Brother Bear (2003)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Aaron Blaise
Robert Walker

Writers:

Tab Murphy (screenplay) and
Lorne Cameron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

1 November 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

The story of a boy who became a man by becoming a bear.

Plot:

A young Inuit hunter seeks vengence against a bear, only to be magically changed into a bear himself, and his only chance to change back is with a talkative bear cub.

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Revenge | Brotherhood | Bear Cub | Survival

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 17 nominations

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix	...	Kenai (voice)
Jeremy Suarez	...	Koda (voice)
Jason Raize	...	Denahi (voice)
Rick Moranis	...	Rutt (voice)
Dave Thomas	...	Tuke (voice)
D.B. Sweeney	...	Sitka (voice)
Joan Copeland	...	Tanana (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Tug (voice)
Harold Gould	...	Old Denahi (voice)
Paul Christie	...	Ram #1 (voice)
Danny Mastrogiorgio	...	Ram #2 (voice) (as Daniel Mastrogiorgio)
Estelle Harris	...	Old Lady Bear (voice)
Greg Proops	...	Male Lover Bear (voice)
Pauley Perrette	...	Female Lover Bear (voice)
Darko Cesar	...	Foreign Croatian Bear (voice)
Bumper Robinson	...	Chipmunks (voice)
Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley	...	Inuit Narrator (voice)
Patrick Pinney	...	Additional Voice (voice) (as Pat Pinney)
Brian Posehn	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Phil Proctor	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Pamela Adlon	...	Additional Voice (voice) (as Pam Seagall)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Bill Farmer	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Hope Levy	...	Additional Voice / Valley Girl Bear (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Caitlin Rose Anderson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Maxi Anderson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Carmen Carter	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Randy Crenshaw	...	Additional Voice (voice) (as Randel Crenshaw)
Trey Finney	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Ben Johnson	...	Additional Voice (voice) (as Ben Johnson)
Bethany Johnson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Luke Johnson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
B. Wyatt Johnson	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Amy Keys	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Rick Logan	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Susie Stevens-Logan	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Arnold McCuller	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Tim Mertens	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Josef Powell	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Lamonte Van Hook	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Julie Waters Tillman	...	Additional Voice (voice) (as Julia Tillman Waters)
Maxine Waters Willard	...	Additional Voice (voice) (as Maxine W. Waters)
Oren Waters	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Willie Wheaton	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Fred White	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Terry Wood	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Terry Young	...	Additional Voice (voice)

Directed by
Aaron Blaise
Robert Walker

Writing credits
Tab Murphy		(screenplay) and
Lorne Cameron		(screenplay) &
David Hoselton		(screenplay) and
Steve Bencich		(screenplay) &
Ron J. Friedman		(screenplay)
Stephen J. Anderson		(story supervisor) (as Stephen Anderson)
Nathan Greno		(story) &
Stevie Wermers		(story) (as Stevie Wermers-Skelton) &
Kevin Deters		(story) &
Woody Woodman		(story) &
Thom Enriquez		(story) &
Kevin Harkey		(story) &
Broose Johnson		(story) &
John Norton		(story) &
John Puglisi		(story)
Tim Hodge		(additional story) &
Tom LaBaff		(additional story) &
Ray Shenusay		(additional story) &
Brian Pimental		(additional story) &
Jim Story		(additional story) &
Don Dougherty		(additional story) &
Don Hall		(additional story) &
Samuel Levine		(additional story) &
Aurian Redson		(additional story) &
Chris Williams		(additional story)
Jeff Hand		(additional story material)

Produced by
Igor Khait	....	associate producer
Chuck Williams	....	executive producer
Chuck Williams	....	producer

