Fact-Checking ‘A Walk in the Woods’ With Director Ken Kwapis

hikerboy · Sep 8th 2015, 8:28pm

great story. redford wanted to do it originally with paul newman.

Fact-Checking ‘A Walk in the Woods’ With Director Ken Kwapis

"The Appalachian Trail spans 2,180 miles and 14 states on its route between Georgia’s Springer Mountain and Mt. Katahdin in Maine. “A Walk In the Woods,” starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte as novice hikers who attempt to complete the trail, was filmed mostly in the woods around Atlanta.Director Ken Kwapis can be forgiven for shooting a movie about nature’s majesty near a major city, given the technical demands of making a feature film, not to mention one requiring two actors in their seventies to trudge around in the woods. (Nolte got his hip replaced after the shoot.) Plus, there’s the lure of ..."

story continued here

JimBlue · Sep 8th 2015, 8:52pm

I saw a video that talked about the filming. They did go somewhere up the trail that a number of thru-hikers said had to be in the movie. The director said the film crew had to hike all of the film and sound gear up there so they could film it.

jimmyjam · Sep 8th 2015, 8:54pm

they did hike up to McAfee but its there doubles in the scene on the "diving board"

Da Wolf · Sep 8th 2015, 9:18pm

i bet they walked the old AT up the fire road

hikerboy · Sep 8th 2015, 11:28pm

sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-5-s…l&utm_campaign=newsletter

CoachLou · Sep 10th 2015, 11:59am

Ov asked me........"isn't Mcafees knob south of the SNP?"

Socks · Sep 10th 2015, 12:00pm

Da Wolf wrote:

i bet they walked the old AT up the fire road

ya think they walked?

I was thinking more "A Ride in the Woods"

rafe · Sep 10th 2015, 1:02pm

hikerboy wrote:

sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-5-s…l&utm_campaign=newsletter

Good article, though maybe I saw it (or something just like it) in Journeys magazine. I'm aware the film was heavily sanitized for LNT purposes... I guess I'm OK with that. ATC is obviously all-in with this film.

OzJacko · Sep 10th 2015, 8:03pm

I wonder how much REI paid for their high profile?

OzJacko · Sep 10th 2015, 8:05pm

But I had to laugh at the Cadillac Escalade.
Do you still have yours Milkman?

CoachLou · Sep 12th 2015, 5:58am

Nick Nolte is Katz, I'm not so sure Bob is Bill

odd man out · Sep 12th 2015, 8:36am

what about the besrs. Were they grizzlies?

CoachLou · Sep 12th 2015, 9:00am

I couldn't really tell......... I thought..... But then, wasn't sure

OzJacko · Sep 12th 2015, 9:11am

They weren't black bears.

Socks · Sep 12th 2015, 12:51pm

Isn't "Bart" in jail for killin' someone?

Socks · Sep 12th 2015, 12:54pm

Not Bart, cool, I liked Bart.

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Will Ferrell's Hollywood stunt bear kills trainer in savage attack

By PAUL THOMPSON
Last updated at 21:17 23 April 2008

A fifty stone bear described by his owner as "the best-trained grizzly in the business" has killed one of his handlers during a rehearsal for a film stunt.
Rocky, seen wrestling with Will Ferrell in the recent movie Semi-Pro, was with three trainers when he suddenly lunged at 39-year-old Stephan Miller.
The 7ft grizzly clamped its jaws around Miller's neck and sank its teeth into him.
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Randy Miller, Ferrell's stunt body double and the late Stephen's cousin, fights five-year-old Rocky on his ranch in California
The other two men tried in vain to pull Rocky away and eventually used pepper spray to subdue him but his victim died from loss of blood.
The fate of the five-year-old bear has yet to be decided.
But animal experts expect the grizzly to be destroyed as it will be deemed unstable around humans and having been hand-reared from birth it cannot be released into the wild.
The tragedy happened at the Predators in Action training centre based in the San Bernardino mountains, about 100 miles from Los Angeles.
The centre is run by the victim's cousin, Randy Miller. He was the stunt double for Ferrell in Semi-Pro, about a basketball star who wrestles a bear to promote his struggling team.
He and animal welfare officers will decide if Rocky should be put to sleep.
The California Department of Fish and Game launched an investigation but said it would not rule on the bear's fate because the incident happened on private property.

