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Man in the Wilderness is a 1971 American revisionist Western film about a scout for a group of mountain men who are traversing the Northwestern United States during the 1820s. The scout is mauled by a bear and left to die by his companions.
Dec 19, 1971 · Man in the Wilderness: Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon, Percy Herbert. Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
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- Adventure, Drama, Western
- Richard C. Sarafian
- 1971-12-19
A soft-spoken but intense frontiersman on an extended fur trapping expedition in the 19th century American wilderness gets himself mauled by a grizzly. Maimed but alive, he’s buried...
As noted in Filmfacts, Man in the Wilderness was based on two real-life occurrences of 1823: trapper Hugh Glass's miraculous survival after being mauled by a bear, and the attack by Arikara Indians on a trapping expedition with an amphibious boat.
- Richard C. Sarafian, Juan Carlos Lopez Rodero
- Richard Harris
Mar 6, 2024 · The Revenant is loosely based on American frontiersman Hugh Glass, and his experiences surviving in the wilderness during General Ashley's 1823 expedition. While the film does take liberties with the real-life events, it largely remains faithful to the story by depicting Glass surviving a bear mauling before embarking on a revenge quest against ...
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Will Poulter
Man in the Wilderness is a 1971 movie starring Richard Harris and John Huston tells the fictional story of mountain man Zachary Bass who is mauled by a bear, left for dead, and survives seeking revenge on the evil Captain Henry who left him to die. Even though Glass’ name has been changed, the story is obviously patterned after Hugh Glass.
Released in 1971, "Man in the Wilderness" stars Richard Harris as Zach Bass who's adventures are based on the real-life account of Hugh Glass, a man who survives a mauling by a grizzly bear and makes his way crawling and stumbling 200 miles to Fort Kiowa, in South Dakota, after being abandoned without supplies or weapons by fellow explorers and ...