Original Music by
Phil Collins
Mark Mancina

Film Editing by
Tim Mertens

Casting by
Matthew Jon Beck
Mary Hidalgo

Art Direction by
Robh Ruppel

Production Management
Bruce R. Anderson	....	production manager (as Bruce Anderson)
Stephen R. Craig	....	assistant production manager: Sweatbox
Coralie Cudot-Lissillour	....	production manager: Paris
Krissie Kaufman	....	assistant production manager: layout
Jenni Magee-Cook	....	assistant production manager: California
Randy Parker	....	digital production manager
Berenice Robinson	....	post-production manager (as Bérénice Robinson)
Jackie L. Shadrake	....	assistant production manager: clean-up
Elizabeth Watts	....	assistant production manager: background (as Lisa Watts)
Shellie West	....	assistant production manager: color models
Judy Wolf	....	assistant production manager: editorial

Art Department
Jonathan Annand	....	additional visual development
Sunny Apinchapong	....	additional visual development
Hans Bacher	....	visual development
Kirk Bodyfelt	....	artistic coordinator
Richie Chavez	....	visual development
David Crane	....	additional visual development
Guy Deel	....	additional visual development
Paul A. Felix	....	visual development (as Paul Felix)
Douglas Henderson	....	visual development
Xiangyuan Jie	....	visual development
Paul R. Kashuk Jr.	....	assistant artistic coordinator (as Paul Kashuk Jr.)
Sai Ping Lok	....	visual development (as Saiping Lok)
Rick Maki	....	additional visual development (as Roderick Maki)
James J. Martin	....	additional visual development (as James Martin)
Bill Perkins	....	visual development
Franc Reyes	....	visual development
Harald Siepermann	....	visual development
Gabor Tom Steisinger	....	additional visual development (as Gabor 'Tom' Steisinger)
Marcelo Vignali	....	visual development
Charles R. Vollmer	....	additional visual development (as Chuck Vollmer)
Terryl Whitlach	....	visual development (as Terryl A. Whitlatch)

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound effects editor
Petra Bach	....	adr supervisor
Ron Bartlett	....	supervising sound mixer
Mark Binder	....	assistant sound designer
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	sound assistant
Eric Bretter	....	sound re-recordist
Vince Caro	....	original dialogue recording engineer
Mike Chock	....	supervising sound effects editor
Chuck Choi	....	technical consultant
Mark Coffey	....	assistant sound effects editor
Dan Cubert	....	additional dialogue recording engineer (as Daniel Cubert)
Evan Daum	....	stage engineer
Rob Hill	....	additional dialogue recording engineer
Eric Cameron Hosmer	....	sound re-recordist (as Eric Hosmer)
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Steve Lee	....	sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Scott Morgan	....	foley recordist
Piero Mura	....	adr editor
Michael Novitch	....	stage engineer (as Mike Novitch)
Chris Pinkston	....	post-production audio coordinator (as Christopher Pinkston)
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer
Mark Rinaldi	....	dialogue recording assistant
John Roesch	....	foley artist
James A. Sandweiss	....	additional dialogue recording engineer
Reuben Simon	....	foley editor
Mark Smith	....	supervising sound mixer
Ralph Stuart	....	assistant sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Heather M. Shepherd	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Cindy Beltz	....	assistant production manager: animation (as Cindy Leopold-Beltz)
Bob Bennett	....	visual effects animator (as Robert Bennett)
Joel Biske	....	visual effects break down (as Joel M. Biske)
Robert Blalock	....	visual effects assistant animator
Paul Briggs	....	visual effects key assistant animator
Christopher Robert Bromby	....	visual effects break down
Michael Budd	....	assistant technical director
Jason Buske	....	compositing supervisor (as Jason Leonard Robert Buske)
John Cashman	....	visual effects assistant animator
Earl Coffman	....	compositor (as Earl Scott Coffman)
Jason Michael Crossley	....	3d character animation (as James Michael Crossley)
Michael Curtis	....	main title animation
Christian M. Elsensohn	....	render I/O administrator: Walt Disney
Bill Fadness	....	visual effects supervisor
Jazno Francoeur	....	visual effects animator
Kirk Garfield	....	effects technical director
Joseph Gilland	....	visual effects animator (as Joseph F. Gilland)
Sandra Groeneveld	....	model development (as Sandra Maria Groeneveld)
Eric Guaglione	....	visual development artist
Troy A. Gustafson	....	visual effects animator
William J. Haas	....	visual effects break down
Darlene E. Hadrika	....	3d effects animator
Kelly Hoover	....	assistant production manager: visual effects (as Kellie M. Hoover)
Chris Hummel	....	effects technical director
Brian Jefcoat	....	lead modeler
Scott Kersavage	....	CGI supervisor
Jamie Kirschenbaum	....	assistant technical director
Christine Laubach	....	digital retouch artist: California
Sean Locke	....	herd animation
Sean Locke	....	model technical director
Andrea Lösch	....	effects technical director (as Andrea Losch)
Dan Lund	....	visual effects animator
Derrick L. McKenzie	....	3d waterfalls (as Derrick Lee McKenzie)
Michael Todd Montgomery	....	visual effects key assistant animator
Carlos Muñoz	....	assistant technical director
Simon O'Connor	....	additional digital production support
Michael L. Oliva	....	visual effects key assistant animator
Tony Plett	....	look development supervisor
Chalermpon 'Yo' Poungpeth	....	look development technical director
Sean Simon Ramirez	....	visual effects assistant animator
Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot	....	visual effects key assistant animator
Kathy Schoeppner	....	digital retouch artist
Gary Schumer	....	visual effects animator
Heather M. Shepherd	....	visual effects break down
Brad Smith	....	render I/O administrator
Rochelle Doriot Smith	....	visual effects break down
Lora M. Spran	....	visual effects assistant animator
Kip Lanai Stone	....	data entry
Kip Lanai Stone	....	x-sheet
John David Thornton	....	visual effects animator
Tony West	....	visual effects animator
Jayme Wilkinson	....	additional digital production support
Jason W. Wolbert	....	3d effects animator (as Jason William Wolbert)
Garrett Wren	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
John Cunningham	....	camera supervisor
Thomas Grealy	....	camera operator
Suzy Zeffren	....	camera department coordinator (as Suzy Zeffren-Rauch)