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Rasty · Sep 12th 2015, 1:14pm

socks wrote:

Not Bart, cool, I liked Bart.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…rainer-savage-attack.html

Will Ferrell's Hollywood stunt bear kills trainer in savage attack

By PAUL THOMPSON
Last updated at 21:17 23 April 2008

A fifty stone bear described by his owner as "the best-trained grizzly in the business" has killed one of his handlers during a rehearsal for a film stunt.
Rocky, seen wrestling with Will Ferrell in the recent movie Semi-Pro, was with three trainers when he suddenly lunged at 39-year-old Stephan Miller.
The 7ft grizzly clamped its jaws around Miller's neck and sank its teeth into him.
Scroll down for more...
[IMG:http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_04/rocky2BAR2304_468x617.jpg]
Randy Miller, Ferrell's stunt body double and the late Stephen's cousin, fights five-year-old Rocky on his ranch in California
The other two men tried in vain to pull Rocky away and eventually used pepper spray to subdue him but his victim died from loss of blood.
The fate of the five-year-old bear has yet to be decided.
But animal experts expect the grizzly to be destroyed as it will be deemed unstable around humans and having been hand-reared from birth it cannot be released into the wild.
The tragedy happened at the Predators in Action training centre based in the San Bernardino mountains, about 100 miles from Los Angeles.
The centre is run by the victim's cousin, Randy Miller. He was the stunt double for Ferrell in Semi-Pro, about a basketball star who wrestles a bear to promote his struggling team.
He and animal welfare officers will decide if Rocky should be put to sleep.
The California Department of Fish and Game launched an investigation but said it would not rule on the bear's fate because the incident happened on private property.

Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…attack.html#ixzz3lXo9Ap00
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Is that covered by workers comp?

Socks · Sep 12th 2015, 1:19pm

Rasty wrote:

socks wrote:

Not Bart, cool, I liked Bart.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…rainer-savage-attack.html

Will Ferrell's Hollywood stunt bear kills trainer in savage attack

By PAUL THOMPSON
Last updated at 21:17 23 April 2008

A fifty stone bear described by his owner as "the best-trained grizzly in the business" has killed one of his handlers during a rehearsal for a film stunt.
Rocky, seen wrestling with Will Ferrell in the recent movie Semi-Pro, was with three trainers when he suddenly lunged at 39-year-old Stephan Miller.
The 7ft grizzly clamped its jaws around Miller's neck and sank its teeth into him.
Scroll down for more...
[IMG:http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_04/rocky2BAR2304_468x617.jpg]
Randy Miller, Ferrell's stunt body double and the late Stephen's cousin, fights five-year-old Rocky on his ranch in California
The other two men tried in vain to pull Rocky away and eventually used pepper spray to subdue him but his victim died from loss of blood.
The fate of the five-year-old bear has yet to be decided.
But animal experts expect the grizzly to be destroyed as it will be deemed unstable around humans and having been hand-reared from birth it cannot be released into the wild.
The tragedy happened at the Predators in Action training centre based in the San Bernardino mountains, about 100 miles from Los Angeles.
The centre is run by the victim's cousin, Randy Miller. He was the stunt double for Ferrell in Semi-Pro, about a basketball star who wrestles a bear to promote his struggling team.
He and animal welfare officers will decide if Rocky should be put to sleep.
The California Department of Fish and Game launched an investigation but said it would not rule on the bear's fate because the incident happened on private property.

Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…attack.html#ixzz3lXo9Ap00
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Is that covered by workers comp?

Not sure how that works...does the insurance company pay a benefit on his behalf in (whatever bears eat these days). also I was wondering if the screen actors guild would bail him out.

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