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GRIZZLY MAN
A Werner Herzog Film
Currently planned for theatrical release in September/October 2005
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Timothy Treadwell's death was as sensational as his life: Having presumed he could live safely among the grizzly bears of the Alaskan wilderness, the outdoorsman and author (Among Grizzlies)--along with his partner, Amie Huguenard--was eventually killed and devoured by one of the very animals to whom he had devoted years of study.
In telling this story, Werner Herzog relies considerably on Treadwell's own video footage, shot during his time in the wild. But in the manner well known to those familiar with the stunning nonfiction films Herzog has made throughout his career, and most notably from the early '90s through today (Lessons of Darkness, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, Mein Liebster Feind, and most recently The White Diamond), the famed German director takes Treadwell's story into unexpected emotional frontiers and startling landscapes of the mind. Where he doesn't go is equally as fascinating, but if Herzog is consistent about anything, it is the defiance of the ordinary, the rejection of the obvious, and the relentlessly searching eye he turns on whatever subject attracts his attention. Treadwell is an intriguing, infuriating, perhaps even tragic figure. But Herzog himself is equally compelling, and this brilliant film is just one reason why.
— Diane Weyermann
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GRIZZLY MAN
U.S.A./Canada, 2005,
100 Minutes, color
WINNER of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize for a film on science and technology and a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema - Documentary
OUR CONGRATULATIONS
GO OUT TO WERNER HERZOG!
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Director : Werner Herzog
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- Cast :
- Amie Huguenard .... Herself
- Timothy Treadwell .... Himself
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- Executive Producers :
- Erik Nelson
- Billy Campbell
- Tom Ortenberg
- Kevin Beggs
- Phil Fairclough
- Andrea Meditch
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- Co-executive Producer : Jewel Palovak
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- Cinematographer : Peter Zeitlinger
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- Assistant Editor : Maya Hawke
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- Sound :
- Ken King
Spencer Palermo
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- Composer : Richard Thompson
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- Original Music by
- Danielle DeGruttola : cello
- Henry Kaiser :music production, guitar
- Jim O'Rourke : guitar and keyboards
- Damon Smith : bass
- Richard Thompson : arrangements, guitar
- The soundtrack was recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA in December 2004.
- Watch for a possible DVD "extra" or independent release of the excellent documentary of that recording session!
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- Production Company : Discovery Docs
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- Distribution :
- Discovery Channel (2005) (USA) (TV)
- Lions Gate Films Inc. (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
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