Brother Bear (2003)

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)
Michael Brassell	....	assistant production manager: CAPS
Stephen R. Craig	....	assistant production manager: Sweatbox
Coralie Cudot-Lissillour	....	production manager: Paris
Michael De La Cruz	....	assistant production manager: production, Paris (as Michael de la Cruz)
Kelley Derr	....	assistant production manager: publicity, California
Krissie Kaufman	....	assistant production manager: layout
Etienne Longa	....	assistant production manager: production, Paris
Jenni Magee-Cook	....	assistant production manager: production, California
Frederika Pepping	....	assistant production manager: production, Paris
Berenice Robinson	....	post-production manager (as Bérénice Robinson)
Jackie L. Shadrake	....	assistant production manager: clean-up
Jennifer Christine Vera	....	assistant production manager: digital production
Elizabeth Watts	....	assistant production manager: backgrounds/animation check (as Lisa Watts)
Shellie West	....	assistant production manager: color models
Judy Wolf	....	assistant production manager: story

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

Visual Effects by
Rob Bekuhrs	....	additional digital production supporter
Bob Bennett	....	visual effects animator (as Robert Bennett)
Joel Biske	....	effects breakdown artist (as Joel M. Biske)
Robert Blalock	....	assistant effects animator
Paul Briggs	....	key assistant effects animator
Christopher Robert Bromby	....	effects breakdown artist
Michael Budd	....	assistant technical director
Jason Buske	....	compositing supervisor (as Jason Leonard Robert Buske)
John Cashman	....	assistant effects animator
Thierry Chaffoin	....	additional effects animator: Paris
Earl Coffman	....	compositor (as Earl Scott Coffman)
Jason Michael Crossley	....	3D character animator (as James Michael Crossley)
Michael Curtis	....	main title animation
Mathilde Danton	....	additional effects animator: Paris
Christian M. Elsensohn	....	render I/O administrator: Walt Disney
Bill Fadness	....	visual effects supervisor
Jazno Francoeur	....	visual effects animator
Kirk Garfield	....	3D effects technical director (as Kirk Alan Garfield)
Joseph Gilland	....	visual effects animator (as Joseph F. Gilland)
Sandra Groeneveld	....	modeler (as Sandra Maria Groeneveld)
Eric Guaglione	....	modeler
Troy A. Gustafson	....	visual effects animator
William J. Haas	....	effects breakdown artist
Darlene E. Hadrika	....	3D effects animator
Chris Hummel	....	3D effects technical director
Brian Jefcoat	....	lead modeler
Scott Kersavage	....	CGI supervisor
Jamie Kirschenbaum	....	assistant technical director
Sean Locke	....	herd animator
Sean Locke	....	model technical director
Joseph M. Lohmar	....	additional digital production supporter
Andrea Lösch	....	3D effects technical director (as Andrea Losch)
Dan Lund	....	visual effects animator
Derrick L. McKenzie	....	visual effects animator: 3D waterfalls (as Derrick Lee McKenzie)
Michael Todd Montgomery	....	key assistant effects animator
Carlos Muñoz	....	assistant technical director
Maria Nemeth	....	additional effects animator: Paris
Simon O'Connor	....	additional digital production supporter
Michael Oliva	....	key assistant effects animator (as Michael L. Oliva)
Mouloud Oussid	....	additional effects animator: Paris
Randy Parker	....	digital production manager
Tony Plett	....	look development supervisor
Chalermpon 'Yo' Poungpeth	....	look development technical director
Sean Simon Ramirez	....	assistant effects animator
Paitoon Ratanasirintrawoot	....	key assistant effects animator
Gregory Regeste	....	additional effects animator: Paris
Nicolas Ruedy	....	additional effects animator: Paris
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	compositing supervisor: California (as James 'JR' Russell)
Gary Schumer	....	visual effects animator
Heather M. Shepherd	....	effects breakdown artist
Brad Smith	....	render I/O administrator
Rochelle Doriot Smith	....	effects breakdown artist
Lora M. Spran	....	assistant effects animator
Kip Lanai Stone	....	x-sheet/data entry: effects
John David Thornton	....	visual effects animator
Tony West	....	visual effects animator
Jayme Wilkinson	....	additional digital production supporter
Jason W. Wolbert	....	3D effects animator (as Jason William Wolbert)
Garrett Wren	....	visual effects supervisor
Karel Zilliacus	....	additional effects animator: Paris
Michael D. Lusby	....	assistant technical director (uncredited)

