Fresh
Like so much of Herzog's work, both narrative and documentary, this is an engrossing look at obsessive behavior gone terribly awry.
Joshua Katzman, Chicago Reader
Grizzly Man
In nature, there are boundaries. One man spent the last thirteen years of his life crossing them.
2005 · 1h 43m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Werner Herzog
Overview
Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.
Director and cast
- Werner Herzog Director
- Timothy Treadwell as Himself
- Kathleen Parker as Herself
- 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
- Werner Herzog as Himself
- Marc Gaede Cast
- David Letterman Cast
- Larry Van Daele Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Treadwell, a failed TV actor, is presented as someone desperate to give and receive love. That he went to such extremes is tragic, but also, in Herzog's sympathetic eyes, deeply human.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
Fascinating as both nature documentary and as a portrait of a narcissistic monomaniac, utterly in keeping with Herzogian type.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Fresh
An alternately gripping and funny-charming nature film and psychological study.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
[Treadwell] left behind 100 hours of some of the most astonishing nature footage ever captured by camera.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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