Grizzly Falls (1999)

When a young boy is captured by a grizzly bear, he begins the most incredible journey of a lifetime, full of breathtaking excitement, harrowing danger and thrilling surprises.

Director:

Stewart Raffill

Writers:

Stuart Margolin (story), Richard Beattie (screenplay)

Stars:

Bryan Brown, Tom Jackson, Oliver Tobias

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bryan Brown	...	Tyrone Bankston
Tom Jackson	...	Joshua McTavish
Oliver Tobias	...	Genet
Richard Harris	...	Old Harry
Daniel Clark	...	Young Harry
Chantel Dick	...	Young Jennifer
Trevor Lowden	...	Joshua Jr.
Marnie McPhail	...	Mother
Ken Kramer	...	House Master
Brock Simpson	...	Lanky
Colin D. Simpson	...	Grits
James Bearden	...	Menke (as Jim Bearden)
John Tench	...	Wes
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ali Oop	...	Miz the Bear

Storyline

Out in the wilds, an aged man tells his grandchildren a tale of his own youth. After his mother dies, his usually-absent father, whom he barely knows, takes him into these same wilds to hunt for a grizzly. They find a mother bear with two cubs. The hunters capture the cubs, but the grizzly captures the lad. Somehow, boy and bear bond and trek across the forest with dad and an Indian friend on their trail. After a while, the boy figures out where he and his new mother are going: toward her cubs. Rifles, dogs, hunters, bear, cubs, father, and son are headed for a rendezvous.

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Plot Keywords:

bear | grizzly bear | family relationships | independent film

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Taglines:

A Boy, a bear, an amazing adventure.

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Genres:

Adventure

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for wilderness adventure violence and some mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Providence Entertainment

Country:

UK Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 August 1999 (Spain)

Also Known As:

A Grande Aventura

Filming Locations:

Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$27,843 (USA) (5 November 1999)

Gross:

$163,339 (USA) (4 February 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Behaviour Worldwide, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Grizzly Falls

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Hollywood's Top Ten: Grin and Bear It (2010)

User Reviews

Excellent, exciting movie!

A good movie, that should probably have been rated PG-13, in my opinion. There are some genuinely terrifying parts, bad language, and some violent and realistic fighting. It keeps you pretty close to the edge of your seat, for most of the film.

The family-relationship subplot was not very convincing, but otherwise an excellent film. I also found it confusing that the Grandfather made some comment about moving to England from Chicago, and as a child attended what appeared to be an English boarding school...but took the train out west to look for bears. Maybe I misunderstood something.

(One note: the bear is not Bart, but Ali Oop. I have submitted a correction to IMDb.)