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Grizzly Man is a 2005 documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life and death of environmentalist and bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell. The music in the film is by British folk singer Richard Thompson. The film was co-produced by Discovery Docs, the Discovery Channel's theatrical documentary unit, and Lions Gate Films.

Timothy Treadwell spent thirteen summers in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Over time, he became trusted by the bears, who would allow him to approach them, and sometimes even touch them. Treadwell filmed his exploits, and used the films to raise public awareness of the problems faced by bears in North America. However, in 2003, at the end of his thirteenth visit, he and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, were attacked, killed and eaten by a bear.

For Grizzly Man, Herzog used sequences extracted from over 100 hours of video footage shot by Treadwell during the last five years of his life, and conducted interviews with Treadwell's family and friends, as well as experts and authority figures. Herzog also narrates, and offers his own interpretations of the events, depicting Treadwell as a disturbed man who may have had a deathwish toward the end of his life.

Grizzly Man premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. It was released in theaters on August 12, 2005, and was released on DVD in the United States on December 26, 2005. The Discovery Channel aired Grizzly Man on television on February 3, 2006; its 3-hour presentation of the film included a 30-minute companion special that delved deeper into Treadwell's relationship with the bears and addressed controversies such as claims of fictitious interviews. The DVD release of the film is missing an interview with Treadwell by David Letterman that was shown in the original theatrical release; however, the version televised on the Discovery Channel retains this scene.

Awards

Nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Documentary
Won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Award for Best Documentary/ Non-Fiction Film
Won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film
Won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary
Won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
Won the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary

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