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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Lions Gate EAN: 0031398186366 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Lions Gate Manufacturer: Lions Gate Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Lions Gate Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 26, 2005 Running Time: 103 minutes Studio: Lions Gate Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Sales Rank: 6608 MPN: LGED18636D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: In his mesmerizing new film, GRIZZLY MAN, acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen summers, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons. In October 2003, Treadwell’s remains, along with those of his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were discovered near their campsite in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Reserve. They had been mauled and devoured by a grizzly, the first known victims of a bear attack in the pa Amazon.com: Grizzly Man could easily have been sensational and exploitative, but in the hands of Werner Herzog, it becomes something extraordinary. Herzog was granted exclusive access to over 100 hours of video shot by amateur naturalist, wildlife advocate and troubled loner Timothy Treadwell, who spent 13 summers in Alaska's Katmai National Park, where he grew to know and love the grizzly bears that lived there. He was also killed by one of them, in October 2003, along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard, and that seemingly inevitable fate informs every minute of Herzog's riveting combination of Treadwell's video with his own expert filmmaking and unique vision of nature and man. Whereas Treadwell was a naïve nature-lover and social outcast whose sanity was slowly slipping away, Herzog is a pragmatic mythologist who views nature primarily in terms of "chaos, hostility, and murder," and the disparity of their vision results in a magnetic attraction that makes the sum of Grizzly Man greater than its parts. We come to admire the dreamer, the idealist, the failed actor and recovered alcoholic man-child that was Treadwell, and we equally admire the seeker of truth and wisdom that is Herzog. They belong together, in some world beyond our world, where visionaries join forces to create life after death. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - Treadwell wasn't a friend to the animalsWhat an insane arrogant moron he reminds me of Andy Dick! Anyone could see Treadwell wasn't long for the world in the film's opening. Far from protecting these animals he was doing great harm. Exposing the animals actual location only encourages other people to come and interfere with them. Habituating these animals to humans greatly increases the danger for park visitors, which in turn increases the chance that the park service will have to move or destroy animals. In the aftermath of the attack ... Read More Rating: - Great sensitive documentaryI thought this documentary was really well made and showed Timothy Treadwell in a sensitive way, exposing his excentric way of thinking and unusual - and most would think misguided and quite foolish way of living in Alaska (then again what 'most' people think nowadays is pretty similar corporate influenced stuff about how to live life so might not be that valid). I found the whole film very moving - combined with the wonderful music. It does come across like an emotionally wounded and complicated ... Read More Rating: - Honest Look At One Man's ObsessionThis film is a brilliant and honest look at one man's obsession. The story told here is not so much one about saving bears as it is about how far a person will go to escape reality. Treadwell was not a scientist nor was he learned about the true nature of animals, however he had a passion and he stuck with that passion up until his final moments. Was he crazy, insane or mentally ill...maybe, but that does not detract from the importance of his underlying message. Sometimes it takes someone who ... Read More Rating: - Watch those foxes and you'll see what's really in the subject's heartYes, Timothy Treadwell was certainly narcissistic; he clearly tried to create a personality that screamed "hey, look at me!" And his life among the bears was just as much about filling certain voids, disappointments, and shortcomings in his own life as it was about protecting the animals. But, oh, those animals. There was a genuine rapport between Mr. Treadwell and his subjects. It wasn't just in his head. The way those little foxes followed him around all during the movie (playing ... Read More Rating: - Okay, I'll Admit it...I wanted to hear the audio tape of Treadwell's death. Morbid fascination? Perhaps. And, I probably would be traumatized afterwards. Still, I wanted to hear it. I find Herzog's self-righteous reason for not including the audio footage laughable. Why did HE listen to the tape? The coroner gives a very detailed description of what is going on while Treadwell is being attacked by the bear, so other than to satisfy his own morbid curiosity, there was no need for Herzog to listen to the tape. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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