When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.When a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 22 nominations total
Joaquin Phoenix
- Kenai
- (voice)
Jeremy Suarez
- Koda
- (voice)
Rick Moranis
- Rutt
- (voice)
Jason Raize
- Denahi
- (voice)
Dave Thomas
- Tuke
- (voice)
D.B. Sweeney
- Sitka
- (voice)
Joan Copeland
- Tanana
- (voice)
Michael Clarke Duncan
- Tug
- (voice)
Harold Gould
- Old Denahi
- (voice)
Paul Christie
- Ram #1
- (voice)
Danny Mastrogiorgio
- Ram #2
- (voice)
- (as Daniel Mastrogiorgio)
Estelle Harris
- Old Lady Bear
- (voice)
Greg Proops
- Male Lover Bear
- (voice)
Bumper Robinson
- Chipmunks
- (voice)
Patrick Pinney
- Additional Voice
- (voice)
- (as Pat Pinney)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe lines, "I don't care that you and Binky found the world's biggest pine cone ever" and "First of all, it's not Binky, it's Bucky, and it wasn't a pine cone, it was a pine nut" said by Kenai (Joaquin Phoenix) and Koda (Jeremy Suarez) was an accidental improvisation because Phoenix messed up his line and Suarez corrected it when they were recording.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, the DVD subtitles identify the narrator as Sitka, when it is actually Denahi.
- Crazy creditsAt the conclusion of the end credits, Koda appears to announce the standard declaration that no salmon were harmed in the making of the film. However, he is embarrased by a bear chasing a salmon behind him and signals for shooting to stop. Koda covers the lens with his paws and the picture goes black as he accidently breaks the camera while the fishing bear belches.
- Alternate versionsThe 2013 Blu-ray release plasters the closing variant of the 2000 Walt Disney Pictures logo with the closing 2011 variant of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, which just reads "Disney".
- ConnectionsEdited into Zenimation: Nature (2020)
- SoundtracksGreat Spirits
Written by Phil Collins
Produced and Arranged by Phil Collins and Mark Mancina
Performed by Tina Turner
Featured review
Great Disney Fare. Pure & Simple!
I took my 8 year old daughter to see this and the cinema was packed full of kids. They loved it and I loved it too. It was like going back in time to seeing those old Disney movies of my youth such as the Jungle Book and The Aristocats. Brother Bear is one of those movies that is funny and moving at the same time and of an ideal length to hold the attention of a kid.Sure,the critics hated it probably because it is not as knowingly clever as Finding Nemo. Who cares? The proof of the movie's entertainment value was seeing all those kids in the cinema laughing and having fun. I do sit through an awful lot of garbage when I take my daughter to the movies. Finding something like Brother Bear makes it all worthwhile.The only negative factor was those songs by Phil Collins. Rotten is the only word to adequately describe them.If he wins an Oscar again, I will be annoyed.
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- paul sloan
- Dec 18, 2003
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tierra de osos
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $128,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $85,336,277
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $291,940
- Oct 26, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $250,397,798
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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