The Care Bears Movie (1985)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Arna Selznick

Writer:

Peter Sauder (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 March 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

A movie that'll make the whole family care-a-lot.

Plot:

The Care Bears live in a country high in the clouds, where they have a lot of fun together. But they also do care for the human children on Earth...

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Care Bears | Friend | Telescope | Magician

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Mickey Rooney	...	Mr. Cherrywood (voice)
Jackie Burroughs	...	The Spirit (voice)
Georgia Engel	...	Love-a-Lot-Bear (voice)
Sunny Besen Thrasher	...	Jason (voice)
Eva Almos	...	Friend Bear / Swift Heart Rabbit (voice)
Patricia Black	...	Funshine Bear / Share Bear (voice) (as Patrice Black)
Melleny Brown	...	Birthday Bear / Cheer Bear (voice)
Bob Dermer	...	Grumpy Bear (voice) (as Bobby Dermer)
Jayne Eastwood	...	Mrs. Cherrywood (voice)
Anni Evans	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Gloria Figura	...	Bedtime Bear (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Kim (voice) (as Cree Summer Francks)
Brian George	...	Mr. Fetucini (voice)
Janet-Laine Green	...	Wish Bear (voice)
Luba Goy	...	Lotsa Heart Elephant / Gentle Heart Lamb (voice)
Terri Hawkes	...	Baby Hugs (voice)
Dan Hennessey	...	Brave Heart Lion / Loyal Heart Dog (voice)
Jim Henshaw	...	Bright Heart Raccoon (voice)
Hadley Kay	...	Boys / Nicholas (voice)
Marla Lukofsky	...	Goodluck Bear / Playful Heart Monkey (voice)
Pauline Rennie	...	Cozy Heart Penguin / Grams Bear / Treat Heart Pig (voice)
Billie Mae Richards	...	Tender Heart Bear (voice)
Brent Titcomb	...	Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Susan Roman	...	Champ Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Arna Selznick

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Peter Sauder		screenplay

Produced by
John Bohach	....	associate producer
Jack Chojnacki	....	executive producer
Lou Gioia	....	executive producer
Michael Hirsh	....	producer
Lenora Hume	....	supervising producer
Harvey Levin	....	associate producer
Patrick Loubert	....	producer
Carole MacGillvray	....	executive producer
Paul Pressler	....	associate producer
Clive A. Smith	....	producer (as Clive Smith)
Robert Unkel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Patricia Cullen

Film Editing by
Jim Erickson
Tom Joerin
Gordon Kidd
Steven R. Mitchell		(as Stephen Mitchell)
Sheila Murray
Michael O'Farrell
Steve Weslak

Casting by
Arlene Berman

Production Management
John Broughton	....	post-production supervisor
Dale Cox	....	production manager
Janet E. Cuddy	....	unit manager (as Janet Cuddy)
Melissa Hoffman	....	executive in charge of production
Richard Pimm	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Perkins	....	unit director
Dale Schott	....	assistant director
Laura Shepherd	....	unit director

