The Country Bears

The Country Bears (2002)

They’re legends. Bearly.

For Beary Barrington, The Country Bears' young #1 fan, fitting in with his all-too-human family is proving im-paws-ible. When he runs away to find Country Bear Hall and his heroes, he discovers the venue that made them famous is near foreclosure. Beary hightails it over the river and through the woods to get the Bears in the Band back together for an all-out reunion concert to save Country Bear Hall.

Date of release
2002-07-26
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (139)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director
Peter Hastings

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $18M
  • Budget: $35M
  • Earned 0.5× its budget
  • Based on: Country Bear Jamboree

The Country Bears is a 2002 American musical road comedy film directed by Peter Hastings, produced by Walt Disney Pictures, and based on the Disney theme park attraction Country Bear Jamboree. The film stars Christopher Walken, Daryl Mitchell, Diedrich Bader, Alex Rocco, and Haley Joel Osment as the voice of Beary Barrington with the voice talents of Candy Ford, James Gammon, Brad Garrett, Toby Huss, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Stephen Root.

Production

Development began when Disney VP of Production Brigham Taylor took his family to Disneyland and decided the show would make a good movie. Many within the company were skeptical of the concept, but Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group president Nina Jacobson was sold on the concept and immediately pushed the film into production with the blessing of then-Disney chairman Peter Schneider.

The animatronic bear suits used in the film were created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Filming took place from March 15, 2001, to August 21, 2001. It was filmed in Franklin, Tennessee as well as various locations in California. The film was also the last film role for Daryl Mitchell before he became a paraplegic from a motorcycle accident on November 10, 2001, eight months before the film was released theatrically.

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