Grizzly (1976 film)
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Promotional movie poster by Neal Adams.
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| Directed by |
William Girdler David Sheldon |
| Produced by | Lloyd N. Adams (executive producer) Edward L. Montoro Harvey Flaxman David Sheldon |
| Written by | Harvey Flaxman, David Sheldon |
| Starring |
Christopher George Andrew Prine Richard Jaeckel |
| Music by | Robert O. Ragland |
| Cinematography | William L. Asman |
| Edited by |
Bub Asman Christopher Ness |
| Distributed by |
Columbia Pictures/Film Ventures International (U.S.) Paramount Pictures (Non-U.S.) |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $750,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $39,000,000 |
Grizzly (also known as Killer Grizzly) is a 1976 thriller film directed by William Girdler, about a 15-foot tall, man-eating grizzly bear that terrorizes a National Forest. It stars Christopher George, Andrew Prine and Richard Jaeckel. Widely considered a Jaws rip-off, Grizzly used many of the same plot devices as its shark predecessor, which had been a huge box office success during the previous year.
In 1983, sequel Grizzly II: The Predator was shot, but was never released. The abortive project provided early roles for both Charlie Sheen and George Clooney. The giant grizzly bear in the film was portrayed by a bear named Teddy who was 11 feet tall.
The film opens with military veteran helicopter pilot and guide Don Stober (Prine) flying individuals above the trees of a vast national park. He states that the woods are untouched and remain much as they did during the time when Native Americans lived there.
Two female hikers are breaking camp when they are suddenly attacked and killed by an unseen animal. The national park's chief ranger, Michael Kelly (George), and photographer Allison Corwin (Joan McCall), daughter of the park's restaurant owner, decide to follow a ranger to the primitive campsite to check on the female hikers. There they discover the mangled corpses of the two girls, one of which has been partially buried.
At the hospital, a doctor tells Kelly that the girls were killed by a bear. The park supervisor, Charley Kittridge (Joe Dorsey), blames Kelly for the attacks, saying that the bears were supposed to have been moved from the park by Kelly and naturalist Arthur Scott (Jaeckel) before the tourist season began. Kelly and Kittridge argue over closing the park, before deciding to move all hikers off the park's mountain while allowing campers to remain in the lowlands. Kelly calls Scott, who tells him that all of the bears are accounted for and this specific bear must be unknown to the forest.
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