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Ring of Bright Water (1969) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Jack Couffer and produced by Joseph Strick and Edgar J. Scherick.

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Ring of Bright Water: An Otter Delight

By Rick29 on Dec 26, 2019 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Mig the otter. In 2005, the newspaper The Daily Telegraph called Ring of Bright Water “one of the best-loved British films of all time.” And yet, this unusual, charming 1969 tale about a man and an otter remains an obscurity in the U.S. Bill Travers stars as Graham Merrill, a London re... Read full article


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Mary MacKenzie: [about her dog's devotion to Mij] I don't think he realizes he's a dog!


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Based on the true story of Gavin Maxwell, who bought an otter in Iraq and brought it back to his home in Scotland, only to discover that this was a subspecies of otter not yet recorded. Maxwell gave his name to the new sub species' title: Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli.
Based on the true story of Gavin Maxwell, who bought an otter in Iraq and brought it back to his home in Scotland, only to discover that this was a subspecies of otter not yet recorded. Maxwell gave his name to the new sub species' title: Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli.
The title of the movie and autobiographical book is taken from a poem by Kathleen Raine, who had considered the book's author, Gavin Maxwell, the love of her life.
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