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

Animation Department
Georges Abolin	....	additional animator: Paris
Laurence Adam-Bessière	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Benjamin William Adams	....	breakdown artist: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
Joyce Alexander	....	painter
Marco Allard	....	additional animator: Paris
Phil Allora	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Philip J. Allora)
Paulo Alvarado	....	rough inbetweener (as Paulo R. Alvarado)
Carmen R. Alvarez	....	paint mark-up (as Carmen Regina Alvarez)
Bill Andres	....	painter
Merritt F. Andrews	....	key assistant animator: "Denahi" (as Merritt Faye Andrews)
Jonathan Annand	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Ruben A. Aquino	....	supervising animator: "Denahi"
Carlos Arancibia	....	additional rough inbetweener
Carlos Arancibia	....	inbetween artist: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
Stephen Nelson Austin	....	breakdown artist: "Denahi"
Dominic A'Vant	....	breakdown artist: "Kenai - Human"
Kirk E. Axtell II	....	painter (as Kirk Axtell II)
Gregg E. Azzopardi	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Gregg Azzopardi)
Doug Ball	....	additional background supervisor: Los Angeles
Tom Bancroft	....	additional animator: "Tuke"
Javier Espinosa Bañuelos	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Kevin A. Barber	....	breakdown artist: "Kenai - Human"
Brian Beauchamp	....	breakdown artist: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom"
Janelle C. Bell-Martin	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Human" (as Janelle Bell-Martin)
Cindy Ge Benet	....	rough inbetweener
Michael Benet	....	animator: "Kenai - Human"
Rachel R. Bibb	....	lead key assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Rachel Renee Bibb)
Katherine Blackmore	....	assistant animator: "Koda"
Travis Blaise	....	animator: "Koda"
Russell Blandino	....	assistant paint supervisor
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"
Russell Braun	....	breakdown artist: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
Todd Bright	....	rough inbetweener
Philippe Briones	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Jeff Brown	....	inbetween artist: "Kenai - Bear" (as Jeffrey Scott Brown)
Robert Bryan	....	additional animator: "Tuke"
Robert Bryan	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
James Burks	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Scott A. Burroughs	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Human"
Joey Calderon	....	painter
Ofra Afouta Calderon	....	painter (as Ofra Afuta Naylor)
Dominic M. Carola	....	animator: "Denahi"
Irma Cartaya-Torre	....	color models supervisor
Hortensia Casagran	....	paint supervisor (as Hortensia M. Casagran)
Janice M. Caston	....	painter
Michael Cedeno	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Darko Cesar	....	animator: "Koda"
Farouk Cherfi	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Karen China	....	painter (as Karen N. China)
Chang Yei Cho	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles (as Chang Cho)
Wesley Chun	....	additional animator: Los Angeles
Anthony Cipriano	....	character sculptor (as Tony Cipriano)
Casey Clayton	....	paint mark-up
Caroline Clifford	....	key assistant animator: "Sitka" and miscellaneous characters
Ron Cohee	....	key assistant animator: "Kenai - Human"
Daniel Cohen	....	animation check supervisor
Beth Collins-Stegmaier	....	animation editor (as Beth A. Collins-Stegmaier)
Brad S. Condie	....	rough inbetweener (as Brad Condie)
Frank R. Cordero	....	breakdown artist: "Koda"
Robert O. Corley	....	animator: "Koda" and "Rams"
Lee Crowe	....	breakdown artist: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom"
Don Crum	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
John Cunningham	....	scene planning/camera supervisor
Lea Dahlen	....	painter
Dan Daly	....	key assistant animator: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom"
Tammy Daniel-Biske	....	assistant animator: "Tanana" and miscellaneous bears
Cheryl Davis	....	color model stylist
