This movie is, cinematically speaking, positively gorgeous. It must have provided unique challenges to the film crews, including getting literally thousands of pounds of equipment up into the very challenging terrain of the Austrian Alps.
The in-flight sequences of the Golden eagles was breath-taking. I think that Manuel Camacho was a perfect choice for the youth boy who nursed the injured young eagle back to health.
Gene Reno seems like the perfect choice for the role of "mountain caretaker" as well as providing the narrative. While I was living in Kings Beach at Lake Tahoe, I had the rare privilege of having seen and also getting within just a few feet away from one of only two nesting pairs of Golden Eagles at that time. I believe that there are as many as four nesting pairs now, according to my recent research. Although I am not opposed to hunting for food, I am very much in favor of legislation to prevent the use of steel jawed traps, regardless of the circumstances. I was drawn to happy tears when the boy finally found the courage to let his "pet" eagle return to the wild where he belongs!
The in-flight sequences of the Golden eagles was breath-taking. I think that Manuel Camacho was a perfect choice for the youth boy who nursed the injured young eagle back to health.
Gene Reno seems like the perfect choice for the role of "mountain caretaker" as well as providing the narrative. While I was living in Kings Beach at Lake Tahoe, I had the rare privilege of having seen and also getting within just a few feet away from one of only two nesting pairs of Golden Eagles at that time. I believe that there are as many as four nesting pairs now, according to my recent research. Although I am not opposed to hunting for food, I am very much in favor of legislation to prevent the use of steel jawed traps, regardless of the circumstances. I was drawn to happy tears when the boy finally found the courage to let his "pet" eagle return to the wild where he belongs!