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Favorite Bear Films

Movie list created by kathy

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7.8

Arctic Tale (2007)

Directors: Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson
Starring: Queen Latifah (narrator)

Arctic Tale is an extraordinary documentary that heightens our connection with the lives and destinies of an Arctic polar bear and a walrus.

This heartbreaking documentary puts a face on the sad statistics of global warming—and though it's not a human face, it's perhaps the even more effective face of an adorable polar bear cub Nanu, along with her mother, her brother, and her natural enemy, the equally heart-melting Seela, the walrus. With breathtaking footage of life on the arctic tundra, the directors spin a highly emotional tale of the melting ice caps and the effect of their disappearance on every species in the ecosystem.

kathy's rating:

261

7.3

7.7

The Bear

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Starring: Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe, Youk the Bear Cub and Bart the Kodiak Bear

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

kathy's rating:

724

7.6

7.8

Grizzly Man (2005)

Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog and Carol Dexter

Documentary on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska.

kathy's rating:

5.3

The Bear

Director: Hilary Audus
Based on the book by Raymond Briggs
Starring (voices): Peter Knapp, Philip Sheffield, Charlotte Church and Judi Dench

When a little girl loses her teddy bear in the polar bear enclosure at the zoo, she is surprised but very happy when the polar bear turns up at her home to return it.

kathy's rating:

5.8

The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)

Director: Christopher Cain
Starring: Stephen Lang, Ryan Slater and Yi Ding

Young American Ryan Tyler visits his zoologist father on a panda preserve in China while on summer vacation and gets involved in the rescue of a baby panda from unscrupulous poachers who want to kill the cub's mother and sell the baby to a zoo. Ling, a young Chinese girl and her grandfather help in the rescue which, if successful, will ultimately result in saving the reserve from being shut down by officious bureaucrats.

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The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)

6.6

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)

Director: Richard Friedenberg
Starring: Dan Haggerty, Don Shanks, Marjorie Harper, Lisa Jones and Denver Pyle

Grizzly Adams is a woodsman during the frontier era who flees into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder. While struggling to survive, Adams discovers an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he takes in and calls Ben. The bear, despite his huge adult size, becomes Adams's closest companion. Adams proves to have an uncanny link to most of the indigenous wildlife of the region, who have no fear of him. In return, he resolves never to harm another animal whenever possible.

The film is loosely based on the actual trapper James "Grizzly" Adams.

kathy's rating:

1619

6.5

6.8

Brother Bear (2003)

Directors: Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
Starring (voices): Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis and Jason Raize

Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of the oldest brother, impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be transformed into a bear himself. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now brother hunts brother and Kenai's only hope for survival is to befriend his own worst enemy, a grizzly cub named Koda. Koda's main goal is to show Kenai the real meaning of brotherhood.

kathy's rating:

7.5

6.2

Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story

Director: Stefan Scaini
Starring: Mark Rendall, Graham Greene, Katie Stuart and Ed Begley Jr.

Simon Jackson is an awkward 15-year-old who lives on a planet light years away from the "in" crowd-until a life changing moment. Attacked in the British Columbia wilderness, Simon is rescued by a rare white Kermode bear. When he learns these magnificent creatures are endangered, that only 400 are in existence in a small area of northern BC, Simon turns from shy, stuttering daydreamer to political activist.

Mustering his courage, he takes on the powerful forest industry and the provincial government, eventually rallying everyone from Prince William to the Backstreet Boys. Simon ultimately secures the protection of 2500 square miles of Princess Royal Island-one of the largest land protection battles ever won-and is named one of Time Magazine's "Heroes for the Planet."

kathy's rating:

6.3

5.9

Der kleine Eisbär

Director: Piet De Rycker and Thilo Rothkirch
Starring (voices): Mijail Verona, Maximilian Artajo, Jochen Busse and Mike Krüger

Lars is a young polar bear who finds the big, frosty world just a little overwhelming. Then he meets Robbie, who's funny, friendly and a seal!

kathy's rating:

2.4

2.8

Bear (2010)

Director: John Rebel
Starring: Brendan Michael Coughlin, Patrick Scott Lewis, Katie Lowes and Bill Rampley

Two young couples are driving through a remote forest when their car breaks down. When a run-in with a curious grizzly bear ends up with the bear being shot to death, the bear's mate arrives on the scene and vengefully attacks their van. The couples are trapped inside the disabled car and must come up with clever ways to survive. As they battle the surprisingly intelligent creature, and contemplate their uncertain fate, secrets begin to emerge that threaten to tear the group apart before the bear does.

kathy's rating:

6.1

The Polar Bear King (1991)

Director: Ola Solum
Starring: Jack Fjeldstad, Maria Bonnevie, Tobias Hoesl, Anna-Lotta Larsson, Jon Laxdal and Helge Jordal

After his father is killed, King Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen. Valemon must find a bride in the seven year span that he'll be a polar bear, and so he travels to Winterland and finds a wife to take home. Although they are happy, she is not allowed to look upon his face when he turns back into a man at night. If she breaks this rule, Valemon will be trapped to the witch forever.

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