Nicole de Bellefroid	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Antony De Fato	....	assistant animator: "Tanana" and miscellaneous bears (as Antony de Fato)
Ron DeFelice	....	background artist (as Ron De Felice)
Peter J. DeLuca	....	key assistant layout artist
Tom De Rosier	....	breakdown artist: "Koda" (as Tom de Rosier)
Robert Dettloff	....	painter
Jeff Dickson	....	layout supervisor
Frank DiGregorio	....	inbetween artist: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom" (as Frank Digregorio)
Sasha Dorogov	....	animator: "Koda"
Bernard Dourdent	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Tom Dow	....	key assistant layout artist
Amy Drobeck	....	additional rough inbetweener
Amy Drobeck	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Sam Ewing	....	lead key assistant animator: "Koda"
James Falkowski	....	inbetween artist: "Kenai - Bear" (as Jeremy Falkowski)
Xin-Lin Fan	....	background artist
Perry Farinola	....	breakdown artist: "Koda"
Phyllis Fields	....	assistant paint supervisor (as Phyllis Estelle Fields)
Christine Lawrence Finney	....	clean-up supervisor
Trey Finney	....	animator: "Koda"
Tom Fish	....	lead key assistant animator: "Tanana" and miscellaneous bears
Michael Foley	....	painter
Doug Frankel	....	additional animator: Los Angeles (as Doug Frankle)
Maria Angela Iturriza Freire	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Cliff Freitas	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Tom Gately	....	lead animator: "Tanana"
Steven Charles Geer	....	breakdown artist: "Koda"
Billy George	....	layout artist
Hugo Giraud	....	breakdown artist
Patricia L. Gold	....	paint mark-up
Daniel A. Gracey	....	lead key assistant animator: "Denahi"
Craig Anthony Grasso	....	layout artist
Thomas Grealy	....	scene planning pre-checker (as Tom Grealy)
Christopher F. Greco	....	background artist
Debbie Green	....	painter
Gizella Gregán	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris (as Gizella Maros Gregan)
Vernette Griffee	....	painter
David Wang Ying Guang	....	background artist
Juanjo Guarnido	....	additional animator: Paris
Jan Barley Gutowski	....	animation checker
John E. Hailey	....	assistant animator: "Mammoths" and miscellaneous animals (as John O'Hailey)
Andrew Edward Harkness	....	layout artist
James A. Harris	....	key assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Krista Heij	....	rough inbetweener
Kris Heller	....	additional animator: Los Angeles
Debbie Henson	....	painter
Arturo A. Hernandez	....	additional animator: Los Angeles (as Arturo Hernandez)
Andrew Hickson	....	layout artist
Greg Hill	....	inbetween artist: "Tanana" and miscellaneous bears
Suzanne Hirota	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Gontran Hoarau	....	additional animator: Paris
Bill Hodman	....	key assistant layout artist
Dave Holbrook	....	inbetween artist: "Kenai - Bear" (as David Holbrook)
Christopher Holland	....	scene planner
Allison Hollen	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Jacqueline Hooks	....	animation checker (as Jacqueline Hooks-Winterlich)
Byron Howard	....	supervising animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Janette Hulett	....	painter
Tom Humber	....	layout artist (as Thomas Humber)
John E. Hurst	....	animator: "Kenai - Human" (as John Hurst)
Roland Mechael B. Ilagan	....	key assistant animator: "Denahi"
James Young Jackson	....	supervising animator: "Kenai - Human"
Xiangyuan Jie	....	background stylist
Broose Johnson	....	lead animator: "Tuke"
Carl Jones	....	additional background artist: Los Angeles
Phillip A. Jones	....	breakdown artist: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
David Karp	....	painter
Angelika Katz	....	painter (as Angelika R. Katz)
Mi-soon Kim	....	painter (as Misoon Kim)
Seung Beom Kim	....	assistant animator: "Denahi"
Yung Soo Kim	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Sally-Anne King	....	painter
Fran Kirsten	....	CAPS manger
Mark Koetsier	....	additional animator: 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 animator: 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 artist: "Denahi"
Todd LaPlante	....	animation checker
