as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada’s audio-visual heritage.[1] However, it is still not available on DVD.
At the 4th Genie Awards in 1983, The Grey Fox was nominated for thirteen awards and won seven:
• Best Picture
• Best Director (Borsos)
• Best Foreign Actor (Farnsworth)
• Best Supporting Actress (Burroughs)
• Best Original Screenplay (Hunter)
• Best Art Direction (Bill Brodie)
• Best Musical Score (Michael Conway Baker)
Further recognition for Farnsworth included a Golden Globe Award nomination for "Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama".
It has also been listed in the Toronto International Film Festival's TIFF List of Canada's Top Ten Films of All Time in 1984 and 1993.
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