Banff Mountain Film Festival

A Festival Film Finalist:

Grizzly Man
(2005, USA, 104’)
Director:Werner Herzog
Producer: Erik Nelson
Warning: Coarse language (Rated 14A)

Timothy Treadwell in Alaska's Katmai National Park in the film Grizzly Man.

In his mesmerizing new film Grizzly Man, acclaimed director Werner Herzog explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell.
Treadwell lived unarmed among the bears for thirteen summers, and filmed his adventures in the wild during his final five seasons. In October 2003,Treadwell’s remains, along with those of his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were discovered near their campsite in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Reserve. They had been mauled and devoured by a grizzly, the first known victims of a bear attack in the park.

In Grizzly Man, Herzog plumbs not only the mystery of wild nature, but also the mystery of human nature as he chronicles Treadwell’s final years in the wilderness.

“Was Timothy Treadwell a passionate and fearless environmentalist who devoted his life to living peacefully among Alaskan grizzly bears in order to save them? Or was he a deluded misanthrope whose reckless actions resulted in his own death, as well as those of his girlfriend and one of the bears he swore to protect?” You decide.

Carnivore experts will share their views on the subject of grizzly bear habituation. This evening will be controversial, we can be sure!