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Rough Sincere Emotional Suspenseful Captivating Tense
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Obsessive Quest Human Nature Animal life Escapades Mind and Soul Dangerous Animal Survival Obsession more...
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Documentary
Time/Period:
Contemporary 21st Century
Place:
Alaska Wilderness
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Award Winner Critically Acclaimed Sundance Festival Winner
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Serious Realistic Slow
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Grizzly Man, 2005

Starring: Werner Herzog, Carol Dexter, Val Dexter, Sam Egli

Directed by: Werner Herzog

Written by: Werner Herzog

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 103 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.9

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Profile of Grizzly Man

Grizzly Man can be described as sincere, rough, and tense. The plot revolves around animal life, an obsessive quest, and human nature. The main genre is documentary. In approach, Grizzly Man is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in the wilderness. Grizzly Man is located in Alaska. It takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being a Sundance Festival winner and critically acclaimed. Note that Grizzly Man involves profanity.

Summary of Grizzly Man

Werner Herzog's persistent inquiry into the motivations of human obsession focuses this time on the self-proclaimed "kind warrior" Timothy Treadwell. A passionate wildlife preservationist and grizzly bear devotee, Treadwell lived unarmed among the grizzlies in a remote section of Alaska for 13 summers, and eventually died in a bear attack. He filmed his experiences during his final five years, and Herzog makes use of this footage in a posthumous portrait of a complex, intriguing character. A youthful blond actor turned nature lover, Treadwell is revealed over the course of the film to have been a troubled soul who found solace in the wild, and the existential questions and difficulties he faced in the world were, fascinatingly, worked out on film. Deftly interweaving Treadwell's quiet moments of nature appreciation with meandering introspection and alarmingly hostile rants, Herzog masterfully captures the enigma of the dead man. Herzog has a genuine appreciation of Treadwell's films, as well as sympathy for Treadwell's apparent unease with the world. Much of Grizzly Man's complexity comes in our growing awareness of Timothy's apparent naivety, his need to see himself as a savior, and his sentimentalizing of nature. However, we are left with the impression of someone unafraid to follow his heart and go to any extreme--even death--in search of peace.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	24 January 2005
Runtime:	103 min

Cast and Crew See all

Werner Herzog

as Himself / Narrator / Interviewer

Carol Dexter

as Herself, Treadwell's mother

Val Dexter

as Himself, Treadwell's father

Sam Egli

as Himself

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The New Yorker

A brilliant documentary about an American saint and fool--a man who understands everything about nature except death. Full Review

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by: David Denby

The New York Times

Mr. Herzog is also no ordinary filmmaker. It is the rare documentary like Grizzly Man, which has beauty and passion often lacking in any type of film, that makes you want to grab its maker and head off to the nearest bar to discuss man's domination... Full Review

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by: Manohla Dargis

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Too long

This documentry was interesting particularly because the "star" was mentally deranged. I would however say this movie could be 1/3rd in length and it would convey the same thing. Read and rate it

17.November.2010
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by: gravyfury
gravyfury rated this movie5/10So-so

On the surface, this appears to be an objective treatment of its subject. After thinking about it, I realize -- or think I do -- that Herzog is making Treadwell into a modern-day Icarus: flying too close to the sun, he perished. Of the ninety-odd... Read and rate it

08.October.2009
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by: DukeofOmnium
DukeofOmnium rated this movie0/10

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