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Grizzly Man (2005)

Director: Werner Herzog

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From Time Out New York

The late Timothy Treadwell, mauled grizzly-bear "activist," existed on a plane of his own—one where human beings roamed freely with a violent species of wildlife that hardly required their self-appointed protection. For 13 summers, he videotaped his gushing effusions over bears until one killed him and his girlfriend in 2003. As related in Werner Herzog's assembly of Treadwell's own footage and new postmortem testimony, the story becomes a fascinating, strangely touching cry in the dark. 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.

Author: JR

Time Out New York website

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Director: Werner Herzog

Producer: Erik Nelson

Genre(s): Documentaries

Duration: 103 mins

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