Grizzly Man Prequel To Air on Animal Planet
Posted by Jay C on July 15th, 2008
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Source: Videogum
It looks like there’s more to be said about the life and times of Timothy Treadwell, the subject of Werner Herzog’s critcally acclaimed film, ‘Grizzly Man’. Apparently the producers of Herzog’s film and his upcoming ‘Encounters at the End of the World’ have decided to revisit Treadwell’s hundreds of hours of video footage, culling together an eight part special to be aired next month on Animal Planet. Here’s a snippet from the press release:
It will draw upon the hundreds of hours of archived footage, private pages from his diaries and more than 10,000 still photographs, ultimately telling the story he truly wanted to before his untimely death from the very creatures he loved so deeply.
Herzog is NOT involved in this project, which may be a good thing for those who weren’t a fan of his approach towards this subject matter. Personally, I’ll miss his cynical views of nature and curious interest in Treadwell’s one-man-crew filming techniques. Having said that, I don’t think Herzog’s version should necessarily be the only version of this story. Maybe a more straight-forward celebration of his life will satisfy those who felt Grizzly Man was a little too quirky and dark. The first episode of The Grizzly Man Diaries airs August 22 on Animal Planet. If anyone catches it, let us know by sharing your thoughts in the comments section.
Jay C on 
July 22nd, 2008 12:43
I’m looking forward to this. I thought Herzog did an amazing job with Grizzly Man… what an eerie film. I’m hoping to see more of Treadwell wearing his crazy hat in front of the camera.
I especially enjoyed the mental breakdown he had when describing his run-ins with the park rangers. Its kind of sad that he didn’t realize they were there to protect him from himself.
July 27th, 2008 03:44
Aw geez now I wish I had TV/cable. Oh well I thought Hewrzog’s treatment was quite fair and objective. If anything, he probably showed Treadwill to be more sane and stable than he really was.
July 29th, 2008 11:04
I didn’t much care for Herzog’s version at all. The footage from Treadwell’s camera is the most interesting parts of the film. I’d love to see more of that footage and less of the scripted interviews with family and doctors, etc about the “incident.” The footage is what I care about the most. But that’s just me and I’m mildly inhuman.
August 6th, 2008 15:40
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