Brother Bear
Brother Bear is a 2003 traditionally-animated movie produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 1, 2003. It is about a human named Kenai who turns into a bear and discovers brotherhood. The 43rd animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, it was originally titled Bears, and was the third and final Disney animated movie produced mainly by the Feature Animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida, that studio was shut down in March 2004, not long after the release of this movie in favor of computer animated features.[2] The movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, but lost against Finding Nemo. A sequel, Brother Bear 2, was released on August 29, 2006.
Brother Bear | |
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Directed by | Aaron Blaise Robert Walker |
Produced by | Chuck Williams |
Written by | Tab Murphy Lorne Cameron David Hoselton Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman |
Starring | Joaquin Phoenix Jeremy Suarez Rick Moranis Dave Thomas Jason Raize D.B. Sweeney |
Narrated by | Harold Gould |
Music by | Phil Collins Mark Mancina |
Edited by | Tim Mertens |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $46 million[1] |
Box office | $250.4 million[1] |
StoryEdit
Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of Sitka, the oldest brother, the impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be changed into a bear himself by the Great Spirits. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now, with brother hunting brother, Kenai's only hope to change back is to find the place where the lights touch the Earth. Along the way he meets and befriends a grizzly cub named Koda. After their journey, Kenai and Koda discover the true meaning of brotherhood.
ReceptionEdit
The reaction from movie reviewers was mixed to negative with many panning the movie as coping older Disney movies like The Lion King and the 20th Century Fox movie Ice Age (although Brother Bear began production before Ice Age did), while others defended the movie as a different and resonable variation of the theme. The popular American movie critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper have given positive reviews of the movie. however so far, Brother Bear holds a rating of 38% in Rotten Tomatoes, which says that "Brother Bear is gentle and pleasant if unremarkable Disney fare, with so-so animation and generic plotting".[3]
Voice castEdit
- Joaquin Phoenix as Kenai, the youngest of three brothers who gets turned into a bear, to teach him to see through their eyes
- Jeremy Suarez as Koda, a wisecracking grizzly bear cub, who helps Kenai on his journey to where the Lights Touch the Earth
- Rick Moranis as Rutt, a comic Canadian moose
- Dave Thomas as Tuke, another comic Canadian moose
- Jason Raize as Denahi, the middle brother
- D.B. Sweeney as Sitka, the oldest brother
- Joan Copeland as Tanana, the shaman-woman of Kenai's tribe
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Tug, a wise old cave bear
- Estelle Harris as Mabel, old lady bear
- Darko Cesar as foreign bear
- Frank Welker as Animals' vocal effects (uncredited)
- Additional Voices Charlie Adler, Lori Alan, Carlos Alazraqui, Pamela Adlon, Matt Adler, Steve Alterman, Stephen Apostolina, Jack Blessing, Jack Angel, Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Bob Bergen, Gregg Berger, Lara Cody, Rodger Bumpass,Catherine Cavadini, Julianne Buescher, Nancy Cartwright, Paul Briggs, Kimberly Brooks, Doc Kane, Corey Burton, Stephen J. Anderson, Cam Clarke, Robert Cotworthy, Michael Corbett, David Cowgill, Randy Crenshew, Jim Cummings, E.G. Daily, John Cygan, Jennifer Darling, Debi Derryberry, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Dan Gilvezan, Patti Deutsch, Paul Eiding, Bill Farmer, Byron Howard, John DeMita, Chad Einbinder, Patrick Fraley, Sandy Fox, Jeff Fischer, Eddie Frierson, Earl Ghaffari, Michael Gough, Don Fullilove, Lex Lang, Hope Levy, Neil Kaplan, Tom Kane, David Kaye, Carole Jeghers, Rosanna Huffman, Daamen J. Krall, Marsha Kramer, Tim Mertens, David McCharen, Barbara Goodson, Mona Marshall, Anne Lockhart, David Michie, Lara Jill Miller, Michael Lindsay, Sherry Lynn, Mickie McGowan, Jim Meskimen, Rob Paulsen, Bobbi Page, Paul Pape, Patrick Pinney, Phil Proctor, Peter Renaday, Tony Oliver, Michelle Ruff, Don Hall, Susie Stevens-Logan, Brian Pimental, Andre Sogliuzzo, Justin Shenkarow, Terrence Stone, Skip Stellrecht, Steve Susskind, Paula Tiso, Marcelo Tubert, Kari Wahlgren, Russi Taylor, Wally Wingert, Frank Welker, Brian Tochi, David Zyler, Jim Ward, Billy West, Ezra Weisz, & Dave Wittenberg.
