Brother Bear

Brother Bear (2003)

Timing: 1:25 (85 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2003-10-23

Country

United States

Production

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Genre

Adventure, Animation, Family

Budget

$128 000 000

Revenue

$250 397 798

Website

http://movies.disney.com/brother-bear

Director

Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker

Actors

Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Jason Raize, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, D.B. Sweeney, Joan Copeland, Michael Clarke Duncan, Harold Gould, Paul Christie
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Scenario

Producer

Chuck Williams

Operator

Composer

Mark Mancina

Artist

Audition

Mary Hidalgo, Matthew Jon Beck

Editing

Tim Mertens
All team (94)

• Work on the animated film began in early 2002 by the Disney Feature Animation team. This is the third DFA project after «Mulan» and «Lilo & Stitch».
• Initially, the cartoon was titled «Bears». Before starting work on the cartoon, the animation team traveled to the state of Alaska in the summer of 2000 to study Kodiak bears and Native American culture, in order to subsequently create the most realistic animation.
• The film features songs and music by Phil Collins, specifically written for this film. In 1999, Collins wrote music for Disney's «Tarzan», and received an Oscar for the song «You'll Be In My Heart».
• The names of some characters are actually the names of various settlements and geographical objects in Alaska and Canada. For example, Sitka and Kenai are the names of Alaskan cities, and Tanana is a tributary of the Yukon River.
• The characters Rutt and Tuke appeared at different times in a trailer for the Pixar film «Finding Nemo», as well as in a video reminding viewers to turn off their mobile phones in the cinema.
• Kenai's line, “I don’t care how you and Binky found the biggest pine cone in the world,” did not exist in the script – the actor made a mistake during voice recording, and Koda’s response was improvised.
• According to the initial script, Grizz – a large adult bear resembling the wise bear Toga – was supposed to be Kenai's companion. However, this image could not convey the necessary emotional message to the audience, and as a result, Grizz was replaced by the cub Koda.
• The painting that Koda draws in one of the short episodes accompanying the end credits is Georges-Pierre Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte'.
• Work on the animated film began in early 2002 by the Disney Feature Animation team. It is the third project for DFA after 'Mulan' and 'Lilo & Stitch'.
• Initially, the cartoon was titled "Bears." The animation team traveled to Alaska in the summer of 2000 to study Kodiak bears and Native American culture before starting work on the cartoon, in order to create the most realistic animation possible.
• The film features songs and music by Phil Collins, specifically written for it. In 1999, Collins composed music for Disney's "Tarzan" and received an Oscar for the song "You'll Be In My Heart."
• The characters Ratt and Tuke appeared at different times in a trailer for Pixar's "Finding Nemo," as well as in a public service announcement warning about turning off mobile phones in the cinema.