This is an awesome movie about how four orphaned wolf cubs bring a family back together. It shows that when you lose someone important in your life you can still find a reason to go on. The film also has lessons such as no matter how hard life gets there are things that are worth doing. In addition, it shows that God watches over all of us, even if we are not aware of it. We happily awarded "Friends for Life" our Dove "Family-Approved" Seal. "Friends for Life" is a wonderful movie you and your family will enjoy for life! Feature Film Recognized 18 Times in 2008-09 By Film Festivals and Awards Competitions
Loveland, CO —Grizzly Adams® Productions' 2008 family-friendly feature film release, Friends for Life, has become the most honored motion picture in the company's 35 year history with 18 awards. Named after its long-running NBC Network TV series, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, the company has been producing movies, as well as television series and specials since 1974.
"We knew we had a good story," notes Grizzly Adams founder Charles E. Sellier. "It's especially satisfying to see that our peers around the world have consistently chosen to single out this family friendly movie as deserving of their highest honors."
Starring Michael Flynn, Tayva Patch, and Jimmy Chunga, Friends for Life tells the story of a retired big city attorney living in a small mountain town, who suffers loneliness after the death of his wife. One day in the woods near his home, he discovers four orphaned wolf pups who face certain death without his help. He takes in the pups and nurtures them until they are old enough to go back into the wild. Alone again, the former lawyer becomes embroiled in helping the local town fend off the wiles of an unscrupulous land developer. Again out in the woods, he is attacked by a grizzly bear only to be saved by the reappearance of the wolves. His gift of life to the wolves is repaid and he has four loyal friends for life.
"Friends for Life is set in the mountains of the western United States," explains David W. Balsiger, senior producer at Grizzly Adams. "But the story of loss, faith, and healing is universal to the human experience. Audiences tell us they learned a little about life, a little about wolves, and a whole lot about what it means to be a friend."
Friends for Life is the first feature film produced by Grizzly Adams Productions in more than a decade. Directed by Michael Spence and written by Joseph Meier and Charles E. Sellier, the movie was produced in association with Flynn-Daines Productions.
"We have a 35-year tradition of excellence in our company in every aspect of the filmmaking process, from concept to finished product," notes Sellier. "We never would have achieved the success we enjoy without gifted writers, talented cinematographers, demanding directors, and exacting editors. The fact that Friends for Life is judged to be among the best feature films of the past year is a testament to the hard work of a great creative team."
Friends for Life has been recognized with the following award distinctions: