Grizzly (film)

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Grizzly
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	William Girdler, David Sheldon
Produced by	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
Editing by	Bub Asman, Christopher Ness
Distributed by	Film Ventures International (USA, theatrical), Liberty Home Entertainment (DVD)
Release date(s)	1976
Running time	91 min
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Language	English
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Grizzly (also known as 'Killer Grizzly') is a 1976 horror film, directed by the late William Girdler. The film is about a 18 foot man-eating Grizzly bear that terrorizes a National Forest. The film stars Christopher George (from television's The Rat Patrol), veteran western actor Andrew Prine and Oscar nominee Richard Jaeckel. Widely considered a Jaws rip-off, Grizzly used many of the same plot devices as its shark predecessor that had established a box office in the year previous, 1975. Its tagline was '18 feet of gut-crunching terror.'

Grizzly became one of the most financially successful independent motion pictures of 1976, earning over an impressive $39 million worldwide, on a $750,000 budget.

In 1983, a sequel, "Grizzly II: The Predator" was planned and shot, but never released and provided early roles for both Charlie Sheen and George Clooney.