Grizzly Man

Has anyone seen this documentary?

Although the footage of the kodiaks and grizzlies are remarkable, the man behind the camera forgot the cardinal rule with it comes to Alaska Grizzlies, you have to respect them and you have to fear them or you will not survive.

So if he forgot the rule, does that mean he paid by not surviving? I didn't see that documentary. It would get my attention if I stumbled upon it though.

Yes he paid for his vision with his life. But in the meantime he had foxes for pets and swam in the rivers right next to the bears. Pretty incredible

Wow. Scary. So how far into his documentary did he get?

It's his life they show it until right up at the end in the grizzly maze where he met his destiny. he and another that is kept nameless throughout the film. I remember when he was in Alaska people talked about him in a way that reminded you of padded walls and straight jackets. After seeing the film I can understand why they talked that way. But it is a compelling movie to watch.

I haven't seen the documentary, but for some reason bears terrify me. Everytime I see one on TV I have nightmares about grizzlies trying to kill me and get into my house. Weird huh??

yeah, but he was doing that for years before he got killed........
he had wild foxes up there that stayed with him when he was there, playing fetch and stuff...........and he "knew" those bears as much as you can actually can know a wild animal...........i think he just got too complacent.........

Or during his life when he was in society and got into drugs it warped his brain. I just finished Dean Koontz's new book Forever Odd, and even he was moved in some way by the film because he mentions it in the book, without saying the name of it.

Did you see it on TV? I'd like to know what channel it was on.

i think he was on discovery or National Geographic a few times............

it's on DVD now

Sounds pretty remarkable.

I saw a trailer for that at our local arthouse cinema. I thin I'll go - it looks fascinating. I'd like a glimpse into his psyche, and to know what his mom felt about this. I understand they interview family members.
To live like that amongst the wild animals is pretty amazing, even though he was killed eventually.

I saw that. Thought it was very interesting! Maybe I'm the only one who picked this up, but I think his irratic behavior was due to manic/depression. I have a granddaughter who is bipolar, and has the same irratic behavior.

I saw it when it came out on DVD. In my mind, the movie was amazing and fascinating but somewhat disturbing. I am so glad they didn't show the final minutes before Timothy Treadwell's death. I was a little afraid they would play the tape recordings for more shock value but I'm so glad they didn't.

Right now I'm not quite sure how I view Timothy. He seemed to get caught up in a fantasy world where he was becoming one with the bears and reality didn't play a part. But, in the end, he died surrounded by the environment in which he loved and I'm sure he thought we was doing everything right. If the bears didn't kill him, I think at some point reality would.

I still get shivers everytime I think of that movie.

I've never heard of Grizzly Man. I also didn't notice the reference in Forever Odd, but probably wouldn't have caught it, considering I'm not familiar with the movie. It does sound interesting, though.

I haven't seen the movie.....YET.....but I will as soon as I find it. I do know enough about this Timothy Treadwell to know that he quite obviously had some misconceptions as to how a human being fits into a Kodiak Brown Bears habitat. As someone said earlier, he DID have a drug problem some years back and quite possibly this had some lasting effects on his thinking and reasoning abilities. The other person that was killed along with him was his girlfriend. In my opinion, the Brown Bear that killed him did nothing wrong, it was just doing what comes natural for a predator to do. I do hope to get to see the video soon, but knowing what I already do about Treadwell, I'm sure that it will only support my feelings about an individual that obviously liked to tempt the powers that be. I just feel sorry for that girls family (and her) for being sucked into the fantasy world that Timothy Treadwell lived......in.

Funny you asked, I was visiting a pet sitting pet and saw that they had rented this movie. I borrowed it because of your post, and I'm looking forward to watching it right now!

Ok, I just watched it and yeah, that guy is a little out there. But his heart is in the right place. I'm jealous that he got to have foxes all around him! Is it bad that I was more horrified by the dead animal scenes and the bear fight was too intense, than the human death stuff? The movie was creepy, just hours before his death and he's still rolling camera...creepy....

When this thread was first started I was interesting in seeing the movie. I was checking out the TV listings last night and saw that this was on Discovery. Since I found out about it when it was on, I set the VCR to tape it early this morning and watched it this afternoon. I've been thinking about it ever since.

Originally Posted by Russian Blue

I saw it when it came out on DVD. In my mind, the movie was amazing and fascinating but somewhat disturbing. I am so glad they didn't show the final minutes before Timothy Treadwell's death. I was a little afraid they would play the tape recordings for more shock value but I'm so glad they didn't.

Right now I'm not quite sure how I view Timothy. He seemed to get caught up in a fantasy world where he was becoming one with the bears and reality didn't play a part. But, in the end, he died surrounded by the environment in which he loved and I'm sure he thought we was doing everything right. If the bears didn't kill him, I think at some point reality would.

I still get shivers everytime I think of that movie.

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Kass summed up exactly what I've been feeling/thinking about it. I can't stop thinking about it, and how disturbing yet amazing it was. Thank you for starting this thread MA, I probably wouldn't have even watched it had I not heard about it from you and the others here. You piqued my curiosity and I'm glad I had the opportunity to watch it.