Backcountry, a wilderness survival thriller the new york. This is a list of films that are based on actual events. Its probably best for provincial park business that adam macdonalds backcountry, a movie in which a bickering urban couple are stalked by a 600pound black bear, is. In advance of this weekends supposedly factbased horror thriller backcountry which centers on an urban couple being terrorized by a black bear during a camping trip weve taken a look back. The trailer made it look like a couple were being stalked by both a murderous bear and a human weirdo. Mar 20, 2015 backcountry includes a brief notice that its based on a true story, and mr. The story is about a flake from long island named timothy treadwell who decided he had to document the life of bears in alaska, and save them from nonexistent poachers. Based on a true story, backcountry follows an urban couple who go camping in the canadian wilderness where unimaginable beauty sits alongside our most primal fears. Anastasia the movie may be a story of hope, but the real anastasias life had a much more tragic ending. I agree, i made a short film for community college when i was a student that was inspired by something that happened in real life, but i didnt plaster based on a true story at the beginning of it. Adam macdonald talks about his feature directorial debut, backcountry, the true story the film is based on, working with real bears and more at tiff 2014. The promotional materials mention that backcountry is based on a true story. Backcountry has much in common with a similar survival horror film named open water. So, yes, this is based very, very loosely on a true story.
Its actually based on the reallife story of a couple who were camping in ontario. Backcountry is director adam macdonalds first feature length film and it is evident in the second half of the feature. It is loosely based on the true story of a maneating bear and 30yearolds mark jordan and jacqueline perry, in the back country of missinaibi lake provincial park, north of chapleau, ontario in 2005, events for which mark later received the star of courage award from governor general. Neither movie is particularly good, but the other one, grizzly, is slightly better mostly because of the bearstunt work in that movie.
The true story of two fatal grizzly bear attacks that changed. Place based on a true story at the beginning of any film and viewers are more likely to pay attention, wondering all along the similarities to real life and feeling a deeper connection to the storys characters because they are based in reality. Mar 17, 2015 but backcountry does at times feel more like a 80s slasher film than a truestory survival tale. The real story behind anastasia is so much sadder than the movie sheknows. North country is a 2005 american drama film directed by niki caro, starring charlize theron, frances mcdormand, sean bean, richard jenkins, michelle monaghan, jeremy. Black bear kills woman camper north of chapleau, ont.
Backcountry has the most gruesome animal attack scene i. Mar 01, 2015 john smiths true story inspired the film breakthrough. Mar 19, 2015 the movie, which hits theaters today, is a fictionalized account based on a couple of real incidents in canadas vast wilderness, says backcountry writer and director adam macdonald, who spent. In the reality though, the genders are reversed and its the wife who is killed.
An urban couple go camping in the woods and find themselves lost in. A couple was camping in a remote provincial park in northern ontario and they were attacked by a predatory black bear. As in any number of manversuswild horror flicks, backcountry is the story of a. New film backcountry flips the genders on bear attack mild. Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry at tiff.
In backcountry and other movies, a bear makes a mean costar. The 25 best movies based on true stories on netflix april. Aug 03, 2017 the true story of two fatal grizzly bear attacks that changed our relationship with wildlife. New movie tells true story of snowboarder surviving in.
If this movie is based on a true story,it means its based on a woman because she is the only survivor. Missy peregrym, jeff roop, eric balfour, and nicholas campbell opening in theaters march 20th. A nice story, maybe with some sex, violence and batman thrown in. Listed is everything from epic hollywood movie productions to nitty gritty thuhiking documentaries. After i came up with the idea of an open water in the woods, i started to do quite a bit of research on black bears as well as first hand accounts of campers and. The terror of nature in adam macdonalds backcountry may. I said to myself very early on that if one or both of these characters is dead by the end of the story the film will be so much better for it. Camping couple faces off against bear in backcountry. Oct 15, 2010 now the real life drama is hitting the big screen in the movie conviction.
But sometimes a movie comes along and takes on special meaning because its based on a true story, and so we watch with rapt attention knowing that some. The best hiking movies for some outdoor inspiration. The 1999 horror classic tells the story of three people who set out to maryland to uncover the truth about a witch and never come back. Backcountry has the most gruesome animal attack scene ive. The true story of two fatal grizzly bear attacks that. Grizzly man was a great documentary too but this movies story was entirely different.