Christine Laubach	....	digital touch-up artist: California
Roberta Lee-Borchardt	....	paint mark-up (as Roberta Lee Borchardt)
Kukhee Lee	....	painter
Miyul Lee	....	key assistant animator: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
Mary Lescher	....	scene planner
Ludovic Letrun	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Kellie D. Lewis	....	lead key assistant animator: "Mammoths" and miscellaneous animals
Richard Carl Livingston	....	layout artist
Sai Ping Lok	....	additional background artist: Los Angeles
Sean Luo	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Heidi Lin Mahoney	....	painter
Philippe Malka	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
David Mar	....	inbetween artist: "Sitka" and miscellaneous characters
Monica Marroquin	....	painter (as Monica Albracht Marroquin)
James J. Martin	....	additional background artist: Los Angeles
Steve Mason	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Tim Massa	....	breakdown artist: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
Pamela Mathues	....	key assistant animator: "Koda"
Beth Ann McCoy	....	painter (as Beth Ann McCoy-Gee)
Paul McDonald	....	rough inbetweener (as Paul N. McDonald)
Teri McDonald	....	painter (as Teri N. McDonald)
Brian McKim	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles (as Brian B. McKim)
Sarah Mercey-Boose	....	animator: "Koda"
Benoit Meurzec	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Anthony Wayne Michaels	....	lead animator: "Sitka"
Karrie Keuling Michaels	....	color model mark-up
Branko Mihanovic	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Florence Montceau	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Deborah Mooneyham	....	painter (as Deborah Jane Mooneyham)
Albert Francis Moore	....	assistant animation check supervisor
Maurilio Morales	....	key assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Richard S. Morgan	....	additional rough inbetweener
Richard S. Morgan	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Human"
Monica Murdock	....	lead key assistant animator: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
Margarito Murillo	....	painter
David Murray	....	background artist
Leigh Nelson	....	2D animation processor (as Leigh A. Nelson)
David Nethery	....	lead key assistant animator: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom" (as David T. Nethery)
Phil Noto	....	assistant animator: "Mammoths" and miscellaneous animals
Karen Nugent	....	painter (as Karen Lynne Nugent)
Rosaleen O'Byrne	....	animation checker
Devon Oddone	....	painter
Eric Oliver	....	painter
Stephanie Olivieri	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Vera Pacheco	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Lisa Jeanne Padawer	....	final checker (as Lisa Padawer Ratanasirintrawoot)
Flora Sung Sook Park	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Leyla deI.C. Pelaez	....	registration (as Leyla C. Amaro-Nodas)
Jason Peltz	....	assistant animator: "Koda"
Catherine Peterson	....	painter (as Catherine Mirkovich-Peterson)
Jason Pichon	....	inbetween artist: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom"
John J. Pierro	....	assistant animator: "Koda"
Barbara J. Poirier	....	2D animation processor
Christine Poli Chatal	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris (as Christine Chatal Poli)
Doug Post	....	additional animator: Los Angeles (as Douglas Post)
Catherine Poulain	....	additional animator: Paris
Linda Praamsma	....	painter (as Rosalinde Praamsma)
Kevin Proctor	....	key assistant layout artist
Steve Quentin	....	inbetween artist: "Denahi"
Teresita Quezada	....	key assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Teresita Quezada-Geer)
Saskia Raevouri	....	painter
Bonnie Ramsey	....	paint mark-up (as Bonnie A. Ramsey)
Peter Raymundo	....	breakdown artist: "Tanana" and miscellaneous bears
Yolanda Rearick	....	painter
David Recinos	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Mary-Jean Repchuk	....	additional clean-up artist: Los Angeles
Franc Reyes	....	assistant layout artist
Daniel Lawrence Riebold	....	additional rough inbetweener
