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The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

  • TV Series
  • 1977–1978
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
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The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977)
An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest.
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An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest.An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest.An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest.

  • Creator
    • Charles E. Sellier Jr.
  • Stars
    • Dan Haggerty
    • Denver Pyle
    • Bozo the Bear
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    1.9K
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    POPULARITY
    4,689
    2,153
    • Creator
      • Charles E. Sellier Jr.
    • Stars
      • Dan Haggerty
      • Denver Pyle
      • Bozo the Bear
    • 12User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dan Haggerty
    Dan Haggerty
    • James 'Grizzly' Adams
    • 1977–1978
    Denver Pyle
    Denver Pyle
    • Mad Jack
    • 1977–1978
    Bozo the Bear
    Bozo the Bear
    • Ben, the Bear
    • 1977–1978
    Don Shanks
    Don Shanks
    • Nakoma
    • 1977–1978
    Number Seven
    Number Seven
    • Burro
    • 1977–1978
    Joshua
    Joshua
    • Raccoon
    • 1977–1978
    John Bishop
    John Bishop
    • Robbie Cartman…
    • 1977–1978
    Mary Lou
    Mary Lou
    • Skunk
    • 1977–1978
    Daniel
    Daniel
    • Skunk
    • 1977–1978
    Don Galloway
    Don Galloway
    • Pinkerton…
    • 1977–1978
    Jack Kruschen
    Jack Kruschen
    • Frost-bite Foley…
    • 1977–1978
    Todd Tingey
    Todd Tingey
    • Totani…
    • 1977–1978
    Ginger
    Ginger
    • Baby Deer…
    • 1977
    Lois Red Elk
    Lois Red Elk
    • Indian Woman
    • 1977
    Lori Sutton
    • Talitha
    • 1977
    Ken Berry
    Ken Berry
    • Will Boker
    • 1977
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Fine Hope
    • 1977
    Ronny Cox
    Ronny Cox
    • Cartman
    • 1977
    • Creator
      • Charles E. Sellier Jr.
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    10ricoswivee

    We need more of this these days!

    What a wonderful escape from all the drama and hostility of today's world. It's funny how many adults watch this with their kids, and end up loving it themselves! A sweet, sweet show full of ethical, likable characters and some good moral lessons. Both two and four legged.
    10vixescape

    Awesome Family Entertainment!

    Just watched this lovely series from start to finish on DVD & I am almost embarrassed to say it made me cry. The beautiful location shoots, gorgeous animals & simple stories with the best moral messages I have ever seen on film, all rolled into one show. Grizzly Adams made me realise that life is a gift & we should not waste it. It also made me want to sling on my backpack (again!) & run off to live a simple, fulfilling life in the mountains! However it is almost a crime that this delightful show will never grace mainstream telivision today. This is so sad. The star of the show though is clearly Ben the Grizzly bear (in real life a female Grizzly called Bozo) who's bear acting skilled paved the way for Grizzly superstar "Bart the Bear" (Bart can be seen in the opening shots as he plays the cub rescued by Adams) who graced many excellent films.

    Anyway onto some critique.

    Most of the stories are very simple. Perhaps too simple to keep some people engaged. However it is the messages that these stories convery to the audience that make the difference. Grizzly Adams, Ben, Mad Jack, Nakoma & Number 7 teaches us lessons on the priceless values of having decent virtues & good, solid morality as well as friendship, trust, compromise, teamwork & a love & respect for nature & animals. Ofcourse Grizzly Adams does have it's faults, but it comes pretty close to being the perfect family entertainment show. But as lovely as it is this would never be shown on mainstram tv today. & even if it were the show would be accused of "white Saviousism" as Adams saves the life of a Native American Warrior (Nakoma) whithout looking at the fact that it is Nakoma who teaches Adams the life saving lessons of living in the wild & being a real mountain man. Adams would have never made it in the wild if it was not for Nakoma! & then there is the plain simple fact this show is simply "Too Nice" to be shown today.

