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The Little Bear Movie
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Little Bear Movie
| image = The Little Bear Movie.jpg
| caption = Digital release poster
| director = Raymond Jafelice
| screenplay = James Still
Raymond Jafelice
Nancy Barr
| story = Else Holmelund Minarik
| based_on =
| producer = Maurice Sendak
| starring = Kristin Fairlie
Kyle Fairlie
Amos Crawley
Tracy Ryan
Andrew Sabiston
Elizabeth Hanna
Wayne Best
Ray Landry
Janet-Laine Green
Dan Hennessey
| editing =
| music = Lesley Barber
| studio = Nelvana Limited
Wild Things Productions
| distributor = Paramount Home Entertainment (United States/Canada)
Alliance Atlantis (Canada)
| released =
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = 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 its 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 and Pete' voiced by Cole Caplan and 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."
References
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