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Show I Film Made hi Local Area Mb out Grizzly Sun International, the LjV. .sed movie company which , 'ought the controversial :-IA RIOTS OF THE GODS the silver screen, began irk Monday on their latest !m. Most of the shooting will ; done at the Thousand eaks Ranch just outside of amas. The new film entitled 'The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" is a story about the true adventures of James Capen Adams, a fur trapper, mountain man, who roamed the area in the days of Jim Bridger. The leading role will be played by Don Haggerty. He will be supported by University Univer-sity of Utah student Maggie Harper in the role of Peg Adams, Grizzly's daughter, who faces incredible peril when she makes her way in to the austere wilderness in search of her father. She is about to be married and must see her father before embarking em-barking upon the sea of matrimony. mat-rimony. Peg is not an only child; Her pa somewhere along the way became the human parent par-ent of an orphanecTgrrzzly cubjjf undisclosed sex. ' Hence the nickname, "Grizzly "Griz-zly Adams." Supporting Don Haggerty and Miss Harper will be a vast cast of wild animals including a mother grizzly and three cubs. Bill Com-ford Com-ford will be in charge of the menagerie of wild creatures. crea-tures. Sun International has set up headquarters in one of the research homes located just outside of Park City. Michael Orton, a spokesman spokes-man for Sun International stated that $125,000 will be spent in the five weeks it is expected to take to shoot the film. Sun filmed a movie here a while back entitled "Snow Tigers". They were very much impressed by the enthusiasm en-thusiasm -nd cooperation on the part of local residents. A gentleman upon hearing of the filming, volunteered his stage coach. Mr. Orton hopes that the new production produc-tion will' be equally well received. re-ceived. As for star struck townspeople, towns-people, Orton said they may need extras but nothing def-nite. |