The Little Bear Movie

The Little Bear Movie
File:The Little Bear Movie.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Raymond Jafelice
Produced by	Maurice Sendak
Screenplay by	Raymond Jafelice
Story by	Nancy Barr
Based on	Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik Maurice Sendak
Starring	Kristin Fairlie Dan Hennessey Janet-Laine Green Kyle Fairlie Andrew Sabiston Tracy Ryan Elizabeth Hanna Amos Crawley
Music by	Marc Jordan Antony Vanderberg
Production company	Nelvana
Distributed by	Paramount Home Video
Release dates	August 7, 2001 (2001-08-07)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Canada United States
Language	English

The Little Bear Movie is an animated 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, and produced by Nelvana Limited for Paramount Pictures. The film was released on direct-to-video on August 7, 2001 by Paramount Home Video. It stars Kristin Fairlie as the voice of Little Bear.

Plot

Little Bear and Father Bear go out camping and they meet a new young bear named Cub and his friend Little Moose. Then Little Bear is met with Trouble, the mountain lion, but Cub saves him. Cub tries to get acquainted with Little Bear's house then plays with Little Bear and his friends, Cat, Owl, Duck, and Hen. When they learn that Cub's parents got lost, they search for them. Little Bear, Cub, and Duck get separated from Moose and the others. They soon encounter Cub's friends Poppy and Pete the two silly red foxes. When they get to the canyon, Trouble spies on them and tries to eat Duck, but Poppy and Pete save Duck. Little Bear manages to "defeat" Trouble and find Cub's parents.

Characters

• Little Bear (voiced by Kristin Fairlie)
• Mother Bear (voiced by Janet Laine-Green)
• Owl (voiced by Amos Crawley)
• Duck (voiced by Tracy Ryan)
• Hen (voiced by Elizabeth Hanna)
• Cat (voiced by Andrew Sabiston)
• Father Bear (voiced by Dan Hennessey)
• Moose (voiced by Ray Landry)
• Cub (voiced by Kyle Fairlie) - A wild dark brown bear who lives in the wilderness with his parents. Unlike Little Bear, he walks mostly on all fours rather than upright, though he occasionally walks on two paws. He can sometimes be a bit mean, but he becomes a good friend of Little Bear.
• Trouble (voiced by Wayne Best) - A hungry Mountain lion and the main antagonist of the film who aims to eat Little Bear, Cub or one of their friends.
• Little Moose (voiced by Max Morrow) - A shy friend of Cub's.
• Mother Moose (voiced by Catherine Disher) - Little Moose's mother.
• Poppy and Pete (voiced by Cole Caplan and Asa Perlman) - Two playful red foxes that keep Cub company in the absence of his parents.
• 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 (TV series) Instrumental

Release and response

The film premiered on television and was released on 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."

External links

• The Little Bear Movie at IMDb
• The Little Bear Movie at Rotten Tomatoes