| The Country Bears | |
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| Directed by | Peter Hastings |
| Produced by | Jeffrey Chernov Andrew Gunn |
| Written by | Mark Perez |
| Starring | Don Henley Haley Joel Osment Diedrich Bader James Gammon Brad Garrett Queen Latifah Elton John |
| Music by | Christopher Young, Don Henley |
| Cinematography | Mitchell Amundsen |
| Editing by | George Bowers Seth Flaun Dean Holland |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | United States: July 21, 2002 (premiere) July 26 (wide) |
| Running time | 88 min. Jeffrey Chernov is an American Film producer, Unit production manager and executive Donald Hugh " Don " Henley (born July 22, 1947, in Gilmer Texas, U Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor. Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American Actor and Comedian. James Gammon (born April 20, 1940) is an American Actor. A Character actor recognizable for his gruff appearance and gravely voice Brad Garrett (born April 14, 1960) is an Emmy Award winning American television/ voice Actor and Stand-up comedian. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Christopher Young (born April 28 1957) is an award-winning Music composer for Film and Television. Donald Hugh " Don " Henley (born July 22, 1947, in Gilmer Texas, U Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35,000,000 (estimate) |
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The Country Bears is a 2002 live-action film produced by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the Disney attraction Country Bear Jamboree. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established The Country Bear Jamboree is an attraction at the Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort and at Tokyo Disneyland in the Tokyo Disney Resort It was Disney's first movie based on a ride or attraction, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and The Haunted Mansion. For the video game see Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl (video game Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black This article relates to the theme-park attraction For the film of the same name see The Haunted Mansion (film. It was released July 26, 2002. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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Plot Summary
Beary, a young bear raised by a human family in a world where humans and talking bears coexist, attempts to trace his roots. He meets up with the Country Bears, a long-since broken-up band, a parody of bands like the Eagles. Beary helps the Country Bears reunite for one final concert, while searching for who he truly is. Thanks to Beary the Country Bears realize how wrong they were to break up which they did due to various petty arguments that escalated and Beary returns home to his family who he realized truly do care about him even his brother who somewhat bullies him. The Bears, after reading an essay Beary wrote about them decide to do the concert to save Country Bear Hall, the place they used to perform at but refuse to do so without Beary who brought them back together. They go to get him and his family, but while Ted Betterhead, the band leader who was the most reluctant to reunite is apologizing to Beary and explaining everything to him, Thimble (Christopher Walken), the villain who wants to destroy Country Bear Hall, kidnaps the rest of the Bears. Thanks to an idea from Dex, Beary's older brother Ted, Beary and Beary's family are able to track down and rescue the Bears and head to the concert together. Unfortunately the guy they hired to promote it was paid off by Thimble not to and didn't so it looks like they aren't going to be able to save the Hall after all. But then Big Al, the caretaker of the hall reveals that everyone was just out back and when he opens the door a massive amount of people rush in. The money from the concert is revealed to be enough to save the hall and the Bears perform the concert with Beary now as a member of the band.
Cast
- Haley Joel Osment as Beary Barrington
- Elton John as himself
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Henry Taylor
- James Gammon as Big Al
- Brad Garrett as Fred Bedderhead
- Diedrich Bader as Officer Cheets/Ted Bedderhead
- Daryl Mitchell as Officer Hamm
- Stephen Root as Zeb Zoober
- Eli Marienthal as Dex Barrington
- Toby Huss as Tennessee O'Neal
- Candy Ford as Trixie St. Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Kevin Michael Richardson ( October 25, 1964) is an American voice actor and Actor, one of the most prominent voice actors in the field James Gammon (born April 20, 1940) is an American Actor. A Character actor recognizable for his gruff appearance and gravely voice Brad Garrett (born April 14, 1960) is an Emmy Award winning American television/ voice Actor and Stand-up comedian. Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American Actor and Comedian. Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (born July 16, 1969) After a career in hip-hop in the 1980s with Groove B Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American Actor. He is principally known for his comedic work but has won acclaim for Eli David Marienthal (born March 6, 1986) is an American stage screen and voice actor Toby Huss (born December 9, 1966) is an American Actor. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa. Candy Ford ( May 1, 1971) is an American Television actress, best known for starring in the sketch comedy The Rerun Show Claire
- Christopher Walken as Reed Thimple
- Alex Rocco as Rip Holand
- Queen Latifah as Cha-Cha
- Brian Setzer as Bartender
Filming
It was filmed in Franklin, Tennessee as well as various locations in California. Christopher Walken (born March 31 1943 is an American Film and Theatre Actor. Alex Rocco (born February 29 1936) is an American Actor. His roles have ranged from Comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia Brian Setzer (born April 10 1959, Massapequa, New York) is an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Franklin is a city in and the County seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. [1]
Reception
The film was a box office bomb; budgeted at US$35 million, it grossed only $16,990,825 in the US and an additional $1,021,272 overseas. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The film was released on December 17, 2002. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. On rotten Tomatoes, the film only received a 26% positive rating. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Film critic Roger Ebert said "the formidable technical skills in The Country Bears must not be allowed to distract from the film's terminal inanity. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. " Critic Sean O'Connell said of the film "Bears is bad. Not 'terrible filmmaking' bad, but more like, 'I once had a nightmare like this, and it's now coming true' bad. " It had a few positive reviews but most criticized it for lacking entertaining acting or an enjoyable storyline.
"Despite all the celebrities on hand, this spin-off from a theme park attraction still feels tired and hokey. " -Rotten Tomatoes
It even nominated for a Razzie award for worst-supporting actor. [2]
Trivia
- Ironically, Country Bear Jamboree closed at Disneyland shortly before the movie premiered to make way for the Winnie the Pooh dark ride. History After the rise in popularity of Walt Disney's film adaptation of Winnie the Pooh, Disney Imagineers made plans in the late 1970s for a Winnie the Pooh A dark ride or darkride is an indoor Amusement ride where riders in guided vehicles travel through specially-lit scenes that typically contain Animation
- Elton John made a cameo appearance as himself working in a garden at a mansion when he met the Bears and Beary themselves who didn't really believe it was really Elton until one of the other bears from the band told them. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer
- The film had several mistakes. These are noted on Rotten Tomatoes. [3]
- During the film you can see a poster of a video game called, "Crash Bash", in Beary's room, which is a game in the Crash Bandicoot series. Crash Bash, released in Japan as is a party game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and developed by Eurocom for Crash Bandicoot is a platform game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation
- Although the Bears are a country band, they are referred to as a "rock n' roll" group, and having a great deal of influence on rock n' roll. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African
- Due to the movie's popularity, Disney has announced that they are creating a television series based on it. Although no official name has been given, rumors have appeared, naming it "The Country Bears: On Tour". The show is scheduled to appear on the Disney Channel sometime in late June 2008.
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