The Bear (1988) ( L'ours )

The Bear (1988) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: L'ours
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Ceasar Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Written By:
James Oliver Curwood
Gérard Brach

Actors:
Bart the Bear ..... The Kodiak Bear
Youk the Bear ..... The Bear Cub
Tchéky Karyo ..... Tom
Jack Wallace ..... Bill
André Lacombe ..... Le chasseur aux chiens

Synopsis:

Jean-Jacques Annaud directed this unusual and compelling tale of animals in the wild, which tells its tale from the bears' point of view. A pair of carefully-trained bruins deliver remarkably effective 'performances' (aided by clever editing and, in some sequences, the use of realistic animated models). A infant bear cub (Douce the Bear) witnesses the death of his mother in a rockslide and is forced to set out to fend for himself. The young bear encounters a giant grizzly (Bart the Bear), who at first cannot abide the young bear's presence. However, the grizzly is soon ambushed by a pair of hunters - Bill (Jack Wallace) and Tom (Tcheky Karyo) - after an altercation with their pack animals. As the injured beast cleans his wounds in a stream, the young bear comes to his aid, and the giant takes the youngster under his wing. However, Bill and Tom have sworn revenge on the grizzly, and when they capture the young bear, it lures the giant back into the hunters' camp. L'OURS, released in English-speaking countries as THE BEAR, was based on the novel King Grizzly by James Oliver Curwood.

The director of 'Quest for Fire' 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.

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