Grizzly Man

Theatrical Release Date: 2005 08 12 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 031398186366

Studio: Lions Gate

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity]

Summary: Filmmaker Werner Herzog adds another real-life character to his growing pantheon of people who walk a fine line between visionary genius and madness in this documentary. Timothy Treadwell was a self-styled authority on bears who, starting in 1990, would spend as much time as possible each year in Alaska, camping out near a grizzly bear habitat. While Treadwell claimed to love the bears and felt as one with them, he had no formal training in their behavior, and while familiarizing himself with the creatures he would walk within a few feet of them with a video camera in hand. To many, Treadwell seemed part man of nature, part conjuror, and part self-promotion expert, but the part that guided his kinship with the bears failed him in 2003, when he and his girlfriend were killed in a grizzly attack. Treadwell shot hundreds of hours of footage of himself and the grizzlies, and Herzog has used this footage as the core of Grizzly Man, a documentary look at Treadwell's life and death, while also including interviews with people who knew him, animal experts, and scientists. Acclaimed British guitarist Richard Thompson composed and performed the film's musical score. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: History [nf]

Awards: In Competition – Sundance Film Festival Best Documentary – Independent Spirit Awards Best Documentary – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Documentary – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Documentary – National Board of Review Best Documentary – San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Documentary – San Diego Film Critics Association Best Documentary – Chicago Film Critics Association Best Documentary – Kansas City Film Critics Association Best Documentary – Toronto Film Critics Association Best Documentary – National Society of Film Critics Best Documentary – Online Film Critics Association Best Edited Documentary – American Cinema Editors Guild Best Documentary – New York Film Critics Circle

Features: cc"In the Edges: The Grizzly Man Session," a 50-minute documentary on the making of the film's music
16:9 widescreen version
2.0 Dolby Surround
Scene selections
Englich closed captions
Spanish subtitles

Grizzly Man

Format: DVD

Release Date: 12/26/2005

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels

Runtime: 104 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Grizzly Man
1. Prime Cut [2:48]
2. Majestic Creatures [3:51]
3. Celebrity [1:31]
4. The Worst [1:00]
5. Willy Fulton [7:50]
6. Children of the Universe [5:35]
7. Foxes [4:51]
8. Boundaries [3:20]
9. Death Watch [3:25]
10. Grizzly People [2:12]
11. Filmmaker [4:15]
12. Confessional [5:54]
13. All Alone [5:34]
14. Audio Tape [1:53]
15. Bear Fight [5:22]
16. Into the Wild [1:09]
17. Parents [4:18]
18. Self Invention [2:22]
19. Love and Chaos [4:21]
20. Miracle Rain [5:30]
21. Poachers [2:45]
22. Park Rant [3:22]
23. Funeral [4:01]
24. Death Trip [3:36]
25. Bear 141 [3:48]
26. Last Frames [3:50]
27. Treadwell Is Gone [1:05]
1. Main Title/Convocation [9:33]
2. Set Your Foot Down [4:22]
3. Funeral [2:06]
4. Fox Hunt [3:51]
5. Drunken Cowboy [4:49]
6. Harmony of Man & Beast [2:43]
7. Prepared Piano [4:05]
8. Cello Duet [4:33]
9. Bear Fight [2:44]
10. Ghosts in the Maze [3:36]
11. Precision Work [5:46]
12. Pibrock [4:07]
13. End Credits [1:26]

Derek Armstrong

Grizzly Man is a fascinating nonfiction look at a character so brazen and bizarre, he must be fictional. Werner Herzog plays a more obtrusive role in this film than most documentarists would -- narrating and setting certain events in motion -- but he did not in fact create Timothy Treadwell, the ironically named crackpot who lived among bears in the Alaskan wilderness, eventually losing his life to them. There may have been no other way to do it, but Herzog reveals at the start that Treadwell died, which leaves his video footage as one of those priceless artifacts that charts the twists and turns on a path toward a known, inevitable outcome. Those in search of a snuff film will be disappointed, however; actual audio of Treadwell's mauling does exist, but Herzog refrains from playing it for the audience. He instead focuses on Treadwell's numerous episodes narrating to his camera, over years alongside the bears. These showcase all the ticks, irrationalities, bitter prejudices, manic highs, and depressive lows of this overwrought narcissist and self-proclaimed outcast, who resembles a longer-haired Aaron Eckhart. Less valuable are the interviews with Treadwell's eccentric former friends and acquaintances, whose contributions can border on the unintentionally comic. One particularly misguided scene involves Herzog presenting Treadwell's digital watch to an estranged (and strange) ex-girlfriend, and her getting lost in the profundity of an unsentimental object he didn't even own yet when she knew him. On average, though, Herzog has assembled a really telling portrait, giving the story a necessary spine, and smartly straddling the line between sympathy and criticism. Grizzly Man is one of the most vital documentaries of 2005, a film that reminds viewers that strange truth can be more engrossing than a writer's quirky fiction. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Werner Herzog  Actor 
Werner Herzog  Director 
Erik Nelson  Executive Producer 
Erik Nelson  Producer 
Tom Ortenberg  Executive Producer 
Billy Campbell  Executive Producer 
Kevin Beggs  Executive Producer 
Andrea Meditch  Executive Producer 
Phil Fairclough  Executive Producer 
Timothy Treadwell  Actor 
Amie Huguenard  Actor 
Warren Queeney  Actor 
Willy Fulton  Actor 
Sam Egli  Actor 
Marnie Gaede  Actor 
Marc Gaede  Actor 
Larry Van Daele  Actor 
Franc Falico  Actor 
Jewel Palovak  Actor 
Val Dexter  Actor 
Carol Dexter  Actor 
Kathleen Parker  Actor 

Country: Canada,USA