The Little Bear Movie facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Little Bear Movie |
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| Directed by | Raymond Jafelice |
| Produced by | Maurice Sendak |
| Screenplay by | James Still Raymond Jafelice Nancy Barr |
| Story by | Else Holmelund Minarik |
| 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 |
| Studio | Nelvana Limited Wild Things Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Home Entertainment (United States/Canada) |
| Release date(s) | August 7, 2001 |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The Little Bear Movie (also known as Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie) is a 2001 Canadian 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, and produced by Nelvana Limited and Wild Things Productions. The film was released on 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 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 flapjacks 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 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 of 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
