Jack the Bear (1993)

Jack the Bear (1993) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Turkish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Marshall Herskovitz

Written By:
Dan McCall
Steven Zaillian

Actors:
Danny DeVito ..... John Leary
Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. ..... Jack Leary
Miko Hughes ..... Dylan Leary
Gary Sinise ..... Norman Strick
Art LaFleur ..... Mr. Festinger
Stefan Gierasch ..... Father-in-Law
Erica Yohn ..... Mother-in-Law
Andrea Marcovicci ..... Elizabeth Leary
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ..... Peggy Etinger
Reese Witherspoon ..... Karen Morris
Bert Remsen ..... Mitchell
Carl Gabriel Yorke ..... Gordon Layton
Lee Garlington ..... Mrs. Festinger
Lorinne Vozoff ..... Mrs. Mitchell
Justin Mosley Spink ..... Dexter Mitchell

Synopsis:

As the monster-host of a late night horror show, John (Danny DeVito) delights the neighborhood kids with his silly ghoulish antics - but his embarrassed 12-year-old son, Jack the Bear, is not amused. The other dysfunctional lunatics on the block - and his monster crush on the cute girl at school (Reese Witherspoon) - don't make things any easier for Jack. But when a family crisis hits, will Jack's dad be able to lift the grownup burden from his young son's shoulders? Oscar nominee Gary Sinise and Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this funny, bittersweet look at the joys and pains of growing up.

Danny De Vito is a professional clown, whose wife's death in a car accident has left him to care for his two young boys. Loving, but useless at the daily job of fathering, the onus falls on plucky Jack the Bear (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.). De Vito's conscience, and a quantity of alcohol leads him to denounce a neo-fascist candidate on his children's TV programme - and also to the kidnapping of youngest son Dylan (Miko Hughes) by a disturbed neo-nazi supporter.

Set in Oakland, California 1972. Twelve-year-old Jack Leary and his brother Dylan move to a new house with their father after the death of their mother. Their father is as unable as his sons to come to terms with the death of his wife.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 November, 2020.