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Grizzly

  • 19761976
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
5.1K
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POPULARITY
10,898
1,013
Grizzly (1976)
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An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.

IMDb RATING
5.2/10
5.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,898
1,013
  • Director
    • William Girdler
  • Writers
    • Harvey Flaxman(screenplay)
    • David Sheldon(screenplay)
    • Andrew Prine(Indian Story)
  • Stars
    • Christopher George
    • Andrew Prine
    • Richard Jaeckel
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  • Director
    • William Girdler
  • Writers
    • Harvey Flaxman(screenplay)
    • David Sheldon(screenplay)
    • Andrew Prine(Indian Story)
  • Stars
    • Christopher George
    • Andrew Prine
    • Richard Jaeckel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 116User reviews
    • 81Critic reviews
    • 25Metascore
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    Grizzly
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    Grizzly (1976)
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    Richard Jaeckel in Grizzly (1976)
    Richard Jaeckel in Grizzly (1976)
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    Grizzly (1976)
    Richard Jaeckel and Andrew Prine in Grizzly (1976)
    Christopher George and Charles Kissinger in Grizzly (1976)
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    Joan McCall in Grizzly (1976)
    Richard Jaeckel in Grizzly (1976)

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    Christopher George
    Christopher George
    • Michael Kelly
    Andrew Prine
    Andrew Prine
    • Don Stober
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Arthur Scott
    Joan McCall
    Joan McCall
    • Allison Corwin
    Joe Dorsey
    Joe Dorsey
    • Charley Kittridge
    Charles Kissinger
    Charles Kissinger
    • Dr. Hallitt
    Kermit Echols
    • Corwin
    Tom Arcuragi
    Tom Arcuragi
    • Tom
    Victoria Johnson
    • Gail
    • (as Vicki Johnson)
    Kathy Rickman
    Kathy Rickman
    • June
    • (as Catherine Rickman)
    Mary Ann Hearn
    Mary Ann Hearn
    • Margaret
    Harvey Flaxman
    • Reporter
    Mike Clifford
    • Pat
    David Newton
    • Mike
    Mike Gerschefski
    • George
    Susan Orpin
    Susan Orpin
    • Mother
    David M. Holt Jr.
    • Lone Hunter
    • (as David Holt)
    Brian Robinson
    • Bobby
    • Director
      • William Girdler
    • Writers
      • Harvey Flaxman(screenplay)
      • David Sheldon(screenplay)
      • Andrew Prine(Indian Story) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This film ended up becoming the most financially successful independent film of 1976, earning an impressive $39,000,000 worldwide in box-office revenue, and breaking several records as well. It held this record for two whole years, until Halloween (1978) broke it.
    • Goofs
      Scotty describes the bear as cannibalistic after it attacks the bear cub, but the cub is an American black bear, a completely separate species from the grizzly bear they are tracking.
    • Quotes

      Don Stober: Well, let me tell you a little story, boy. A long time ago, there was a tribe of Indians up here in these woods. They were all laying down in these parts... or something, I can't remember. Anyway, this herd of grizzlies smelt them out. They came in an' they ate them. They tore them all up. Little children, sick ones, everybody! There were few braves to go out on the hunt. They came back and them grizzlies turned on them! So there you got yourself a little situation. A whole herd of man-eating grizzlies. Just running around tearing up them Indians!

      Arthur Scott: That's kind of hard to believe, Don.

      Don Stober: Unless, of course, you happen to be one of them Indians!

    • Alternate versions
      The U.S. VHS version of Grizzly is rated PG, as was its original release in 1976. The DVD version is rated R, but there is hardly any difference between the VHS version and the DVD version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Rifftrax: Grizzly (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      What Makes a Man a Man?
      (uncredited)

      Music by Robert O. Ragland

      Lyrics by Arthur Hamilton

    User reviews116

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    6/10
    This bear doesn't even spare the poor horse.
    I first saw this more than a decade ago on Sony Pix channel.

    Revisited it recently.

    A national park is terrorized by a man-eating grizzly of extraordinary size but we have Christopher George who makes silly n stupid decisions.

    The helicopter guy Don (Andrew Prine) dies cos of Kelly (Christopher George).

    Rather than shooting the bear with a bazooka and that too safely while aerial in the copter, Kelly insisted on getting down.

    Our boy Kelly wanted to be the last man standing.

    For a lot of time we don't get to see the bear in action but we see people being lifted up as if some supernatural stuff is holding em.

    Mr Walker whose wife gets killed while doing make up in the tent looks like Quentin Tarantino n Michael Shannon combined. Man, that guy's smile (of surely getting laid tonight) before her wife's death is so funny.

    The movie has a good star cast, Christopher George, Andrew Prinen n Richard Jaeckel.

    The casting of George, Prine and Jaeckel marked the second time this trio of actors starred together in the same film. They had previously played supporting roles in Chisum (1970).

    While Prine n Jaeckel starred together in few films.

    We have Kathy Rickman (the nurse from Deliverance), she looks amazingly hot with her tight abs in this movie but she can't act.

    The scenes shot from the bear's point of view was a new gimmick in the late 70s but i didn't enjoy that trick.

    The movie has zero tension n suspense.

    The bear chase scenes r dull n makes no sense.

    There is one waterfall bathing scene which lacked the nudity n to top it all our killer bear is hiding in the waterfall like some pervert.
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    • Release date
      • September 3, 1976 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Grizzly - Tappajakarhu
    • Filming locations
      • Clayton, Georgia, USA
    • Production company
      • Hollywood West Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $750,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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