"Tippi Hedren may be best known for her starring role in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds, but her life was later consumed by another project: the 1981 adventure comedy Roar. Written and directed by Hedren's then-husband Noel Marshall, the film stars Hedren alongside her daughter, Melanie Griffith, Marshall, as well as Marshall's two sons, and an entire animal preserve's worth of big cats that the couple rescued and raised."
"In 1972, they bought the property that would do triple duty as Roar's film set, an animal preserve, and their home. Located in Acton, California, the sprawling property is known as Shambala, or "place of peace" in Sanskrit. In the decade it took to bring Roar to life, it earned a reputation as one of the most dangerous movies ever made. Production saw countless cast and crew injuries from the wild cats."
Tippi Hedren transitioned from mainstream acting to a long-term project filming Roar, an adventure comedy produced by her then-husband Noel Marshall. The film featured Hedren, her daughter Melanie Griffith, Marshall, Marshall's two sons, and numerous rescued big cats. Hedren and Marshall bought a sprawling Acton, California property in 1972 that served as a film set, an animal preserve, and their home, named Shambala, meaning "place of peace" in Sanskrit. Roar's decade-long production became notorious for its danger, causing countless injuries to cast and crew from wild cats. Hedren continues to live at Shambala and maintain a population of lions and tigers, now kept in large compounds for safety.
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