Animation Department
Georges Abolin	....	additional animation: Paris
Laurence Adam-Bessière	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Benjamin William Adams	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Rutt" & "Tuke"
Marco Allard	....	additional animation: Paris
Phil Allora	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Philip J. Allora)
Paulo Alvarado	....	rough inbetweener (as Paulo R. Alvarado)
Merritt F. Andrews	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Denahi" (as Merritt Faye Andrews)
Jonathan Annand	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Ruben A. Aquino	....	supervising animator: "Denahi"
Gregg E. Azzopardi	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Gregg Azzopardi)
Tom Bancroft	....	additional animation: "Tuke"
Javier Espinosa Bañuelos	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Janelle C. Bell-Martin	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Human" (as Janelle Bell-Martin)
Cindy Ge Benet	....	rough inbetweener
Michael Benet	....	animator: "Kenai - Human"
Rachel R. Bibb	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Rachel Renee Bibb)
Katherine Blackmore	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Koda"
Travis Blaise	....	animator: "Koda"
Jason Boose	....	animator: "Koda"
Claire Bourdin	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Philip S. Boyd	....	clean-up supervisor (as Philip Scott Boyd)
David Braden	....	2D animation processing supervisor
Rune Brandt Bennicke	....	character designer
Rune Brandt Bennicke	....	lead animator: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom"
Todd Bright	....	rough inbetweener
Philippe Briones	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Jeff Brown	....	clean-up animation inbetweener: "Kenai - Bear" (as Jeffrey Scott Brown)
Robert Bryan	....	additional animation: "Tuke"
Robert Bryan	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Dominic M. Carola	....	animator: "Denahi"
Irma Cartaya-Torre	....	color models supervisor
Hortensia Casagran	....	paint supervisor (as Hortensia M. Casagran)
Darko Cesar	....	animator: "Koda"
Farouk Cherfi	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Wesley Chun	....	additional animation: Los Angeles
Anthony Cipriano	....	character sculptor (as Tony Cipriano)
Caroline Clifford	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Sitka" & Miscellaneous Characters
Ron Cohee	....	key assistant animator (segment "Kenai-Human")
Daniel Cohen	....	animation check supervisor
Brad S. Condie	....	rough inbetweener (as Brad Condie)
Frank R. Cordero	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Koda"
Robert O. Corley	....	animator: "Koda" and "Rams"
Lee Crowe	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Tug" & "Koda's Mom"
Don Crum	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
John Cunningham	....	scene planning supervisor
Cheryl Davis	....	color model stylist
Nicole de Bellefroid	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Antony De Fato	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Tanana" & Miscellaneous Bears"
Ron DeFelice	....	background artist (as Ron De Felice)
Peter J. DeLuca	....	layout key assistant
Tom De Rosier	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Koda"
Jeff Dickson	....	layout supervisor
Sasha Dorogov	....	animator: "Koda"
Bernard Dourdent	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Tom Dow	....	layout key assistant
Amy Drobeck	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Sam Ewing	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Koda"
James Falkowski	....	clean-up animation inbetweener: "Kenai - Bear"
Xin-Lin Fan	....	background artist
Perry Farinola	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Koda"
Christine Lawrence Finney	....	clean-up supervisor
Trey Finney	....	animator: "Koda"
Doug Frankel	....	additional animation: Los Angeles (as Doug Frankle)
Maria Angela Iturriza Freire	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Tom Gately	....	lead animator: "Tanana"
Steven Charles Geer	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Koda"
Billy George	....	layout artist
Hugo Giraud	....	breakdown artist
Daniel A. Gracey	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Denahi"
Craig Anthony Grasso	....	layout artist
Christopher F. Greco	....	background artist
Gizella Gregán	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris (as Gizella Maros Gregan)
David Wang Ying Guang	....	background artist
Juanjo Guarnido	....	additional animation: Paris
Andrew Edward Harkness	....	layout artist
James A. Harris	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Krista Heij	....	rough inbetweener
Arturo A. Hernandez	....	additional animation: Los Angeles (as Arturo Hernandez)
Andrew Hickson	....	layout artist
Greg Hill	....	clean-up animation inbetweener: "Tanana" & Miscellaneous Bears"
Gontran Hoarau	....	additional animation: Paris
Bill Hodman	....	layout key assistant
Dave Holbrook	....	clean-up animation inbetweener: "Kenai - Bear" (as David Holbrook)
Byron Howard	....	supervising animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Tom Humber	....	layout artist (as Thomas Humber)
