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Grizzly Man
The Discovery Channel ^ | Feb. 3 2006 | n/a

Posted on 01/30/2006 9:45:17 PM PST by jordan8

Timothy Treadwell, tireless and passionate advocate for grizzly bears, was killed in October 2003 by the beast he so fervently adored and tried to protect. His remains, along with those of his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were discovered near their campsite in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve. They had been mauled and devoured by a grizzly, the first known victims of a bear attack in the park. The bear suspected of the killings was later shot by park officials.

Director Werner Herzog's film uses Treadwell's own startling documentary footage to paint a nuanced portrait of this complex and compelling figure while exploring larger questions about the uneasy relationship between man and nature. Discovery Docs, Discovery Channel's theatrical documentary unit, has partnered with Lions Gate Entertainment's new feature-length documentary unit to co-produce Grizzly Man.

At the heart of Grizzly Man is the spectacular footage of enormous grizzlies hunting, playing and fighting just feet from Treadwell and his camera. Treadwell shot these scenes over his last four visits to the Alaskan wilderness, apparently with the intention of creating a wildlife documentary. Even more fascinating, though, are the times Treadwell turns the camera on himself, alternately testifying to his almost religious love for the grizzlies and revealing less attractive, all too human emotions, including vanity, rage, paranoia and loneliness.

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TOPICS: Food; Humor; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: idiot; iloooooveyouuuuu; mentalillness; snuffflick; treadwellisbearpoop
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To: Beagle8U

Nah. Too gruesome.

Have you read "Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance"?


21 posted on 01/30/2006 11:56:46 PM PST by angkor
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To: Beagle8U

NOPE...lol

Guess I can't post pictures.


22 posted on 01/30/2006 11:57:49 PM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: angkor
No, haven't read that.

I have heard the audio of the attack that killed Treadwell and his girlfriend, they didn't die very quick...lol
23 posted on 01/31/2006 12:01:06 AM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: angkor
I wasn't trying to post the pic of the guy that got ate, just a pic of that huge bear that ate him.

The guy was about as much of a dimwit as Treadwell, out joggling in Griz country...lol
24 posted on 01/31/2006 12:11:19 AM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: jordan8
24 replies, and no "bar stool" jokes yet?

We're slipping...

25 posted on 01/31/2006 2:30:06 AM PST by backhoe
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To: jordan8

Does anyone think there might be a market for a Timmy Treadwell inaction figure?


26 posted on 01/31/2006 7:39:18 AM PST by Stilwell
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To: jordan8

Watching "Grizzly Man". Whoever said he had "issues" made a tremendous understatement. He was "out there". Perhaps somewhere on the other side of Pluto.


27 posted on 02/03/2006 6:44:34 PM PST by Lawgvr1955 (You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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To: backhoe

...somehting about bear droppings with tiny bells in it and smelling like pepper?

..Been trying to remember it the whole thread, but I suck at remembering jokes.


28 posted on 02/03/2006 6:49:51 PM PST by Delta 21 (MKC USCG-ret)
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To: pcottraux
It's on right now, and I turned it off.

...It's a 3 hour documentary and it just seems inane!

I don't want to speak ill of the dead....so I'll pass on commenting.

But I do find the subject ghoulish....

29 posted on 02/03/2006 6:51:40 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: Guenevere

I'm watching it from the beginning.

I think it's a great, great movie. But I guess it's not for everyone.


30 posted on 02/03/2006 6:54:59 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux
The scene where the morgue attendent (or whatever he was) tells us ...'in this container is the remains of Amy & Treadwell'....'they each had their own plastic bag'....

..and then he describes the bear eating Treadwell and so forth and so on...

..No!..it's not for everyone.

31 posted on 02/03/2006 7:01:14 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: Guenevere

There's a scene where the film's narrator/director listens to the audiotape of the attack with headphones on. We see his reactions, and afterwards, he says the tape should be destroyed.

There's a grim fascination. I think this is one of the best movies to come out last year (I missed it in theatres).


32 posted on 02/03/2006 7:05:30 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux

The guy was just completely nuts. Unfortunately, his behavior got not only himself killed, but his girlfriend as well as at least two bears.

The guy needed lithium, not tickets to Alaska.


33 posted on 02/03/2006 9:43:54 PM PST by kenth
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To: Guenevere
It's a 3 hour documentary and it just seems inane!

It is! An effeminate wackjob looking to form a "Cuddle Puddle" with an animal that is looking for a quick snack. Classic study in liberal enviorMENTAL dimwits, and how mentally unbalanced they all are!

34 posted on 02/03/2006 9:45:05 PM PST by Bommer (Ted Kennedy - Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life!)
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To: kenth

What makes this a unique documentary, though, is that the movie itself does not approve of him.

The thing is, he crossed a boundary between man and nature that should never be crossed.

You learn in the movie that he was fanatically devoted to saving the bears from poachers and hunters, although hunting is illegal there and poaching isn't a real problem. He wanted to save the land from development, but it's federally reserved land (The Katmai National Park) and under no threat of development.

He was sort of a looney idealist who envisioned himself as a lone hero/protector who thought nature was a beautiful Bambi-like oasis. And that the bears were his cuddly friends.


35 posted on 02/03/2006 9:47:48 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Bommer
Classic study in liberal enviorMENTAL dimwits, and how mentally unbalanced they all are!

It is that, and having just seen it, I can honestly say that that is part of what makes it such a compelling movie. The man was fascinating to watch in his insanity.
36 posted on 02/03/2006 9:48:58 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: pcottraux
Still a fascinating documentary. Werner Herzog does a great job of drawing people out with a calm and trusting demeanor. One can see how he is very good at what he does
Timothy is fascinating in his insanity. Yes he got what he deserved....but you still can't get drawn into the train wreck. Amy Hunigard still is a mystery. fascinating . I think its a pretty cool flic.
37 posted on 02/03/2006 9:59:06 PM PST by Blackirish (No Tagline today)
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To: pcottraux

I agree, the movie itself was interesting.

I really feel for that poor woman and her family.


38 posted on 02/03/2006 10:04:07 PM PST by kenth
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To: Blackirish

Yes, I thought it was masterfully done.

Herzog expresses that as an experienced film director, he has seen the kind of madness and insanity that we see Treadwell go through. He does not approve of what he does, and yet there is, in a sense, kind of a kinship.


39 posted on 02/03/2006 10:04:48 PM PST by pcottraux (It's pronounced "P. Coe-troe.")
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To: Blackirish

I grew up in Alaska (26 years) & everyone there knows these aren't grizzlies, there Brown bears, with their bellys full of sammon...
It took this idiot 8 years to work up a nerve to get close enough to start filming...
I fished the rivers & creeks along side these bears since I was about 8 years old & as long as you leave them alone they left you alone...
But thats brown bears, grizzlies don't want nothing to do with humanes...
Although smaller, pound for pound, a grizzly can easily kill a moose or caribou, that of course a brown bear never has to do...
This idiot wouldn't have made it a year documenting grizzlies...
I've hunted in denaily were the Toclat grizzly roam & killed moose & caribou in his back yard & could go on about these grizzlies, but you would not believe the bone yard that lays in there...
Even though, I'm suprised this fool lasted as long as he did...
They call this documentary grizzly man only because they know how vicious a true grizzly realy is...


40 posted on 02/03/2006 10:34:02 PM PST by maxamillion
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