PROJECT GRIZZLY (1996)

When a grizzly bear attacked Troy Hurtubise in 1984, he changed the life of the northern Ontario metal worker in ways that are unexpected, profound and funny. Though Hurtubise survived, he decided to construct an armoured suit that could handle a confrontation with a grizzly. Clearly obsessed, Hurtubise did just that, building a huge 145 pound suit made out of titanium, rubber and chain mail supported by interior air bags. The most hilarious scenes in the fi lm feature Hurtubise as a kind of Japanese robot, willingly testing himself and his suit by being clobbered by baseball bats, thrown off cliffs, rammed by logs and hit by a pickup truck. Much of the film, apart from the wild test sessions, follows Hurtubise as he fi gures out where he will finally confront the grizzly in his protective suit. The journey takes him to the Rockies and to some scenes of self-awareness. “It’s fantastic.”— Quentin Tarantino “One of the most provocatively entertaining and loopily Canadian documentaries of the decade.” —Geoff Pevere, The Toronto Star

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