Grizzly Man (2005)

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 963 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Timothy Treadwell, a man who spent several summers living among wild grizzly bears in Alaska. It combines his own video footage with interviews from people who knew him. The film covers his life and the event that ended it.

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What happens

Grizzly Man is a 2005 American documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast and conservationist Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard at Katmai National Park, Alaska. The film includes some of Treadwell's own footage of his interactions with brown bears before 2003, and of interviews with people who knew or were involved with Treadwell, in addition to professionals who deal with wild bears. Treadwell and Huguenard, both from New York, had bonded over their common passion for bears and animal conservation, and she would occasionally accompany him on his trips to the park. Having stayed past the summer season one year, the pair were attacked and killed in the park by a bear on October 5, 2003. The couple's remains were discovered by a patrolling pilot, and an audio recording of the attack was found among the remains; the bear was later tracked down and killed by the pilot's rescue team. The film was co-produced by Discovery Docs and Lions Gate Entertainment. The film's soundtrack was composed by Richard Thompson. It received widespread acclaim from critics and is now considered to be among the best films of the 2000s and of the 21st century. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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