Mar 22, 2015 here is the second bear movie this year after grizzly, another creature feature starring thomas jane and billy bob thornton. Backcountry is a 2014 canadian nature survival horror film, written and directed by adam macdonald. Presented as a documentary, the foundfootage film was marketed as the real deal, with some early watchers believing that they were actually witnessing these students getting lost in the woods. Mar 19, 2015 the promotional materials mention that backcountry is based on a true story. I watched this movie again the next day, because it stayed with me. But i was so focused on making a bear movie and doing it right that i forgot that i was actually working with real bears until the night before. Grizzly man is the best bear attack movie ever made. The director loosely based this film on the 2005 story of a married couple who are attacked by a bear while camping in canada. Mar 20, 2015 and so is the case of backcountry, a verywell executed wilderness thriller written and directed by adam macdonald and apparently inspired by a true story that the movie made me very much not want to look up, which i suppose may be taken by some to be a token of its effectiveness.
Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry at tiff 2014. Oct 21, 2005 north country, starring charlize theron, is about the sexual harassment class action lawsuit that the women of evtac mines in minnesota filed in the 1980s. To macdonalds credit backcountry is the montrealborn directors first feature. Mar, 2015 based on a true story, backcountry follows an urban couple who go camping in the canadian wilderness where unimaginable beauty sits alongside our most primal fears.
Adam macdonalds featuredirecting debut premiered in torontos discovery sidebar knowing that the situations depicted in actor and filmmaker adam macdonalds backcountry are based on true. Sure enough debut writerdirector adam macdonald showed the courage to kill off the male character despite it being the woman who died in the real life story this was based on from what i understand. John smiths true story inspired the film breakthrough. Into the wild, track, the way, wild, the way back, wildlike, a walk in the woods, as it happens, and more. Ive lived here all my life and this is a first for me, said farand. The man is portrayed as a bumbling idiot who makes stupid decisions at every turn, failing to bring a map, surreptitiously removing his girlfriends cell phone from her purse and leaving it in. These ideas are not simply abandoned as red herrings when the bear plot develops, either, and like a wellwritten stories these other aspects fo the story continue and help elevate backcountry above a simple thrill movie. Tense, wellacted, and at once atmospheric as well as brutally impactful, backcountry marks a memorably assured debut from writerdirector adam macdonald.
New film backcountry flips the genders on bear attack. I wanted to make something as powerful as it would be in real life. Every summer he went to alaska to live among the bears, and videotape their doings. May 24, 2007 the 32yearold software developer says the award announced yesterday is a bittersweet honour, one thats being bestowed on him for fighting off a bear that savagely attacked and killed his wife. Its a shame its advertised as a bearattack movie, because there are other themes built early in the movie that could lead you to expect a lot of other types of story. Under normal life circumstances, this is a harmless enough utterance. Check out these movies based on true stories on netflix. Jan 25, 2016 backcountry real story silver n black. Backcountry includes a brief notice that its based on a true story, and mr. We asked an expert to watch the new horror movie backcountry and. Knowing how others survived is part of your arsenal of backcountry survival knowledge. How do i know she didnt kill him in the woods and after that she ate him because she was starving and also had sex with the creepy guy while he was chopping. Macdonald has said he was partly inspired by an ontario couples reallife wilderness nightmare.
Wilderness survival stories learn from real backcountry. How to survive a black bear attack we asked an expert to watch the horror movie backcountry and break down the myths and realities of encountering one of the forests most intimidating animals. This movie is kind of falsely advertised from what i remember of promotion. Sep 14, 2014 adam macdonald talks about his feature directorial debut, backcountry, the true story the film is based on, working with real bears and more at tiff 2014. When people have seen the attack in this movie, theyre really taken aback and. Backcountry is a critically acclaimed new horror survival film about a canadian couple that gets lost in the woods and is subjected to a bear attack. Now the real life drama is hitting the big screen in the movie conviction. The 32yearold software developer says the award announced yesterday is a bittersweet honour, one thats being bestowed on him for fighting off a. Any sense of realism is gone as contrived coincidence takes a front row seat in what is an underwhelming finale. I mean the girl died in real life, and she was not eaten by a bear, she died while they were going back after the attack. Born in guatemala, john was adopted by brian and joyce smith at the age of 5 months and moved with them to st. It is loosely based on the true story of a maneating bear and 30yearolds.
Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry, the true. And so is the case of backcountry, a verywell executed wilderness thriller written and directed by adam macdonald and apparently inspired by a true story that the movie made me very much not want to look up, which i suppose may be taken by some to be a token of its. Apparently inspired by a true story that the movie made me very much not want to look up, which i suppose may be taken by some to be a token of its effectiveness. Rating the truthfulness of 10 factbased horror movies. Not all movies have remained true to the genuine history of the event or the characters they are portraying, often adding action and drama to increase the substance and popularity of the movie. Aug 27, 2015 its probably best for provincial park business that adam macdonalds backcountry, a movie in which a bickering urban couple are stalked by a 600pound black bear, is coming out at summers end. The acting, by newcomerssoontobefamous, is layered and totally real, in wellrounded roles and characters that make believable choices all the way through. Miracle on the mountain is a new movie about the true survival story of snowboarder eric lemarque in the sierra nevada for eight days.
I just watched backcountry on netflix last night and holy crap i think the bear attack scene was the gnarliest animal attack scene ive ever seen in a movie. Unlike other backcountry type movies that rely on stereotypes of locals, this movie taps into that fear of being unprepared in an unfamiliar situation. The movie is sufficiently potent in its depiction of the. The movie was filmed in powassan, ontario as well as caddy lake, manitoba. For the best experience please update your browser. Charles, missouri, where he currently attends high school. With jeff roop, missy peregrym, nicholas campbell, eric balfour. The terror of nature in adam macdonalds backcountry may keep.
A real event, made to feel fake north country, starring charlize theron, is about the sexual harassment class action lawsuit that the women of evtac mines in minnesota filed in. Tragically, in 2001, 47yearold kenny died after a freak fall, just six months after his release. In the true story, the woman is killed and the man escapes. When john isnt at school, he enjoys spending time with his parents, three brothers, and friends. Backcountry official trailer i hd i ifc midnight youtube. What true story is this based on posted 5 years ago by megafauna005 12 replies. The 32yearold software developer says the award announced yesterday is a bittersweet honour, one thats being bestowed on him for fighting off a bear that savagely attacked and killed his wife. These ideas are not simply abandoned as red herrings when the bear plot develops, either, and like a wellwritten stories these other aspects fo the story continue and help elevate backcountryabove a simple thrill movie. This is a movie about hikers in the backcountry being pursuedattacked by a black bear. In the woods with actors and a 600pound black bear to. Mar 20, 2015 hitfix rates the truthfulness of 10 horror films purporting to be based on a true story, from the. In this terrifying and criticallyacclaimed thriller. In the woods with actors and a 600pound black bear to film.
Stories from real people who are blending the outdoors with the everyday, the latest information about gear we love, advice to get you into a new activity or take your passion to the next level, and trip reports to help you plan your next adventure. This horror film based on a true story is the most. In backcountry, reallife couple jacqueline perry and mark jordans struggles to survive a bear attack in the back country of missinaibi lake provincial park are represented by fictional characters jen missy peregrym and alex jeff roop. Backcountry has the most gruesome animal attack scene ive ever witnessed. Backcountry is a critically acclaimed new horrorsurvival film about a canadian couple that gets lost in the woods and is subjected to a bear attack. Loosely based on the true story of jacqueline perry and mark jordan, whose own backcountry trip in northern ontario turned into a real life nightmare when they encountered a humanhunting bear. I came across a story of a couple who were savagely attacked in the backcountry by a predatory black bear nearly ten years ago, i found the story both heroic and tragic, it made me very emotional. The scares are longlasting and shocking, and the end mirrors the fighttosurvive standoff of 80s horror films. The writer and director adam macdonald was born in 1977, two years after. While backcountry is a completely different beast of a film, it should be admired for how well it pulls off such a familiar genre.
Mar 07, 2016 grizzly man is the best bear attack movie ever made. Nicholas campbell and jeff roop being named for the script. A black bear that may have learned to prey on humans killed a woman and injured her husband at a provincial park in northern ontario. It simply served as inspiration to write and direct something. Alex jeff roop is a seasoned outdoorsman while jenn missy peregrym, a corporate lawyer, is not. Because backcountry is based on a true story, and bear attacks though rare if youre smart do happen in real life, i have to say this movie does play into some real fears. But while there is some gore late in the film, what makes backcountry special is the care and patience it invests in its characters and the quiet, haunting tension of its story line. The single most horrifying moment occurs right up top, when text appears onscreen that reads based on a true story.
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