Daniel Lawrence Riebold	....	breakdown artist: "Kenai - Bear"
Lynn Rippberger	....	color model mark-up (as Laura Lynn F. Rippberger)
Ania Rubisz	....	painter
Danny R. Santos	....	inbetween artist: "Kenai - Human"
Tony Santo	....	inbetween artist: "Koda"
Chris Sauve	....	additional animator: Los Angeles
Kathy Schoeppner	....	digital touch-up artist
Christine Schultz	....	painter
Armand Serrano	....	layout artist
Elsa Sesto	....	breakdown artist: "Denahi" (as Elsa Sesto-Vidal)
Pierre Seurin	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris (as Pierre Seurin Landreau)
Heidi Shellhorn	....	painter (as Heidi Woodward Shellhorn)
Jacqueline Shepherd	....	inbetween artist: "Rutt" and "Tuke" (as Jacqueline M. Shepherd)
Grace Shirado	....	painter (as Grace H. Shirado)
Debra Y. Siegel	....	color model stylist (as Debra Siegel-Furlin)
Harald Siepermann	....	character designer
William T. Silvers Jr.	....	background artist
Andrew Simmons	....	final checker
Vincent Siracusano	....	key assistant animator: "Tanana" and miscellaneous bears
Christian Slade	....	inbetween artist: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom"
Lon Smart	....	key assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Bryan M. Sommer	....	lead key assistant animator: "Kenai - Human"
Phirum Sou	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Bob Spang	....	rough inbetweener
Ken Spirduso	....	background assistant (as Kenneth Spirduso)
Ken Spirduso	....	key assistant layout artist (as Kenneth Spirduso)
Tony Stanley	....	lead animator: "Rutt"
Robert E. Stanton	....	background artist
Paul Steele	....	scene planner
Rusty Stoll	....	key assistant animator: "Tug" and "Koda's Mom" (as Russell 'Rusty' Stoll)
Karan Lee Storr	....	registration (as Karan Lee-Storr)
Susan Sugita	....	additional animator: Los Angeles
Sean Sullivan	....	background artist
Roxanne M. Taylor	....	painter
Myrian Ferron Tello	....	paint mark-up
Sylvaine Terriou	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Tami Terusa	....	painter
Chad Thompson	....	breakdown artist: "Denahi"
Thomas Thorspecken	....	key assistant animator: "Koda"
Colleen Tomlinson	....	2D animation processor (as Colleen Elise Tomlinson)
Marshall Lee Toomey	....	additional animator: Los Angeles (as Marshall Toomey)
Kim Torpey	....	key assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Marc Tosolini	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Christina Elaine Toth	....	painter (as Christine Toth)
JC Tran-Quang-Thieu	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Jean Claude Tran)
Patrick Tuorto	....	additional rough inbetweener
Patrick Tuorto	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Theodore Ty	....	animator: "Denahi" (as Theodore Anthony Lee Ty)
Joann Tzuanos	....	blue sketch artist (as Joanne Johnson Tzuanos)
Britt Van der Nagel	....	painter (as Britt-Marie Van Der Nagel)
Irma Velez	....	assistant paint supervisor
George Villaflor	....	key assistant layout artist
Xavier Villez	....	additional clean-up artist: Paris
Yer 'Za' Vue	....	lead key assistant animator: "Sitka" and miscellaneous characters
Bill Waldman	....	additional animator: Los Angeles
John R. Walsh	....	key assistant animator: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
John Webber	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Ian White	....	animator: "Kenai - Bear"
Natalie White	....	breakdown artist: "Sitka" and miscellaneous characters
Matt Whitlock	....	inbetween artist: "Mammoths" and miscellaneous animals
Ronnie Williford	....	rough inbetweener
Jaison Duell Wilson	....	color model stylist
Ginger Wolf	....	additional rough inbetweener (as Ginger Wolf-Browning)
Ginger Wolf	....	assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear" (as Ginger Wolf-Browning)
Thomas Woodington	....	additional background artist: Los Angeles
Rebecca Wrigley	....	breakdown artist: "Sitka" and miscellaneous characters
David Yorke	....	background artist
David W. Zach	....	additional animator: "Rutt"
Ron Zeitler	....	assistant animator: "Rutt" and "Tuke"
Jane Zhao	....	key assistant animator: "Kenai - Bear"
David J. Zywicki	....	painter