    If everyone today lived our lives with the lessons Grizzly Adams shares of freidship, teamwork, respect & compromise, this world would be a much better place...."Maybe..."
    10JANDLBRUIN

    Poor Memory About The Good Old Days

    srchn4 wrote:

    The good old days of Sun Productions, 2 January 2006 Author: srchn4 from Park City Utah My father was a forest ranger at the Soapstone Guard Station for nearly 30 years. As a child and early teen, the Uinta Mountains, where many of Sun Productions' films and TV series were filmed, was "my childhood back-yard." With my dirt bike allowing me access to miles of travel all around the area, along with my intimate knowledge of the area and any big events occurring in or around it, I was able to watch many, many days of scenes being set-up and filmed.

    Grizzly Adams with Doug Suess' huge grizzly-bear Ben, was one of my favorites. Doug and his son Clint still live in the Heber City area and have quite a stable of film-ready "wild animals" for hire. Another classic movie filmed in and around the area was Robert Redford's "Jeremiah Johnson." Still classic films... and even fonder memories

    FACT: THE BEAR USED FOR THE PART OF BEN IN GRIZZLY ADAMS WAS SUPPLIED BY LLOYD BEEBE, OWNER OF THE OLYMPIC GAME FARM LOCATED IN SEQUIM, WASHINGTON. THE BEAR WAS A FEMALE NAMED BOZO AND MOST DEFINITELY DID NOT BELONG TO DOUG SEUS OF HEBER CITY,UTAH.
    1backus1611-1

    A show

    I watched this with my mother in the tender teen years, lol. Then, once I grew up and actually learned things, it came on a cable network. My mother loved it, so I taped the episodes and sent them to her (before anything was released). My word, what a completely awful show full of stupid thinking and excruciating pap. I had t leave the room when it was on fearing the mental midget supposed "thought" would infect me. I wouldn't let any of my family watch it fearing they'd never be able to use their brains after watching this stupid crap. What a bunch a dribble. Thank God for high school and college that taught me to think- because watching this crap will actually kill brain cells. It's a shame, because as an unthinking kid, I liked the show- probably because my parents liked it. Needles to say, today I actually like things that require thought, not the pablum stupid political bent this show had. I have no idea if this show was actually popular during it's heyday, but I do know Haggerty's drug bust (speeding down the highway pitching drugs out the window) ended this horrible show.
    epevae

    A Trip back in time

    Just recently the TV series was aired again on German TV for an... x number of times. It "realizes" everyone´s dream to just leave this hectic, violent world behind. The plots are simple, which isn´t necessarily negative. As a matter of fact, it is one of the few TV series with little to no violence. It brings back memories of one´s own youth and dreams of a perfect world in which all problems will be solved in a nice way at the end. An entertaining series with good actors, beautiful sights of nature and unforgettable Ben.

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    • Trivia
      Ben, who was actually played by a female grizzly named "Bozo", died in 1999. She is very much missed by her owners who considered her part of their family. Bozo left behind a female cub, who is said to be a lot like her mother.
    • Quotes

      Mad Jack: [title sequence narration] They call me Mad Jack, and if there is anybody in these mountains that knows the real story about James Adams, that'd be me. So I'm putting it down in writing just how it happened in hopes of setting the record straight. Well, my friend Adams was accused of a crime he didn't commit, so he escaped into the mountains, leaving behind the only life that he ever knew. Now that wilderness out there ain't no place for a greenhorn and his chances of survivin' were mighty slim. Weren't no time at all before he was beaten down, ragged and nearly starved. Long about then, he came upon a grizzly bear cub, all alone and helpless. Now Adams knew that little critter couldn't survive without his help; so he started right down that cliff, risking his own life to save it.

      [chuckles]

      Mad Jack: Now that cub took to Adams right off. And that was when he discovered that he had special kind of way with animals; They'd just come right up to him like he was a natural part of the wilderness. But that bear cub, he was extra special. As he growed, he became the best friend Adams ever had, and together, they became a legend.

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      Edited into Legend of the Wild (1981)
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      Written by Thom Pace

      Performed by Thom Pace

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    • Release date
      • February 9, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Grizzly Adams Productions
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Mann in den Bergen
    • Filming locations
      • Park City, Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • Sunn Classic Pictures
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      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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