The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Raymond Jafelice

Writers:

Lewis Carroll (characters)
Peter Sauder (story)
(more)

Release Date:

7 August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation

Tagline:

There's trouble in Wonderland - It's the Care Bears to the rescue in a magical FULL LENGTH FEATURE FILM packed with adventure

Plot Keywords:

Wizard | Flamingo | Rabbit | Lion | Based On Toy

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Bob Dermer	...	Grumpy Bear (voice)
Eva Almos	...	Swift Heart Rabbit (voice)
Dan Hennessey	...	Brave Heart Lion / Dum (voice)
Jim Henshaw	...	Tenderheart Bear (voice)
Marla Lukofsky	...	Good Luck Bear (voice)
Luba Goy	...	Lots-A-Heart Elephant (voice)
Keith Knight	...	White Rabbit (voice)
Tracey Moore	...	Alice (voice)
Colin Fox	...	Wizard (voice)
John Stocker	...	Dim / Cheshire Cat (voice)
Don McManus	...	Caterpillar (voice)
Elizabeth Hanna	...	The Queen of Hearts (voice)
Alan Fawcett	...	Flamingo (voice)
Keith Hampshire	...	Mad Hatter / Jabberwocky (voice)
Alyson Court	...	Princess (voice)

Directed by
Raymond Jafelice

Writing credits
Lewis Carroll		(characters)
Peter Sauder		(story)
Susan Snooks		(screenplay) &
John de Klein		(screenplay)
Heather MacGillvray		(additional scenes)

Produced by
Michael Hirsh	....	producer
Stephen Hodgins	....	line producer
Lenora Hume	....	supervising producer
Patrick Loubert	....	producer
Clive A. Smith	....	producer
Heather Walker	....	coordinating producer

Original Music by
Patricia Cullen
John Sebastian

Film Editing by
John Baktis
Camille Crawford		(as Stephanie Crawford)
Stephen Hudecki
Melodie Long
Eric Mattar-Hurlbut		(as Eric Hurlbut)
Philip Stilman		(as Phil Stilman)
Keith Traver
Helen Watson

Casting by
Arlene Berman

Art Direction by
Kim Cleary
Gabor Csakany		(as Gabe Csakany)

Production Management
Dale Cox	....	production manager
Steve Fraser	....	post-production manager
Richard Pimm	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dave Marshall	....	unit director (as David Marshall)

Art Department
Charles E. Bastien	....	designer (as Charles Bastien)
Charles Bonifacio	....	designer (as Charlie Bonifacio)
Robin Budd	....	designer
Alan Bunce	....	designer
Ross Campbell	....	designer
Eric Chu	....	designer
Eric Chu	....	storyboard artist
Kim Cleary	....	graphics
Jim Craig	....	storyboard artist
Sam Dixon	....	storyboard artist
John Flagg	....	designer
John Flagg	....	storyboard artist
Wayne Gilbert	....	unit art director
Raymond Jafelice	....	storyboard artist
Tom Nesbitt	....	storyboard artist
Arna Selznick	....	storyboard artist
Anthony Van Bruggen	....	designer
John van Bruggen	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Richard Bond	....	dialogue editor
Peter Goodale	....	synthesizer sound effects
John Hazen	....	synthesizer sound effects (as John Hazan)
Mac Holyoke	....	sound editor
Mike Reid	....	recording technician
Mike Reid	....	sound transfer technician
Tony Van den Akker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Purdy	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Animation Department
Rick Allen	....	layout artist
Debra Armstrong	....	assistant animator
Willy Ashworth	....	assistant animator
Andy Bartlett	....	animator
Charles E. Bastien	....	assistant animator (as Charles Bastien)
Penne Bender	....	character developer
Scott Bennett	....	layout artist
Jerry Benninger	....	layout artist
Glen Binmore	....	color designer
Charles Bonifacio	....	animator (as Charlie Bonifacio)
Paul Bouchard	....	layout assistant
Carol Bradbury	....	layout artist
Robin Budd	....	animator
Ross Campbell	....	assistant animator
Marie Carter	....	layout artist
Glenn Chadwick	....	layout artist (as Glen Chadwick)
Don Chrétien	....	assistant animator (as Don Chretien)
John Laurence Collins	....	animation director
John Laurence Collins	....	animator
Rick Corrigan	....	layout artist
Greg Court	....	animator
Bob Cowan	....	layout supervisor
Jeff Dickson	....	layout artist
Sam Dixon	....	layout artist
Shane Doyle	....	animator
Linda Edwards	....	character development supervisor
Tony Egizii	....	assistant animator
Mary Eklund	....	color designer
George Elliott	....	layout artist
Stephen Fitch	....	assistant animator (as Steve Fitch)
John Flagg	....	layout artist
Doug Flockhart	....	animator
Gerry Fournier	....	animator
Scott Glynn	....	animator
Christopher Green	....	assistant animator
John Guertin	....	layout artist
Faye Hamilton	....	assistant animator
Faye Hamilton	....	layout assistant
Ken Hancock	....	assistant animator
Ken Hancock	....	layout artist
Wendy Harrison	....	layout artist
Lesley Headrick	....	color designer
John Hill	....	assistant animator
Robyn Hill	....	character developer
Michelle Houston	....	animator
Gary Hurst	....	animator
Tony Iacobelli	....	layout artist
Tom Jacobs	....	character developer
Woong Cheon Jang	....	animator
Niall Johnston	....	animator
Trevor Keen	....	animator
Karen Kewell	....	assistant animator
Karen Kewell	....	layout assistant
Tom King	....	color designer
Alan Knappett	....	assistant animator
Ingrid Koepcke	....	character developer
Elena Kucharik	....	character developer
Chris Labonte	....	layout artist
Royce Langford	....	layout assistant
Brian Lee	....	assistant animator
Brian Lee	....	layout artist
Beverly Lehman	....	assistant animator
Howard Lonn	....	layout artist
Mary Lyons	....	layout assistant
Mark Marren	....	layout artist
Rick Marshall	....	assistant animator
Rick Marshall	....	layout assistant
Barbara Massey	....	layout artist
Armen Melkonian	....	layout artist
Kathleen Melville	....	layout assistant
Esther Narosny	....	character developer
Tim O'Halloran	....	layout artist
John Pagan	....	assistant animator
Irene Parkins	....	assistant animator (as Irene Couloufis)
Dave Pemberton	....	layout artist
Birgitta Pollanen	....	layout artist (as Brigit Pollanen)
Dave Polter	....	character developer (as David Polter)
Clive Powsey	....	background stylist
Debra Pugh	....	assistant animator
Debra Pugh	....	layout artist
Ted Ravn	....	assistant animator
Lynn Reist	....	assistant animator
Robert Rivard	....	layout artist
Ernie Ruder	....	character developer
Rob Sadler	....	layout assistant
Tom Schneider	....	character development supervisor
Judi Schuman	....	character developer
Genevieve Selby	....	assistant animator
Shawn Seles	....	animator
Arna Selznick	....	layout director
Ralph Shaffer	....	character development supervisor
David Simmons	....	animator
Bob Smith	....	layout artist
Ken Stephenson	....	animator
Tony Tarantini	....	layout assistant
Jan Tillcock	....	animator
Anthony Van Bruggen	....	layout artist
John van Bruggen	....	layout supervisor
Mike Volkhammer	....	layout assistant
Cynthia Ward	....	animator
Steve Whitehouse	....	animator
John Yee	....	layout artist
Bill Zeats	....	animator