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

Editorial Department
Robert Bagley	....	transfer room operator (as Robert H. Bagley)
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	....	assistant editor: avid
Bruce Tauscher	....	color timer
Mike Kenji Tomizawa	....	post-production engineer (as Michael Kenzi Tomizawa)

Music Department
Joel Berke	....	music production assistant
Carmen Carter	....	vocal contractor
Chuck Choi	....	music technical consultant
Phil Collins	....	vocal arranger
Sandy DeCrescent	....	score contractor
Daniel Gaber	....	assistant music editor
Earl Ghaffari	....	music editor
Steven Gizicki	....	music consultant
Don Harper	....	orchestra conductor
Jill Iverson	....	music production assistant
Eddie Jobson	....	choral arranger
Steve Kempster	....	score recordist
Steve Kempster	....	song recordist
Deniece LaRocca	....	music production coordinator (as Deniece Hall)
Tom MacDougall	....	music production supervisor
Mark Mancina	....	vocal arranger
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator (as David Metzger)
Dave Metzger	....	vocal arranger (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
Jason Arnold	....	music editor (uncredited)

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
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
Don Gworek	....	technology crew
Dwayne Harris	....	technology crew
Dana Haukoos	....	technology crew
Stephanie C. Herrman	....	assistant manager: digital & film services
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
Renato Lattanzi	....	production coordinator: disk space & retakes
Ben Lemon	....	assistant manager: disk space & retakes
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
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

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• 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)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2004) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2004) (Finland) (all media)
• Buena Vista Pictures

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 final film to be fully produced at Disney's Orlando, Florida animation facility at the Walt Disney World Disney-MGM Theme Park (after Mulan (1998) and Lilo & Stitch (2002)), whose closure was announced soon after the release of this film.

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:

Look Through My Eyes

Disney's last animated classic

Having (I think) seen all the Disney animated features, I would have to say that 'Brother Bear' is the finest Disney feature since 'The Fox and the Hound' - which is to say the best around 25 years. It's a shame, and a bit ironic, that this sudden return to form should happen now, after a string of 90's movies which were nearly all good, but rarely brilliant; and on the cusp of the death of the classical 'hand drawn' style of animation from the people who invented the animated feature.

At first I had misgivings. Particularly when I heard Inuit using valley girl phrases - but these reservations disappear quickly enough (as indeed, do the Inuit characters).

Briefly, 'Brother Bear' is about a young Inuit man who rejects his totem ('the Bear of Love'), and goes so far as to kill a bear which he somewhat erroneously blames for the death of his friend. He is then magically transformed into a bear, and the rest of the film... doesn't really matter at this stage: I don't want to spoil it.

There are only a few minor faults which prevent this from scoring a 10: the moose and ram characters are really pretty dispensable, but they don't take up much screen time. Koda, the bear cub, elicited a bit of an 'oh, no' response from at first, but he grows on you fast.

The animation, as you would expect, is well ahead of the field (at least in the 'classical' style). While it isn't perhaps quite as eye-popping and panoramic as 'The Lion King', I think this only goes to show that good storytelling will win out over superficial eye-candy covering a third-hand script.

The final scenes of the movie are genuinely surprising (there is a sort of stock surprise ending, followed by something I really didn't see coming), and at the same time, it's genuine lump in the throat stuff - something Disney seemed to have been a bit shy about lately with films like 'Atlantis'. They shouldn't be. They do it well.

I've enjoyed nearly all of Disney's prolific output of the past ten years, but this is the pick of the bunch, IMO. It's not perfect, but if this had been the film which Disney's animation dept had bowed out with, it would have been a fine swansong.