John E. Hurst	....	animator: "Kenai - Human" (as John Hurst)
James Young Jackson	....	supervising animator: "Kenai - Human"
Xiangyuan Jie	....	background stylist
Broose Johnson	....	lead animator: "Tuke"
Carl Jones	....	additional background artist: Los Angeles
Mark Koetsier	....	additional animation: Los Angeles
Barry Kooser	....	background supervisor (as Barry R. Kooser)
Geraldine Kovats	....	background artist (as Dean Kovats)
Alex Kupershmidt	....	supervising animator: "Koda"
Cynthia Landeros	....	additional animation: Los Angeles
Christine Landés-Tigano	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris (as Christine Landes)
Kenneth Landrum	....	color model stylist (as Kenneth Carlyle Landrum)
Lisa G. Lanyon	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Denahi"
Ludovic Letrun	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Kellie D. Lewis	....	lead key animator
Richard Carl Livingston	....	layout artist
Sean Luo	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Philippe Malka	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Steve Mason	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Tim Massa	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Rutt" & "Tuke"
Pamela Mathues	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Koda"
Paul McDonald	....	rough inbetweener (as Paul N. McDonald)
Teri McDonald	....	painter (as Teri N. McDonald)
Sarah Mercey-Boose	....	animator: "Koda"
Benoit Meurzec	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Anthony Wayne Michaels	....	lead animator: "Sitka"
Branko Mihanovic	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Florence Montceau	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Maurilio Morales	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
David Murray	....	background artist
David Nethery	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Tug" & "Koda's Mom" (as David T. Nethery)
Stephanie Olivieri	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Jason Peltz	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Koda"
John J. Pierro	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Koda"
Barbara J. Poirier	....	animation processor
Christine Poli Chatal	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris (as Christine Chatal Poli)
Doug Post	....	additional animation: Los Angeles (as Douglas Post)
Catherine Poulain	....	additional animation: Paris
Kevin Proctor	....	layout key assistant
Teresita Quezada	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Teresita Quezada-Geer)
Peter Raymundo	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Tanana" & Miscellaneous Bears"
Franc Reyes	....	layout assistant
Daniel Lawrence Riebold	....	breakdown clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Tony Santo	....	clean-up animation inbetweener: "Koda"
Chris Sauve	....	additional animation: Los Angeles
Armand Serrano	....	layout artist
Pierre Seurin	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris (as Pierre Seurin Landreau)
Debra Y. Siegel	....	color stylist (as Debra Siegel-Furlin)
Harald Siepermann	....	character designer
William T. Silvers Jr.	....	background artist
Lon Smart	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Phirum Sou	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Bob Spang	....	rough inbetweener
Ken Spirduso	....	background assistant (as Kenneth Spirduso)
Ken Spirduso	....	layout key assistant (as Kenneth Spirduso)
Tony Stanley	....	lead animator: "Rutt"
Robert E. Stanton	....	background artist
Rusty Stoll	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Tug" & "Koda's Mom" (as Russell 'Rusty' Stoll)
Susan Sugita	....	additional animation: Los Angeles
Sean Sullivan	....	background artist
Sylvaine Terriou	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Thomas Thorspecken	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Koda"
Marshall Lee Toomey	....	additional animation: Los Angeles (as Marshall Toomey)
Kim Torpey	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Marc Tosolini	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
JC Tran-Quang-Thieu	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Jean Claude Tran)
Patrick Tuorto	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Theodore Ty	....	animator: "Denahi" (as Theodore Anthony Lee Ty)
Joann Tzuanos	....	blue sketch artist (as Joanne Johnson Tzuanos)
George Villaflor	....	layout key assistant
Xavier Villez	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Bill Waldman	....	additional animation: Los Angeles
John R. Walsh	....	key assistant clean-up animator: "Rutt" & "Tuke"
John Webber	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Ian White	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Matt Whitlock	....	clean-up animation inbetweener: Mammoths & Miscellaneous Animals
Ronnie Williford	....	rough inbetweener
Ginger Wolf	....	assistant clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Ginger Wolf-Browning)
David Yorke	....	background artist
David W. Zach	....	additional animation: "Rutt"
Jane Zhao	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Michael D. Lusby	....	assistant technical director (uncredited)

