Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1953


Bear Country (film)

Buy Bear Country (film) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'Bear Country' is a 1953 American short documentary film directed by James Algar. It won an Oscar at the 26th Academy Awards in 1954 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The film was produced by Walt Disney as part of the 'True-Life Adventures' series of nature documentaries, and played with 'Peter Pan' during its original theatrical run.

Cast



* Winston Hibler as Narrator

Reception



Bosley Crowther of 'The New York Times' wrote that the film "follows in the excellent series of nature films that have been produced by the Disney studio, such as 'Seal Island' and 'Water Birds'".Crowther, Bosley (February 12, 1953). [https://www.nytimes.com/1953/02/12/archives/the-screen-disneys-peter-pan-bows-fulllength-color-cartoon-an.html "The Screen: Disney's 'Peter Pan' Bows".] 'The New York Times'. p. 23.

'Variety' called it "one of the more delightful 'True-Life Adventure' documentaries in the Walt Disney series ... calculated to enchant viewers of all ages"."Film Reviews: Bear Country". 'Variety'. January 28, 1953. 6.

'The Monthly Film Bulletin' wrote: "As usual in this series, the material itself is pleasantly photographed and has considerable interest. This is vitiated, however, by the irritatingly facetious tone of the commentary and by the apparent determination to make the bears appear as 'human' as possiblethe set-piece, in this case, is a scene of the bears laboriously scratching themselves, to a characteristic musical accompaniment".

References




Buy Bear Country (film) now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 1953



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1106489494.