Living with a Lion

Tippi Hedren Hollywood actress in the distant 70s shared their home with a huge African lion, and this extraordinary neighborhood was recorded on a film camera for the past ten years, though the film did not find an adequate response from the audience, and did not get a decent commercial return, nevertheless preserved a large collection of photographs that convey the atmosphere of the house, on the threshold of which you could not meet a fun lap dog with a bandaged blue bow neck, and a huge, roaring predator of the African savannah.

It all began after Tippi Hedren is an American actress and her husband Noel Marshall and her daughter Melanie Griffith returned from a tourist trip to Africa. Tippy came back with the idea to make a film dedicated to large predators, but to better understand the nature of the African lion, a familiar trainer advised the actress to live with him. This recommendation had a decisive impact on Tippi Hedren, so soon, in her house there was a huge lion named Togar.

Photographer Michael Rougier for many years led a chronicle of such an unusual and risky neighborhood. Lion itself felt in the human habitation quite freely: sleeping in bed with their owners, climbed on the desktop to Noel, falling apart in the middle of the kitchen as do domestic cats and even dabbled in the pool with other people. All the photos and videos were later collected as the basis for a film called "Growl". Total, shooting lasted for 10 years.

For the production of the movie was spent over 17 million. Dollars, but the box office to collect only 2 million. Dollars, as a result, "Roar" was recognized as the most expensive "home" movie.

By the way, Tippi Hedren for life was devoted largest carnivorous predators, lived in her house and the other lions and tigers, for which the actress has even set up a special reserve, devoted to large felines, raised in captivity.

Living with a Lion

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