Casting Department
Ruth Lambert	....	additional casting
Jen Rudin	....	additional casting

Editorial Department
Robert Bagley	....	transfer room operator (as Robert H. Bagley)
Beth Collins-Stegmaier	....	editor: animation (as Beth A. Collins-Stegmaier)
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Jeff Draheim	....	associate editor
Valerie Flueger	....	post-production coordinator (as Valerie Anne Flueger)
Robert J. Hansen	....	transfer room operator
Rich Mackay	....	negative cutter
Brion McIntosh	....	first assistant editor
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter
Shannon Stein	....	avid assistant editor
Bruce Tauscher	....	color timer: film & digital services
Mike Kenji Tomizawa	....	post-production engineer (as Michael Kenzi Tomizawa)

Music Department
Carmen Carter	....	vocal contractor
Chuck Choi	....	music technical consultant
Phil Collins	....	vocal arrangements
Earl Ghaffari	....	music editor
Steven Gizicki	....	music consultant
Don Harper	....	orchestra conductor
Eddie Jobson	....	choral arrangement
Steve Kempster	....	score recordist
Steve Kempster	....	song recordist
Deniece LaRocca	....	music production coordinator (as Deniece Hall)
Tom MacDougall	....	music production supervisor
Mark Mancina	....	vocal arrangements
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrations (as David Metzger)
Dave Metzger	....	vocal arrangements (as David Metzger)
Andrew Page	....	music production manager
Bobbi Page	....	vocal contractor
Booker White	....	supervising music copyist
Reggie Wilson	....	songs contractor
Frank Wolf	....	song recordist

Other crew
John Aardal	....	digital film recorder operator
Brett Achorn	....	additional technology supporter: Los Angeles
Garret E. Albritton	....	production assistant
Ross Allard	....	technology crew
Raul Anaya	....	technology crew
William Aylsworth	....	digital film recorder operator
Matt Bialosuknia	....	technology crew
Richard Bingle	....	technology crew
Christin Ciaccio Briggs	....	production assistant
Rodolfo Cardenas	....	production assistant (as Rodolfo Cardenas-Rios)
Raines Carr	....	development team
Nancy Cartwright	....	voice coach
Rikki Chobanian	....	production coordinator: disk space & retakes
Chuck Choi	....	technical consultant
Leo Chu	....	vice president of production
Michael Clay	....	technology crew
Shirley Collier	....	assistant production accountant
Tom Corrigan	....	additional technology supporter: Los Angeles
Susan Childs Crum	....	production assistant
Jefferson Crutchfield	....	technology crew
Jamal Davis	....	production assistant: film & digital services (as Jamal M. Davis)
Rick Dempsey	....	voice coach
John Derderian	....	digital film recorder operator
Kelley Derr	....	assistant production manager: publicity: California
Mimi Doss	....	assistant to producer
Brett Drogmund	....	development team
Nanette K. Drumtra	....	production assistant
Larry Edminister	....	technology crew (as Larry Grant Edminister)
Joshua P. Edwards	....	additional production supporter
Bill Fadness	....	film & digital services supervisor (as William Fadness)
Juan Antonio Fernandez	....	systems administrator: Mac
Juan Antonio Fernandez	....	technology crew
Bérangère Frésard	....	production assistant
Christopher W. Gee	....	technical supervisor: film & digital services
Jefry G. Georgianni	....	production assistant (as Jeffry G. Georgianni)
Jennifer Gibson	....	production assistant
Mark Gilicinski	....	manager of technology (as Mark W. Gilicinski)
Michellina Carola Grealy	....	production assistant
Thomas Grealy	....	scene planning pre-checker
Don Gworek	....	technology crew
Dwayne Harris	....	technology crew
Dana Haukoos	....	technology crew
Stephanie C. Herrman	....	assistant manager: digital & film services
Christopher Holland	....	scene planner
James P. Hurrell	....	additional technology supporter: Los Angeles
Jennifer L. Kagel	....	production assistant
Christelle Kam	....	assistant to production manager: Paris
Terrence Sean Kane	....	technology crew
Sally-Anne King	....	final check
Fran Kirsten	....	manager supervisor
Renato Lattanzi	....	production coordinator: disk space & retakes
Ben Lemon	....	assistant manager: disk space & retakes
Mary Lescher	....	scene planner
James Edward Leslie	....	technology crew
Michael Martines	....	production coordinator: disk space & retakes
Anne-Marie Martinez	....	production assistant
Brenda McGirl	....	manager: disk space & retakes
Stephanie Mendoza	....	production accountant
Christophe Meslin	....	additional technology supporter: Paris
Tammy Middleton	....	technology crew (as Tammy Nabors Middleton)
Charlene Moncrief	....	production assistant
Ninka Katarina Mortensen	....	production assistant (as Ninka K. Mortensen-Clérin)
Jennie Kepenek Mouzis	....	digital film recorder operator
Jennifer R. Peltz	....	production assistant
Melissa Rivas-Torres	....	executive assistant
Lyn Rookachat	....	production coordinator
Daryl Rosenberg	....	production assistant
Michael Saitta	....	technology crew
Andrea Salhab	....	production assistant
Matthew F. Schnittker	....	additional technology supporter: Los Angeles (as Matt Schnittker)
Virginia Perry Smith	....	assistant to producer
Nora Quinn Souffir	....	production assistant
William J. Sperounis	....	production assistant
Paul Steele	....	scene planner
Jennifer Tymkiw	....	production assistant
Dawn Watson	....	production assistant (as Dawn M. Watson)
David Willnerd	....	production assistant
Terence Worley	....	additional technology supporter: Los Angeles
John Yoon	....	technology crew
Fran R. Zandonella	....	additional technology supporter: Los Angeles (as Fran Raquel Zandonella)
Michael Zarembski	....	additional technology supporter: Los Angeles

