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The Bear ()

L'ours (original title)
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An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations.
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The Kodiak Bear
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The Bear Cub
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Tom
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Bill
André Lacombe ...
Le chasseur aux chiens

Directed by

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Jean-Jacques Annaud

Written by

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James Oliver Curwood ... (novel "The Grizzly King")
 
Gérard Brach ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Claude Berri ... producer
Pierre Grunstein ... associate producer

Music by

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Philippe Sarde

Cinematography by

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Philippe Rousselot

Editing by

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Noëlle Boisson

Editorial Department

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Michèle Hollander ... first assistant editor
Eric Legarçon ... editor trainee
Yvan Lucas ... color timer
Bénédicte Nambotin ... second assistant editor
Richard Garibaldi ... home video mastering colorist (uncredited)

Casting By

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Mary Jo Slater

Production Design by

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Toni Lüdi

Art Direction by

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George Dietz
Antony Greengrow
Heidi Lüdi
Hans Jürgen Schmelzle

Set Decoration by

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Bernhard Henrich

Costume Design by

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Françoise Disle
Corinne Jorry

Production Management

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Francis Barrois ... assistant unit manager
Alfred Deutsch ... unit production manager
Leonhard Gmür ... production manager
Robin Mounsey ... unit production manager: second unit
Kurt von Vietinghoff ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Xavier Castano ... first assistant director / second unit director
Florian Nilson ... second second assistant director

Art Department

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Michael Fechner ... swing gang
Frank Schlegel ... prop builder
Bart van Lint ... construction foreman: reshoots, Belgium

Sound Department

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Fabienne Alvarez-Giro ... sound editor
Roberto Garzelli ... sound editor
Bernard Le Roux ... re-recording mixer (as Bernard Leroux)
Eric Mauer ... sound editor
François Musy ... sound mixer
Laurent Quaglio ... sound designer
Corinne Rozenberg ... assistant sound editor
Jonathan Sorrell ... synclavier operator
Claude Villand ... re-recording mixer

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David Barrington-Holt ... mechanical designer
Joachim Grüninger ... animatronics technician
Uli Nefzer ... floor supervisor
Willi Neuner ... special effects coordinator: Austria
Jim Sandys ... animatronic designer

Visual Effects by

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Frederic Moreau ... optical effects
Bretislav Pojar ... dream sequence animation
Philippe Tourret ... restoration coordinator
Rolf Giesen ... visual effects consultant (uncredited)

Stunts

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Christian Hening ... horse stunts
Mario Luraschi ... horse stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Luigi Bernardini ... assistant camera
Jean-Luc Bezeau ... grip
Thomas Bogner ... electrician
Antonio Castaño ... additional electrician
Dominique Delguste ... additional second assistant camera
Arnaud Duboisberanger ... cinematographer: second unit
Helmut Noriz ... lighting technician
Cesare Pascarella ... grip
Jérôme Peyrebrune ... first assistant camera

Casting Department

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Irene Stockton ... casting associate

Music Department

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Billy Byers ... orchestrator
Alexander Courage ... orchestrator
William Flageollet ... music mixer
Eric Lipmann ... music consultant
London Symphony Orchestra ... music performed by
Eric Mauer ... composer: additional music
Laurent Quaglio ... composer: additional music
Carlo Savina ... conductor
Jonathan Sorrell ... musician: keyboards and programming
Paul Edmund-Davies ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marie-Florence Roncayolo ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Raoul Leindecker ... production driver

Additional Crew

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Tim Ahrend ... bear trainer
Monty Diamond ... production consultant
Chris Edrington ... cougar trainer
Joachim Grüninger ... puppet builder
Madeleine Klein ... cougar trainer
Dieter Kraml ... animal trainer: bear
Steve Martin ... cougar trainer
Gayle Phelps ... cougar trainer
Doug Seus ... principal bear trainer
Lynne Seus ... assistant bear trainer
Jean M. Simpson ... principal animal trainer
Roman Stefanski ... movement
Robert Tygner ... puppeteer
Mak Wilson ... lead puppeteer
Clint Youngreen ... assistant bear trainer

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Plot Summary

The director of Quest for Fire (1981) creates yet another film in nature with almost no human dialogue in this picturesque story of an orphaned bear cub who is adopted by an adult male bear and must avoid hunters. Bart the Bear stars in this anthropomorphic fantasy. Written by Keith Loh

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Taglines He's an orphan... at the start of a journey. A journey to survive. See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'Ours (France)
  • The Bear (United States)
  • The Bear (India, English title)
  • The Bear (World-wide, English title)
  • The Bear (Canada, English title)
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  • 96 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Because in the wild, male bears usually eat bear cubs if they can, the filmmakers prepared the adult Bart the Bear for the cub by having him play with a teddy bear the size and fur color of the cub. When the trainers felt he was ready, he was introduced to the cub and he greeted the cub affectionately. See more »
Goofs After the bear attacks the hunters' horses, and one of the hunters has tracked down his hurt horse and has it cornered in a small rock enclosure, rocks are visible being thrown from the left side of the shot to stir the horse up. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Immediate Family/The Bear/Dad/Next of Kin/Carnival of Souls (1989). See more »
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Quotes Bill: You see, I don't like to ask folks questions; everyone has a secret side. By God, that's the way it should be.
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