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The Grey Fox

1982 · directed by Phillip Borsos · 92 min
22,771 feet · Prominence
1,546th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw42

Lifetime worldwide gross $6m, re-releases included; about $21m in 2026 money.

Rank5,941 of 11,051In 198273 of 98

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise100

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics100 baseAwards11 signal → +0 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy32

Judged directly: Quiet Canadian western, barely known.

Verdict32 of 100IMDb7.3 from 3kWikipedia3k views a monthAge44 years

Scored beside it · 2,302 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 42 praise 100 legacy 32averages 58, placing it at22,771 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Richard Farnsworth

In these careers — elevation for this film

Richard Farnsworth19,398 ft