Thanks
Franchesca Arata	....	very special thanks
Travis Becker	....	very special thanks (as Travis Beckner)
Dianne Bennaissa	....	very special thanks
Steve Berry	....	very special thanks
Kevin L. Briggs	....	very special thanks
Donna Cartee Brown	....	very special thanks
Chantal Beck Bumgarner	....	very special thanks
Andy Burnell	....	very special thanks
Marian Carchidi	....	very special thanks
Jayne Carter	....	very special thanks
Alex Chatfield	....	very special thanks
Nathalie Cuzenic Christopher	....	very special thanks
Paul Colacchio	....	very special thanks
Lisa Cook	....	very special thanks
Melissa Crabtree	....	very special thanks
Dana Rosati Dillon	....	very special thanks
Joshua P. Edwards	....	very special thanks
Natasha Foster-Owens	....	very special thanks
Maryann Gromoll	....	very special thanks
Amy Hodman	....	very special thanks
Karen Greco Hofheimer	....	very special thanks
Scott Hutton	....	very special thanks
Steve Langdon	....	very special thanks
Jack P. Lew	....	very special thanks
Rachele Oliver Lord	....	very special thanks
Francine Luna	....	very special thanks
Sanj Marosi	....	very special thanks
Carolyn McClendon	....	very special thanks
James Melton	....	very special thanks
Stuart Sumida	....	very special thanks
Maggie Walsh	....	very special thanks (as Maggie Walsh Gisel)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista International Finland (2004) (Finland) (all media)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Imaging  end titles
• Buena Vista Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Technicolor Weddington  sound editorial services
• Technicolor  prints by
• Walt Disney Music Library, The  music copying
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack published by
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  foley by
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  re-recorded at

Also Known As:

Bears (USA) (working title)
Tierra de osos (USA: Spanish title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Inuktitut | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Germany:o.Al. | Finland:K-3 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/4 | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Switzerland:8 (canton of Zurich) | UK:U | USA:G (certificate #40113)

Filming Locations:

Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

The only one of the major animated Disney movies (which do not include "Dinosaur") to include the black and orange Disney Pictures logo in its initial release. The black and orange logo was first used in 2000 and only lasted until 2006 when an elaborate CGI logo was unveiled during the opening of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."

Goofs:

Continuity: In the opening scene, Denahi says "This is a story from long ago, when the great mammoths still roamed our lands", whereas the main story takes place during his lifetime and mammoths are clearly too plentiful to have disappeared so quickly.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Denahi as an Old Man: This is a story from long ago, when the great mammoths still roamed our lands. It's the story of my two brothers and me. When the three of us were young, we were taught that the world is full of magic. The source of this magic is the ever-changing lights that dance across the sky...

Movie Connections:

References Ice Age (2002)

Soundtrack:

Great Spirits

Beauty and the "Bear"

"Brother Bear" is the latest Disney feature to be done in hand-drawn animation. In it, a young hunter in the Pacific Northwest of the Ice Age is transformed into a bear to look at life from another perspective. The animation is beautifully done, depicting breathtaking scenes of nature. And things like a herd of caribou or a school of salmon were eye-catching. The story is fascinating, letting you know what it's like to go from being the hunter to being the hunted. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis make funny cameos as Rutt and Tuke, a pair of moose patterned after their "MacKenzie Brothers" characters. The vignettes during the end credits are funny as well. So, "Brother Bear" offers a good example of what 2D animation can still do.