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Grizzly Man

  • 2005
  • R
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
59K
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Grizzly Man (2005)
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A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.

  • Director
    • Werner Herzog
  • Writer
    • Werner Herzog
  • Stars
    • Timothy Treadwell
    • Amie Huguenard
    • Werner Herzog
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    59K
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    • Director
      • Werner Herzog
    • Writer
      • Werner Herzog
    • Stars
      • Timothy Treadwell
      • Amie Huguenard
      • Werner Herzog
    • 432User reviews
    • 204Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 21 wins & 17 nominations

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    Timothy Treadwell
    Timothy Treadwell
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Amie Huguenard
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Werner Herzog
    Werner Herzog
    • Self
    • (voice)
    • …
    Carol Dexter
    • Self - Treadwell's Mother
    Val Dexter
    • Self - Treadwell's Father
    Sam Egli
    • Self - Egli Air Haul
    Franc G. Fallico
    • Self - Coroner
    Willy Fulton
    • Self - Pilot
    Marc Gaede
    • Self - Ecologist
    Marnie Gaede
    • Self - Ecologist
    Sven Haakanson Jr.
    • Self - Alutiiq Museum Director
    David Letterman
    David Letterman
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jewel Palovak
    Jewel Palovak
    • Self
    Kathleen Parker
    • Self - Close Friend
    Warren Queeney
    Warren Queeney
    • Self - Actor and Close Friend
    Larry Van Daele
    • Self - Bear Biologist
    • Director
      • Werner Herzog
    • Writer
      • Werner Herzog
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    • Trivia
      During a BBC interview about the film, Werner Herzog was shot with an air rifle. The interview was resumed indoors and at the end Herzog was encouraged to check his wound. Though there was "a bruise the size of a snooker ball, with a hole in it." Herzog declared "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."
    • Goofs
      As Herzog urges Jewel Palovak never to listen to Timothy's last tape, he says it will always be "the white elephant in your room". This is a conflation of two different expressions.
    • Quotes

      Werner Herzog: And what haunts me, is that in all the faces of all the bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. To me, there is no such thing as a secret world of the bears. And this blank stare speaks only of a half-bored interest in food. But for Timothy Treadwell, this bear was a friend, a savior.

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD from Lions Gate Home Entertainment opens with a disclaimer stating that the film has been changed from its theatrical version. The sole change is in the first ten minutes where Herzog explains that Treadwell had become a semi-celebrity. In the theatrical version a clip is shown of Treadwell on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman." Treadwell comes out and explains what he has been doing and Letterman quips, "We're not going to open a newspaper one day and read about you being eaten by a bear are we?" In the DVD version this exchange is omitted and replaced with a NBC news segment of Treadwell being interviewed. When the interviewer asks if he would ever want a gun to protect himself, Treadwell states that he "would never, ever kill a bear even in the defense of my own life."
    • Connections
      Edited into Diminishing Returns: Crank (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Coyotes
      by McDill (as Bob McDill)

      Performed by Don Edwards

      Courtesy of Universal-Polygram Int. Publ., Inc.

      On behalf of itself and Ranger Bob Music (ASCAP), Warner Bros. Records, Inc. by arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing

    User reviews432

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    7/10
    Loved Herzog, but could not sympathize with Treadwell
    ***Possible Spoilers*** "Grizzly Man" is a documentary of Tim Treadwell who spends 13 summers in Alaska living amongst grizzly bears and eventually loses his life to the creatures to which he devoted all his heart.

    I saw "Grizzly Man" without knowing anything about it. I first thought it would be a documentary about the beauty and behavior of grizzly bears. However, through Tim Treadwell's interaction with grizzly bears, Werner Herzog shows that this film is actually about the inadequacies and insecurities of human nature.

    Tim Treadwell seems to be the culmination of many of the deficiencies that man possesses. I felt absolutely no sympathy for this individual, despite the fact that he suffered a tragic and horrible death. If it weren't bears that killed him, it probably would've been something else. He was definitely headed toward a downward spiral. I felt like he was a man who ran away from his demons because he could not face or overcome it. He developed high "ideals" and when he could not adjust his values and beliefs to that of society, he abandoned it and sought out for acceptance from creatures that are incapable of judging or criticizing Treadwell. Unfortunately, Treadwell mistakes the grizzly bears' indifference or incompetence as a sign of acceptance, and falls in love with them.

    Treadwell displayed behavior suggestive of manic depressive disorder, or cyclothymic disorder, or histrionic personality disorder. His emotional reactions to incidents were over dramatic to the point that one questions whether it's genuine. I also thought that he was a closet homosexual who could not accept his sexual orientation. In the film, Treadwell talks about wishing he were gay because it would be easier, but he denies being gay. He also talks about how he has trouble with keeping relationships with girls. I know this is a big assumption, but I couldn't help but question whether he was running away from civilization hoping he didn't have to face the reality of his sexual orientation. Treadwell is a person who does not know himself, and is afraid to find out.

    I also did not like the fact that Treadwell was on this unsubstantiated high horse. This self-proclaimed protector of animals and nature displays his hypocrisy in at least 2 scenes. When Treadwell stumbles upon poachers who throw rocks at a baby cub, all he does is hide behind a bush and criticizes the hunters for hurting the bear. Not quite what a "protector" would do. Also, when Treadwell discovers the dead fox, he gets angry for the destruction and death that exists in this world. However, he doesn't blink twice to try to swap a fly that is buzzing around the fox. Obviously he shows no respect for the fly, which is also a living organism.

    Also, throughout the film, most of Treadwell's friends glorify all that he represented. It seems that his death has elevated him to a martyr, and I found that inappropriate. I don't believe one's achievements in life should be overblown and exaggerated because he or she suffered a tragic and violent death. Based on Treadwell's self-recordings, I find that he has done nothing to deserve any praise. The way he died is sad, but that should not have any bearing on what he did in life. If anything, Treadwell encroached upon the grizzly bears' territory, and abused their independence and way of life in order to hide behind the mask of his own demons. I find nothing altruistic about his actions because of that.

    In the film, Herzog says that death and destruction is a unavoidable reality of nature, and he has done a brilliant job in portraying that. My take home message was that everything bad in this world exists because man is too weak and feeble-minded to transcend beyond our natural tendencies to destroy his surroundings and to self-destruct. And Treadwell is the perfect example. Great job Mr. Herzog.
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    • Sep 25, 2005

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    FAQ3

    • Why didn't Herzog air the tape?
    • David Letterman is credited on IMDb but I didn't see him in the film, where was he?
    • Has the audio of the attacks been publicly released?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2005 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 灰熊人
    • Filming locations
      • Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA(archive footage)
    • Production companies
      • Lions Gate Films
      • Discovery Docs
      • Real Big Production
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,178,403
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $269,131
      • Aug 14, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $4,064,179
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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