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🐾 Roar is an American adventure comedy film written and directed by Noel Marshall. Its plot follows Hank, a naturalist who lives on a nature preserve in Africa with lions, leopards, tigers, and other big cats.

The film stars Marshall as Hank, his real-life wife Tippi Hedren (better known for her roles in Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie) as his wife Madeleine, with Hedren's daughter Melanie Griffith and Marshall's sons John and Jerry Marshall in supporting roles.

Roar (1981) is infamous for the on-set real injuries its actors and crew suffered and yet, in 2016 Tippi Hedren tried to denigrate Hitchcock's legacy by publishing an autobiography alleging that during the filming of The Birds the legendary director used live aggressive birds that pecked at her.

Despite that alleged experience in 1963, and to put things into perspective, Tippi agreed to subject herself, and her own daughter, to a perilous shoot with much more dangerous animals. During a promo shoot in 1973, Hedren was bitten in the head by a lion, Cherries, whose teeth scraped against her skull. She was taken to Sherman Oaks Hospital, where her wounds were treated and she was given a tetanus shot.

She was admitted to Antelope Valley Hospital after Tembo, the five-ton elephant, picked her up with his trunk by the ankle, fracturing it before bucking her off his back; Hedren said that Tembo had been trying to keep her from falling and was not at fault (it seems it's easier to forgive an elephant than a crow...). She was left with phlebitis and gangrene, in addition to a fractured hand and abrasions on her leg. Several days earlier Tembo had bucked his trainer into a tree and broken her shoulder. Hedren was also scratched on the arm by a leopard and bitten on the chest by a cougar.

Her daughter, Melanie Griffith received 50 sutures after being attacked by a lioness. It was feared that she would lose an eye, but she eventually recovered without being disfigured, although she did require some facial reconstruction.

In hindsight, Hitchcock's setup was a walk in the park by comparison...

Beyond the gruesome behind the scenes and the screen spectacle, the film portrays the complex bond between humans and animals, highlighting both the majesty and unpredictability of wildlife while capturing the unrelenting energy and peril of living in close quarters with wild creatures.

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  • Tippi Hedren and Noel Marshall star as a couple living on a sprawling estate filled with over 100 untrained lions, tigers, and other big cats. Their idyllic life takes a dangerous turn when their family is threatened by external forces, and the unpredictable animals begin to attack. In a chaotic mix of comedy, drama, and sheer animal mayhem, the family must navigate life alongside some of the most dangerous predators on Earth. Trailer

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