Grizzly Man
2005 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 7.5 · 90% critics
Grizzly Man follows a man’s thirteen summers in an Alaskan national park as he tries to protect grizzly bears and preserve what he sees as a special connection. Using his own recordings and interviews, the film shows a passionate, conflicted spirit drawn to the wild.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-08-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (956 votes)
- Box office
- $4,100,000
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy intense human stories set against wild nature and want to see obsession through firsthand recordings, as in Blackfish or Encounters at the End of the World; Not for you if you want a purely uplifting wildlife documentary or a clear, reassuring message.
Pros: chilling first-hand footage; captivating wild nature; vivid personal portrait | Cons: unsettling subject matter; uneven narrative flow; disturbing tone
Themes
- self-abandonment
- life and death
- unsociability
- grizzly bear
- human animal relationship
- interview
- biography
- based on true story
- national park
- historical figure
- alaska
- animal rights
- +10 more
Awards & recognition
- Alfred P. Sloan Prize · 2005
- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Documentaries · 2005
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Non-Fiction Film · 2005
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Documentary Feature · 2006 · nominated
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Documentary Film · 2005 · nominated
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- Directors Guild of America Award — Outstanding Directing – Documentaries · 2005 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Non-Fiction Film · 2005 · nominated
Cast & crew
Timothy Treadwell
as Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Warren Queeney
as Self - Actor, Close Friend
Willy Fulton
as Self - Pilot, Former Rodeo Rider
Sam Egli
as Self - Egli Air Haul
Marnie Gaede
as Self - Ecologist
Marc Gaede
as Self - Ecologist
Larry Van Daele
as Self - Bear Biologist
Sven Haakanson
as Self - Alutiiq
Franc Fallico
as Self - Coroner
Directed by Werner Herzog