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The gorgeous mountain setting is the star of the show in this movie, with its natural beauty lovingly captured in Technicolor. The Bears and I lays out its tone with the opening credits, showing a rambler winding through the mountains to the sound of John Denver. Its star, Patrick Wayne (son of John Wayne) gives lead character Bob Leslie the ...
- Buena Vista
- Bernard Mceveety
It's a good movie in terms of story and camerawork. The area around Chiko Lake in British Columbia, standing in for US wilderness, is beautiful, and the performers -- including the three bears -- are good-looking and move well. Where the film falls down is in the dialogue direction.
The Bears and I: Directed by Bernard McEveety. With Patrick Wayne, Chief Dan George, Andrew Duggan, Michael Ansara. A man seeking peace and quiet finds himself father to three bears.
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- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Bernard McEveety
- 1974-07-31
The Bears and I. G Released Jul 31, 1974 1h 29m Kids & Family Adventure CTA List. Tomatometer 3 Reviews 27% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings. A Vietnam veteran (Patrick Wayne) visits a fallen ...
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- Bernard Mceveety
- G
- Patrick Wayne
- Synopsis
- Cast
- Music
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After being discharged from the war in Vietnam, Bob Leslie travels to Canada to inform his friend's father about his passing. There, he is thrust into the role of raising three bear cubs after their mother is shot, and tries to help the local Natives get their land back.
Patrick Wayne as Bob LeslieChief Dan George as Chief Peter A-Tas-Ka-NayMichael Ansara as Oliver Red FernValentin de Vargas as Sam Eagle SpeakerThe film's score was composed by Disney veteran Buddy Baker, his fifteenth for the company. John Denver also recorded an original song named "Sweet Surrender" for the film, which was later released on his eighth studio album Back Home Again and became a commercial success in the US, peaking at #13 on the BillboardHot 100.
A copyright renewal for the film was registered on September 27, 2002.A copyright renewal for the story it is based on was also registered in the US.
The Bears and I on WikipediaThe Bears and I on IMDb- 2 min
Synopsis. To find himself, he lost himself in adventurous high country! When a man adopts three black bear cubs, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life. Set in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, Robert Leslie struggles to keep his bears safe and maintain relations with native Americans and park rangers. Cast.
Mar 8, 2019 · Bears And I, The (1974) -- (Movie Clip) This Was His Home Country Patrick Wayne’s opening narration as U.S. Army veteran Bob Leslie (a real person, the original author), hiking through the Cascades in British Columbia, and meeting friends and family of his late comrade, including Valentin de Vargas, Michael Ansara and Chief Dan George as Chief Peter, in Walt Disney’s The Bears And I, 1974.