CrewEdit
Crew Position | |
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Directed by | Aaron Blaise Robert Walker |
Produced by | Chuck Williams |
Written by | Tab Murphy Lorne Cameron David Hoselton Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman |
Songs by | Phil Collins |
Original Score by | Mark Mancina Phil Collins |
Associate Producer | Igor Khait |
Art Director | Robh Ruppel |
Film Editor | Tim Mertens |
Artistic Supervisors | Steve Anderson (Story supervisor) Jeff Dickson (Layout supervisor) Barry R. Kooser (Background supervisor) Phillip S. Boyd & Chrisine Lawrence-Finney (Clean-up supervisor) Garrett Wren (Effects supervisor) |
Supervising Animators | Byron Howard (Kenai-Bear) Alex Kuperschmidt (Koda) Ruben A. Aquino (Denahi) James Young Jackson (Kenai-Human) Tony Stanley (Rutt) Broose Johnson (Tuke) Anthony Wayne Michaels (Sitka) Tom Gately (Tanana) Rune Brandt Bennicke (Tug & Koda's Mom) |
Background Stylist Character Design Artistic Coordinator Production Manager |
Xiangyuan Jie Rune Brandt Bennicke Kirk Bodyfelt Bruce Anderson |
SongsEdit
Song | Performed by | Available on the soundtrack disc? | Heard in the film? |
Great Spirits | Tina Turner | Yes | Yes |
Transformation | Phil Collins | Yes | No |
Transformation | Bulgarian Women's Choir | Yes | Yes |
On My Way | Phil Collins | Yes | Yes (except Koda sings the first few lyrics and the last lyric) |
On My Way (this version contains Koda singing the first few lyrics and the last lyric) | Jeremy Suarez Phil Collins |
No | Yes |
Welcome | Phil Collins | Yes | No |
Welcome | Phil Collins The Blind Boys of Alabama |
Yes | Yes |
No Way Out (theme from Brother Bear) | Phil Collins | Yes | Yes |
Look Through My Eyes | Phil Collins | Yes | Yes (also on bonus material) |
Score by Mark Mancina/Phil Collins
Deleted songsEdit
- "The Fishing Song" - This was intended for the salmon run sequence, but was replaced by "Welcome".
- "This Can't Be My Destiny" This was song by Phil Collins. But unfortunately it never made it to the movie. The song was however mention in the special feature by Phil Collins. This song was never released.
Release DatesEdit
Country | Premiere |
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Canada | November 1, 2003 |
United States | November 1, 2003 |
Argentina | December 4, 2003 |
United Kingdom | December 5, 2003 |
Ireland | December 5, 2003 |
Paraguay | December 5, 2003 |
Uruguay | December 5, 2003 |
Brazil | December 12, 2003 |
Chile | December 12, 2003 |
Mexico | December 17, 2003 |
Panama | December 19, 2003 |
Bolivia | December 25, 2003 |
New Zealand | December 25, 2003 |
Peru | December 25, 2003 |
Australia | December 26, 2003 |
Colombia | December 28, 2003 |
Thailand | December 31, 2003 |
Taiwan | January 16, 2004 |
South Korea | January 17, 2004 |
Hong Kong | January 22, 2004 |
Poland | January 23, 2004 |
France | January 28, 2004 |
Bahrain | February 1, 2004 |
Hungary | February 5, 2004 |
Denmark | February 6, 2004 |
Iceland | February 6, 2004 |
Norway | February 6, 2004 |
Sweden | February 6, 2004 |
Belgium | February 11, 2004 |
Netherlands | February 12, 2004 |
Finland | February 13, 2004 |
Greece | February 13, 2004 |
Czech Republic | February 19, 2004 |
Bulgaria | February 20, 2004 |
Romania | February 27, 2004 |
Israel | March 4, 2004 |
Italy | March 5, 2004 |
Turkey | March 5, 2004 |
Switzerland | March 12, 2004 (Italian speaking region) |
Japan | March 13, 2004 |
Austria | March 18, 2004 |
Germany | March 18, 2004 |
Russia | March 18, 2004 |
Ukraine | March 18, 2004 |
Estonia | March 19, 2004 |
South Africa | March 19, 2004 |
Switzerland | March 24, 2004 (French speaking region) |
Switzerland | March 25, 2004 (German speaking region) |
Portugal | March 25, 2004 |
Spain | March 26, 2004 |
Lithuania | April 2, 2004 |
Egypt | April 7, 2004 |
Croatia | April 8, 2004 |
Lebanon | April 8, 2004 |
Kuwait | May 12, 2004 |
SequelEdit
Brother Bear 2 was released August 29, 2006.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brother Bear". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328880/news Brother Bear (2003) - News
- ↑ http://www.animated-news.com/2003/brother-bear-two-thumbs-up/ Animated News » Brother Bear Two Thumbs Up!
Other websitesEdit
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