The Bear (1988)
October 21, 1988Release Date
The Bear (1988)
October 21, 1988Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Tchéky Karyo
Tom
Bart the Bear
The Kodiak Bear
Youk the Bear
The Bear Cub
Jack Wallace
Bill
André Lacombe
Le chasseur aux chiens
Heidi Lüdi
Art Direction
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
James Oliver Curwood
Writer
Gérard Brach
Writer
Claude Berri
Producer
Philippe Sarde
Composer
Pierre Grunstein
Associate Producer
Philippe Rousselot
Cinematographer
Noëlle Boisson
Editor
Corinne Jorry
Costume Design
Mary Jo Slater
CastingDirector
Toni Lüdi
ProductionDesigner
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decoration
George Dietz
Art Direction
Hans Jürgen Schmelzle
Art Direction
Antony Greengrow
Art Direction
Françoise Disle
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 21, 1988
Original NameL'Ours
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingPG
Budget$25,000,000
Box Office$138,241,022
Filming LocationsAustria · Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany · Dolomites, Italy
Genres
Wiki.
The Bear is a 1988 French adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and released by TriStar Pictures. Adapted from the novel The Grizzly King (1916) by American author James Oliver Curwood, the screenplay was written by Gérard Brach. Set in British Columbia, Canada, the film tells the story of an orphaned grizzly bear cub who befriends a large adult male Kodiak bear as two trophy hunters pursue them through the wild.
Several of the themes explored in the story include orphanhood, peril and protection, and mercy toward and on the behalf of a reformed hunter. Annaud and Brach began planning the story and production in 1981, although filming did not begin until six years later, due to the director's commitment to another project. The Bear was filmed almost entirely in the Italian and Austrian areas of the Dolomites, with live animals—including Bart the Bear, a trained 2.74-metre (9.0 ft) tall Kodiak bear—present on location. Notable for its almost complete lack of dialogue and its minimal score, the film was nominated for and won numerous international film awards.