As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bears capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area. The dvd version is rated r but hardly any difference between the vhs version and dvd version. A fifteen foot grizzly bear goes on a killing spree in a national forest. The long sought after japanese laserdisc is the same version as the us video tape, however it does feature one difference. Mar 04, 2017 enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. The original uk cinema version was cut by the bbfc for an a pg rating to heavily edit an attack on a mother and son. I first saw grizzly when released in may 1976 as a 15 year old teenager and grizzly quickly became my alltime number 1 favorite movie and still is and while i havent seen the new bluray version yet, i have the 30th anniversary special edition on dvd and still love it. A fan made trailer for the animal horror movie grizzly.
The original trailer in high definition of grizzly directed by william girdler and starring christopher george, andrew prine, richard jaeckel. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl duration. Following the massive success of 1975s jaws it was open season for movies with creatures killing and eating humans. The film stars christopher george, andrew prine, and richard jaeckel.
Grizzly 1976 once upon a time there was a creature so perfectly adapted to its environment, it was as if the very landscape had been molded to its shape. The film does have some deleted scenes that have not yet resurfaced. The list contains the best, new and most relevant grizzly bear movies ordered by relevance. Before the bear can reach him, kelly fires the bazooka at the grizzly, killing the animal instantly. Despite its infamy as a bad movie, its been complimented for its exceptional violent special effects. The creature was now an intruder in its home, unwelcome, hunted. Grizzly 1976 releases dates, movie score, movie trailer, movie poster, synopsis, and plot. Subscribe to see more and comment your thoughts below. If you pardon the pun, grizzly was a monster surprise hit of 1976. The height and weight of the grizzly, according to the films publicity, was eighteen feet and two thousand pounds. An eighteenfoot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. Nov 14, 2016 yet another film that takes jaws and deposits the story elsewhere.
Grizzly was an independentlymade horror film, usually known as a jaws ripoff, but with a bear instead of a shark. One of a great movie about grizzly bear hunting with a traditional bow. With grizzly william girdler brings us one of most blatant jaws ripoffs ever brought to the big screen though with the first four kills being women i started to wonder if this was a slasher movie but we got a park ranger doing his best sheriff brody impression, a park supervisor equivalent of the mayors weve got to keep the beaches open. Imagine jaws, but in the woods with an 18 foot grizzly bear. The most dangerous jaws on land, grizzly was the highestgrossing independent film of 1976 and remains a cult favorite today. Giant 18 foot grizzly bear terrorizes national park. The most dangerous jaws on land, grizzly was the highestgrossing independent film of 1976 and remains a cult favorite. For several seconds, kelly sadly stares at the burning remains of the grizzly and then walks towards stobers body. The grizzly kills stober and then turns on kelly, who frantically pulls a bazooka from the helicopter. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. The grizzly kills the cub, leading them to believe the grizzly is male.
Killer grizzly 1976 a forest ranger christopher george tries heavy firepower on a very big georgia bear loose in a national park. Its 18 feet tall, over 2000 pounds, and not content to forage through trash cans. The grizzly is the largest carnivorous ground beast in the world, and one of the most dangerous animals to walk this earth. This movie was released by scorpion on a previous blu, which stated very clearly on both its packaging and on the amazon listing that the mastering quality was poor. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Overview of grizzly, 1976, directed by william girdler, with christopher george, andrew prine, richard jaeckel, at turner classic movies. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. In fact, there is a slight implication that he has some american indian heritage in his background after he relates an utterly asinine story about indians and grizzly bears.
The head park ranger sets about capturing and killing the beast but hes met with resistance from his superior and troubled by the number of glory hunting hunters who descend upon the park. Before scarface and say hello to my little friend we had this epic ending. Inspired by an encounter that the films screenwriter harvey flaxman had with a grizzly while on a family vacation, the story centers on park ranger michael kelly christopher george and his attempts to kill a giant grizzly bear that is. This week the guru takes on william girdlers 1976 killer bear opus grizzly, staring christopher george. Chris tophe r george leaps into the carnage to stop it. Grizzly was release on may 21, 1976 and time on this movie was 91 minutes. Grizzly 1976 vs prophecy 1979 giant fucking bears prepare yourself for serious special effects mastery and quality players like talia shire, christopher george and andrew prine, marking his third appearance in the 70s frightfest. If you can forget that this is a ripoff of jaws, then. The film is about an 18foot maneating grizzly bear that terrorizes a national forest. The movie had a very famous unreleased sequel that was shot but never put out. Famous bmovie that followed jaws was made for 750k and it grossed over 30 million.
A great adaption from the major 1976 motion picture starring christopher george, andrew prine and richard jaeckel and was directed by william girdler by film ventures international. However, the height of the grizzly in the films story line was around three feet shorter, said to be at or at least fifteen feet, thereby somewhat making the movie s promotional blurbs an exaggeration. An eighteenfoottall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a park ranger to save the day. Jul 24, 2015 before scarface and say hello to my little friend we had this epic ending.
Grizzly christopher george, andrew prine film hd1080p youtube. Montoro once said of this movie for the films publicity. It is a popular misconception that grizzlies are placid, fruit and insecteating animals. Ranger kelly christopher george, expert scott richard jaeckel and pilot don andrew prine worry about hunters set loose in the park, turns out with good reason, the first bearoncamera scene, from grizzly, 1976.
Grizzly also known as killer grizzly is a 1976 horror film directed by william girdler. Yet another film that takes jaws and deposits the story elsewhere. In the case christopher george is the grumpygood man trying to stop the rampage of a giant bear in a national park. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious, semi serious, humorous and tense films and tv shows about with grizzly bear, bear, wilderness, native american, survival, danger, adventure, forest, escapades and mountain plots mostly in adventure, thriller and family genres. A fifteenfoot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. Grizzly has got the reputation of being one of the first of many jaws rip offs. Vincent canby from the new york times panned the film, criticizing the films poor plotting, cinematography and editing. Critical reception for grizzly in 1976 was extremely negative, with most critics criticizing the film for being too closely similar to steven spielbergs thriller jaws. Tmds movie corner poe avgcp auttp nodd the bizarre world of fake martial arts duration.
Watching this again make me think i was way too hard on the sister film to this day of the animals. Grizzly is much different than the film, the ending is way much better and theres more action in the book and will collins describes a lot of how the bear became a. In the case christopher george is the grumpygood man trying to stop the. S vhs version of grizzly is rated pg as its original release in 1976. Jan 26, 20 following the massive success of 1975s jaws it was open season for movies with creatures killing and eating humans. When a killer grizzly terrorizes a state park rampaging for human prey, the ranger and his men must stop the ensuing slaughter. Grizzly 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The park rangers try to trap it using a cub for bait, believing the grizzly to be the cubs mother. This tale of nature gone wild is one enjoyable horror film. The predator had john rhysdavies hunting a bear in a park that ends up attacking a rock concert in the park and gave charlie sheen and george clooney early rolesas bad as grizzly was, id love to see the sequel. One of the first films to hop on the bandwagon was the 1976 creature feature grizzly which was cleverly billed as 18 feet of gutcrunching, maneating terror. Story sees a giant grizzly bear terrorise campers and hikers at a state park. Rather, they are foultempered, and basically meateaters. Don stober don here is a local who claims to have lived in the area all his life.
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