Many baby boomers have fond memories of watching Dan Haggerty in his "Grizzly Adams" incarnation on both the big screen and television, so they're quite likely to want to bring their children to see his latest effort. The bearded, burly actor isn't playing the same character in this feature; a legal disclaimer before the film, which could make an interesting story in itself, makes this point clear.
Unfortunately, the cannily titled "Grizzly Mountain" isn't likely to have the same impact on today's moppets, and it will prove almost unbearable for adults. The token theatrical release will be quick and uneventful.
Haggerty was injured, nearly fatally, in a motorcycle crash some years back, so it's heartening to see him looking so robustly healthy; indeed, the actor is more bearlike than ever. He plays Jeremiah, a mountain man living in the Oregon territory in the 1870s. The plot concerns his encounter with two young children from the 1990s who have stumbled through a time warp inside a nearby cave.
With the help of gadgets such as their Game Boy and CB radio, the children help Jeremiah and his Native American friends prevent their mountain paradise from being overrun by evil developers (yes, they were around even 120 years ago) who are in cahoots with a crooked sheriff and a bare-shouldered, villainous vixen. Also figuring prominently in the plot are a large grizzly bear, of course, and an eagle with the skills of a bloodhound.
Although one doesn't exactly look for sophistication in a children's film, "Grizzly Mountain" is a particularly egregious example of the genre, marked by wooden acting, silly dialogue, cheesy production values and sloppy photography and editing. Director Jeremy Haft is particularly fond of endless, screen-filling close-ups of performers who emerge hardly flattered by the technique.
Even young children should be less-than-enthralled by the lackluster effort of all concerned, though they will no doubt find the gentle-voiced Haggerty as comfortable and reassuring a screen presence as their parents did.
GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN
Legacy Releasing
Director Jeremy Haft
Screenplay Jeremy Haft, Peter White
Producer Anthony Dalesandro, Peter White
Executive producers Eric Parkinson,
Nicholas Konstant, George Furla
Director of photography Andy Parke
Editors Richard Westover, Anthony Dalesandro
Music Jon McCallum
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jeremiah Dan Haggerty
Dylan Dylan Haggerty
Nicole Nicole Lund
Marshall Jackson Martin Kove
Betty Kim Morgan
Greene Boss Man/Burts Perry Stephens
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
Unfortunately, the cannily titled "Grizzly Mountain" isn't likely to have the same impact on today's moppets, and it will prove almost unbearable for adults. The token theatrical release will be quick and uneventful.
Haggerty was injured, nearly fatally, in a motorcycle crash some years back, so it's heartening to see him looking so robustly healthy; indeed, the actor is more bearlike than ever. He plays Jeremiah, a mountain man living in the Oregon territory in the 1870s. The plot concerns his encounter with two young children from the 1990s who have stumbled through a time warp inside a nearby cave.
With the help of gadgets such as their Game Boy and CB radio, the children help Jeremiah and his Native American friends prevent their mountain paradise from being overrun by evil developers (yes, they were around even 120 years ago) who are in cahoots with a crooked sheriff and a bare-shouldered, villainous vixen. Also figuring prominently in the plot are a large grizzly bear, of course, and an eagle with the skills of a bloodhound.
Although one doesn't exactly look for sophistication in a children's film, "Grizzly Mountain" is a particularly egregious example of the genre, marked by wooden acting, silly dialogue, cheesy production values and sloppy photography and editing. Director Jeremy Haft is particularly fond of endless, screen-filling close-ups of performers who emerge hardly flattered by the technique.
Even young children should be less-than-enthralled by the lackluster effort of all concerned, though they will no doubt find the gentle-voiced Haggerty as comfortable and reassuring a screen presence as their parents did.
GRIZZLY MOUNTAIN
Legacy Releasing
Director Jeremy Haft
Screenplay Jeremy Haft, Peter White
Producer Anthony Dalesandro, Peter White
Executive producers Eric Parkinson,
Nicholas Konstant, George Furla
Director of photography Andy Parke
Editors Richard Westover, Anthony Dalesandro
Music Jon McCallum
Color/stereo
Cast:
Jeremiah Dan Haggerty
Dylan Dylan Haggerty
Nicole Nicole Lund
Marshall Jackson Martin Kove
Betty Kim Morgan
Greene Boss Man/Burts Perry Stephens
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
- 10/31/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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