Casting Department
Deborah Patz	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Glenn Barna	....	cutting room assistant (as Glen Barna)
Peter Branton	....	cutting room assistant
Ken Bruinsma	....	cutting room assistant (as Kenneth Bruinsma)
John Hektor	....	cutting room assistant
Erica Jaudzems	....	cutting room assistant (as Erica Jaudzens)
Rob Kirkpatrick	....	supervising editor
Evan Landis	....	picture editor
Mike Munn	....	cutting room assistant (as Michael Munn)
Kathy Nicholaichuk	....	negative cutter (as Cathy Nicolaichuk)
Ricardo Olivero	....	color timer
Catherine Rankin	....	negative cutter
Annellie Rose Samuel	....	cutting room assistant (as Annelli Samuel)

Music Department
Milton Barnes	....	score conductor
Milton Barnes	....	score orchestrator
David Greene	....	supervising music producer
Gordon Kidd	....	music editor
Gene Martynec	....	musical director (as Eugene Martynec)
Scott McCrorie	....	associate music producer

Other crew
Karyn Booth-Chadwick	....	department coordinator
Steve Chadwick	....	production assistant
Jack Chojnacki	....	creative consultant
Don Chrétien	....	production assistant (as Don Chretien)
Paul Hogarth	....	production assistant
Rob Kirkpatrick	....	voice director
Harvey Levin	....	creative consultant
Patrick Loubert	....	executive story editor
Atul N. Rao	....	production assistant (as Atul Rao)
Lisa Ratke	....	department coordinator
Nancy Shenton	....	production assistant
Jan Steel Moffatt	....	department coordinator (as Jan Steel Moffat)

Production Companies

• Cineplex-Odeon Films
• Nelvana

Distributors

• Cineplex-Odeon Films (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1987) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1988) (Canada) (VHS)
• MCA Home Video (1988) (Canada) (video)
• MCA Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (2003) (Germany) (VHS)
• VCL Communications (1988) (West Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• CORE Animated Effects

Other Companies

• The Film House Group  studio services
• Mars Studios  studio services
• Eastern Sound  studio services
• Manta Sound Company  studio services (as Manta Sound)
• Multitrack Recording Systems  studio services
• Film Opticals of Canada  studio services (as Film Opticals of Canada Limited)
• Middlefield Entertainment Group  production financing
• Wang Film Productions Company  animation production in association with
• Those Characters From Cleveland  characters and designs

Runtime:

Argentina:80 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:o.Al. | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Canada:F (Ontario) | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Cineplex-Odeon Films

Trivia:

This was the only Care Bears movie ever released on Laserdisc in North America. (In the United Kingdom, contrary to popular belief, Vestron Video released The Care Bears Movie (1985) on that format in 1985.)

Quotes:

Grumpy Bear: Who are you, and what do you want?
White Rabbit: I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!
Grumpy Bear: Come back here, Mr. Late!

Movie Connections:

References My Little Chickadee (1940)

Soundtrack:

Eating with the Care Bear Family

Watch the first "Care Bears Movie" instead!

Time to clarify something. This is the movie most people accuse the FIRST Care Bears adventure of being: a saccharine squirm fest. Now I happen to like the Care Bears (I pretty much ran to their defence in my review of their first movie, which I STILL recommend), but this was just a really bad concept to begin with.

It's as if the producers wanted to do an "Alice in Wonderland" movie, then got bored about halfway through and decided to throw the Bears in. Oddly, this isn't based on the Lewis Carrol books but on Disney's version of Wonderland (so it's a movie inspired by another movie inspired by a book). Even so, it has it's moments. The way they envision the Cheshire Cat is very inventive and possibly the best reason to give this movie a look (if you've seen it already you know what I'm talking about, otherwise rent it and fast forward through any scenes that don't involve the Cat). There's a nice message about believing in yourself, but it's nearly negated by the stupid cop-out ending.

There is, however, one more thing that totally saves the movie. Three words: Grumpy Bear RAPPING!!!