Art Department
Charles Bonifacio	....	designer (as Charlie Bonifacio)
Darlie Brewster	....	designer (as David Brewster)
Alan Bunce	....	designer
Alan Bunce	....	storyboard artist
John Laurence Collins	....	designer (as John Collins)
Sam Dixon	....	storyboard artist
Raymond Jafelice	....	storyboard artist
Diane Parsons	....	storyboard artist
Bill Perkins	....	storyboard artist
Dale Schott	....	storyboard artist
David Thrasher	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Peter Jermyn	....	special sound effects
Drew King	....	special sound effects
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Peter McBurnie	....	foley artist
Michele Moses	....	sound effects supervisor
Philip Stilman	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Willy Ashworth	....	special effects
Kim Cleary	....	special effects
Trevor Davies	....	special effects director
Tony Egizii	....	special effects
Lesley Headrick	....	special effects
Keith Ingham	....	special effects director
Dave Marshall	....	special effects director (as David Marshall)
Ted Ravn	....	special effects
Kate Shepherd	....	special effects director
Jan Steel Moffatt	....	special effects
Peter Yamasaki	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
David Altman	....	camera operator
Jim Christiansen	....	camera operator (as Jim Christianson)
Barbara Sachs	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Sam Agro	....	layout artist
Susan Albert	....	quality control
Rick Allen	....	layout artist
Lilliane Andre	....	animator
Robert Angelini	....	assistant animator (as Bob Angelini)
Barry Atkinson	....	background artist
Evelyn Baker	....	quality control
Anne Marie Bardwell	....	animation director
Andy Bartlett	....	assistant animator
Charles E. Bastien	....	layout artist (as Ted Bastien)
Scott Bennett	....	assistant animator
Charles Bonifacio	....	animation director
Rejean Bourdages	....	animator
Darlie Brewster	....	supervising animator (as David Brewster)
Jan Burton	....	assistant animator
Marie Carter	....	layout artist
John Celestri	....	animator (as Gian Celestri)
Steve Chadwick	....	xerox (as Steven Chadwick)
Jim Craig	....	layout artist
Kevin Davies	....	layout artist
John de Klein	....	animator
Chris Delaney	....	animator
Sam Dixon	....	layout artist
Chris Doyle	....	assistant animator
Shane Doyle	....	assistant animator
Linda Edwards	....	character creation
Mary Eklund	....	paint and color designer (as Mary Ecklund)
Muriel Fahrion	....	character creation
Mike Fallows	....	animator
Stephen Fitch	....	assistant animator
Valerie Fraser	....	paint and color designer (as Val Fraser)
Ian Freedman	....	animator
Wayne Gilbert	....	background artist
Wayne Gilbert	....	layout artist
Scott Glynn	....	animator
Denis Gonzalez	....	assistant animator
Ken Hancock	....	layout artist
Paul Hogarth	....	xerox
Jon L. Hooper	....	animator
Michelle Houston	....	animator
John Howard	....	layout artist
Tony Iacobelli	....	layout artist
Bob Jaques	....	animator
Trevor Keen	....	animator
Brenda Kelly	....	quality control
Pat Knight	....	animator
Louis Krawagna	....	background designer
Agnes Krumins	....	paint and color designer (as Aggie Krumins)
Elena Kucharik	....	character creation
Brian Lee	....	assistant animator
Beverly Lehman	....	animator (as Beverly Newberg-Lehman)
Jan Leitch	....	paint and color designer
Richard Carl Livingston	....	layout artist (as Richard Livingston)
Howard Lonn	....	layout artist
Diana Lyle	....	quality control
Larry MacDougall	....	layout artist
Mark Marren	....	layout artist
Roy Meurin	....	supervising animator
Ron Migliore	....	assistant animator
Peter Moehrle	....	background designer
Tom Nesbitt	....	layout artist
Lisa Oglesby	....	quality control
Betty Oldham	....	quality control
John Pagan	....	assistant animator
John Palmer	....	layout artist
Ralf Palmer	....	supervising animator
Howy Parkins	....	layout artist (as Howard Parkins)
Bill Payne	....	layout artist
Terry Pike	....	assistant animator
Brian Poehlman	....	layout artist
Dave Polter	....	character creation
Mark Pudleiner	....	animator
Debra Pugh	....	quality control
Paul Riley	....	animator
David Russell	....	layout artist
Rob Sadler	....	quality control
Tom Schneider	....	character creation
Ralph Shaffer	....	character creation
J.D. Smith	....	supervising animator (as J. Daniel Smith)
Ricardo Spinacé	....	layout supervisor
Rob Stupple	....	assistant animator
Allen Swerling	....	assistant animator
David Thrasher	....	layout supervisor
John van Bruggen	....	layout artist
Cynthia Ward	....	animator (as Cynthia Swift)
Clark Wiley	....	character creation
Linda Williams	....	assistant animator
Lynn Yamazaki	....	animator
Dick Zondag	....	animator
Ralph Zondag	....	animator (as Ralf Zondag)

