The Little Bear Movie
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| The Little Bear Movie | |
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 Digital release poster | |
| Directed by | Raymond Jafelice |
| Screenplay by | James Still Raymond Jafelice Nancy Barr |
| Story by | Else Holmelund Minarik |
| Based on | Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik Maurice Sendak |
| Produced by | Maurice Sendak |
| Starring | Kristin Fairlie Kyle Fairlie Amos Crawley Tracy Ryan Andrew Sabiston Elizabeth Hanna Wayne Best Ray Landry Janet-Laine Green Dan Hennessey |
| Music by | Lesley Barber |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Home Entertainment (United States/Canada) Alliance Atlantis (Canada) |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Countries | Canada United States |
| Language | English |
The Little Bear Movie is a 2001 animated adventure film based on the television series Little Bear, which in turn is based on the book series of the same name which was written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. It was produced by Nelvana Limited and Wild Things Productions. The film was released direct-to-video on August 7, 2001 by Paramount Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada. It stars Kristin Fairlie as the voice of Little Bear and her brother Kyle Fairlie as the voice of Cub.
Plot
Little Bear and Father Bear set out on a camping trip. While camping on a hill Father Bear talks about the wilderness and the time he met an eagle. The next day Little Bear meets another bear in the wilderness called Cub. They both wrestle around in a river, Cub then chases after a moose leaving Little Bear all alone when he is met with a villainous mountain lion named Trouble, but Cub comes back and saves him from getting eaten. They then enjoy a grilled fish breakfast together with Father Bear before they decide it’s time to start heading home. Little Bear asks Cub if he wants to come with them, Cub agrees.
Back at the house Cub tries to get used to living in a house. The whole family then makes Pancakes for lunch. Little Bear then wants Cub to meet his friends Cat, Owl, Duck, and Hen. When they learn that Cub got separated from his parents during a bad storm, they decide to go on a journey to search for them. They make missing person posters for Cub's parents and then head back into the wilderness to hang them up. While doing so they meet their friend Moose, he shows them that raccoons have used a poster to make a dam. Little Bear and Cub try to recover the banner, but beavers, angry with the raccoons break the dam and in the process Little Bear and Cub are washed away in a flood, straight over a waterfall getting separated from the rest of the group. They find Duck has wandered downstream as well, looking for Cub's parents.
The three become lost in the dark wilderness and are unable to find the rest of the gang. They then run into Cub's best friends Poppy and Pete, two silly red foxes who took care of Cub when he lost his parents. They spend the night in the foxes den and the next day they keep looking and head towards a canyon. There they meet Trouble again and he tries to eat Duck, but Poppy and Pete save Duck's life. Little Bear manages to scare off the mountain lion with some help from Cub's parents. Cub and his parents are reunited and Little Bear is found by his family and friends. After saying goodbye to Cub, Little Bear heads home and on the way back to the house it starts snowing.
Characters
- Little Bear (voiced by Kristin Fairlie)
- Cub (voiced by Kyle Fairlie)
- Owl (voiced by Amos Crawley)
- Duck (voiced by Tracy Ryan)
- Cat (voiced by Andrew Sabiston)
- Hen (voiced by Elizabeth Hanna)
- Trouble (voiced by Wayne Best)
- Moose (voiced by Ray Landry)
- Mother Bear (voiced by Janet Laine-Green)
- Father Bear (voiced by Dan Hennessey)
- Little Moose (voiced by Max Morrow)
- Mother Moose (voiced by Catherine Disher)
- Poppy (voiced by Cole Caplan) and Pete (voiced by Asa Perlman)
- Cub's Father (voiced by Maurice Dean Wint)
- Cub's Mother (voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith)
Music
The Little Bear Movie never had its launched soundtrack. The film contains two pieces of unknown music and the instrumental soundtrack of the series.
(1) Great Big World and (2) Everybody Wants To Paint My Picture:
Composed by: Marc Jordan and Antony Vanderberg
Performed by: Shawn Colvin
(3) The Little Bear Instrumental
Release and response
The film was released on VHS and DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment. Shawn Colvin (performer) and Marc Jordan/Antony Vanderburgh (composers) were nominated for Best Original Song at the 2001 Video Premiere Awards for the song "Great Big World."[2]
References
- ^ "The Little Bear Movie (2001) - Release Info". IMDb. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 29 November 2022 suggested (help) - ^ Scott Hettrick. "More than awards for vid nods". Variety. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
External links
- 2001 films
- 2001 direct-to-video films
- 2001 animated films
- Canadian direct-to-video films
- Canadian children's films
- Canadian animated feature films
- English-language Canadian films
- Animated films based on children's books
- Animated films about bears
- Animated films about cats
- Films about chickens
- Films about ducks
- Films about owls
- Animated films about friendship
- Films set in forests
- Films scored by Lesley Barber
- Paramount Pictures animated films
- Paramount Pictures direct-to-video films
- Nelvana films
- Alliance Atlantis films
- 2000s children's animated films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s American films
- 2000s Canadian films
- Films about cougars