Roar (1981)

Movie Scenes Where Actors Bled For Real (8 movies items)

" Roar is technically a fictional adventure-comedy film, the story is entirely too real. After visiting a game preserve in Mozambique, actors Tippi Hedren and Noel Marshall decided to make a film about the animals they had seen there. They brought a variety of exotic animals to their home in Los Angeles and recruited their own children to star in a film about a family living on a nature preserve in Africa surrounded by big cats. In all, Hedren and Marshall brought 132 animals to their Los Ang"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Wildlife activist and actress Tippi Hedren starred in this adventure written, directed by, and costarring her producer husband Noel Marshall and inspired by the surprise success of Born Free. Hedren is Madeleine, a woman who brings her children (including real-life daughter and future movie star Melanie Griffith) to the African jungle for a visit with her long-estranged husband Hank. An eccentric scientist, Hank has dedicated the past several years of his life to fighting for the preservati"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Wildlife activist and actress Tippi Hedren starred in this adventure written, directed by, and costarring her producer husband Noel Marshall and inspired by the surprise success of Born Free. Hedren is Madeleine, a woman who brings her children (including real-life daughter and future movie star Melanie Griffith) to the African jungle for a visit with her long-estranged husband Hank. An eccentric scientist, Hank has dedicated the past several years of his life to fighting for the preservati"

Why It’s Rated (615 movies items)

"Rated: Not rated Why it’s rated: it’s one of the most dangerous films, ever made. Animals may have not been harmed. People? Now that’s a different story!"

Most Dangerous Movies Ever Made (13 movies items)

"If ever a film seemed specifically designed to threaten the safety of everyone involved, it is Roar, completed in 1981. It was the brainchild of actress Tippi Hedren and her writer/producer husband Noel Marshall, who conceived their story of a family attacked by wild jungle animals during a stay in Africa, and it was executed in the most insane fashion imaginable. Dismayed to find that you couldn't actually rent lions, Hedren and Marshall simply bought a ranch and began raising their own—alon"

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"My rating: 6/10"