Casting Department
Barbara Bjarnason	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
John Baktis	....	assistant editor
John Broughton	....	supervising editor
Lisa Dimichele	....	assistant editor
Steve Fraser	....	assistant editor
Mac Holyoke	....	assistant editor
Rob Kirkpatrick	....	supervising editor
Paul McGowan	....	assistant editor
Mike Reid	....	assistant editor (as Michael Reid)
Cindy Romanovich	....	assistant editor
Keith Traver	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Karyn Booth-Chadwick	....	production assistant
Nicholas Campbell	....	production assistant (as Nick Campbell)
Kim Cleary	....	titles
Julie Feher	....	production assistant
Barbara Fish	....	production assistant
Stephen Fitch	....	production assistant
Diana Foster-Pease	....	production assistant
Angela Gruenthal	....	assistant to producers
Peter Hudecki	....	preparation: song sequences
Lida Kalisz	....	business affairs
Pamela Keary	....	assistant to producers
Brenda Kelly	....	production assistant
Rob Kirkpatrick	....	voice director
Arthur Manson	....	marketing consultant
Arthur Manson	....	producer's representative
Eleanor Olmstead	....	business affairs
John Pagan	....	production assistant
Irene Phelps	....	accountant
Garth Roerick	....	production assistant
Heather Walker	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Nelvana

Distributors

• Astral Films (1985) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (1985) (USA) (theatrical)
• Seven Keys (1985) (Australia) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1987) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Artédis (1985) (France) (theatrical)
• Miracle Films (1985) (UK) (theatrical)
• A.B. Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Hallmark Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Vestron Video (1985) (UK) (VHS)
• Vestron Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)
• Video Treasures (1990) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Hanho Heung-Up Co. Ltd.  additional production facilities
• Mihahn  additional production facilities
• Wang Film Productions Company  additional production facilities
• Cuckoo's Nest Studios  additional production facilities
• Animation City Editorial Services  sound effects editing (as A.C.E.S.)
• Pathé Sound  re-recording
• American Greetings Corporation  copyright: Care Bears characters

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre | West Germany:o.Al. | New Zealand:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Nelvana

Trivia:

While many of the spells that Nicholas uses are obviously made up words, one word he does use when casting a spell on his mentor to put him to sleep is 'ishkabibble'. This was actually a very popular American slang term for about 20 years or so starting around 1913 and means, appropriately enough, 'Who cares'.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When Brave Heart is fighting the tree monster, he's shown with a tummy symbol in one shot.

Quotes:

Nicholas: Who are you? How do you know my name?
The Spirit: I am a spirit, Nicholas. Your friend. I know many things... almost everything.
Nicholas: Everything?
The Spirit: I know how you can earn more friends.
Nicholas: Really? How?
The Spirit: With magic.
Nicholas: Magic?
[turns to Mr. Fettuccini]
The Spirit: Oh, not his magic tricks. I mean real magic. Magic that can make your fondest wish come true.
Nicholas: You mean you can use magic to get people to like me?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Fantasia (1940)

Soundtrack:

Home is in Your Heart

What a children's film really is supposed to be

Yes it's sweet. Of course it is, it's meant for kids! Little ones, but as a 20 year old I still love this film. In fact I was only just able to a watch it again, because I kept remembering how much the evil spirit terrified me as a child. Compare the Bears, who actually teach their young viewers something worthwhile: that if you care about the people around you the world will be a better place, to some of the cartoons we subject our kids to today like South Park with it's crude animation and message that the way to deal with things is violence and swearing. I would choose the Bears every time. Parents: have the decency to allow your kids to watch a good cartoon, you might learn something too.