The Country Bears (2002)

Director:

Peter Hastings

Writer (WGA):

Mark Perez (written by)

Release Date:

26 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Music | Musical

Tagline:

They're legends. Bearly.

Plot:

Based on an attraction at Disneyland, the Country Bear Jamboree, "The Country Bears" (2002) is one in a long line of live action Disney family films...

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Satire | Disney | Spoof | Box Office Flop

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Haley Joel Osment	...	Beary Barrington (voice)
Diedrich Bader	...	Officer Cheets / Ted Bedderhead (voice)
Candy Ford	...	Trixie (voice)
James Gammon	...	Big Al (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	Fred Bedderhead (voice)
Toby Huss	...	Tennessee O'Neal (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Henry (voice)
Stephen Root	...	Zeb (voice)
Christopher Walken	...	Reed Thimple
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Norbert Barrington
Daryl Mitchell	...	Officer Hamm (as Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell)
M.C. Gainey	...	Roadie
Alex Rocco	...	Rip Holland
Meagen Fay	...	Mrs. Barrington (as Megan Fay)
Eli Marienthal	...	Dex Barrington

Also Known As:

The Bears (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:G (certificate #38711) | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | Singapore:PG | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

After Tennessee and Trixie's performance in the bar, a bar patron comments that it was better than Eagles. The patron is Don Henley, who once performed with The Eagles and who provided the singing voice for Tennessee. The female companion he says it to is Bonnie Raitt, who provided the voice for Trixie.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Beary and Henry get into the bus to go get the band, there is a shot of Beary hanging out the window of the side of the bus. In the shot, the bus is clean, but this is before the bus goes through the car wash. The next outside shot of the bus shows it dirty.

Quotes:

Reed Thimple: What is that?
Big Al: A sign.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Golgotha (2008)

Soundtrack:

Straight to the Heart of Love

Great & Entertaining Movie

This movie it's great to have fun with your kids or without them!!! It's a funny comedy with great music and great characters... Of course nobody it's going to receive an Oscar for the movie's plot, but I found it very entertaining.

The Bears are really well done, and I respect the fact that in these days, full of kids' graphic animated movies, Disney put effort into one of these kind. The Bears are well done, and they move very smoothly.

The humor is present and gags are all over these movie. The Country Bears were supposed to be a true country legend band that broke up a decade before, and it's great to see the way they were in their glory day! Very funny as well. There are inner messages about stars that became legends and were lost, that are very enjoyable for the grown up people, if you like music.

And speaking of music the sound track it's great... Lots of stars and quality music are all over these movie. Expect to see some famous names cameos.

Overall, good music, good humor, cute bears, a good moment for relax.