Brother Bear

About Brother Bear

Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is set in a post-ice age North America, where a young Inuit boy named Kenai kills a bear in revenge for a fight that he provoked in which his oldest brother Sitka died. He is punished by the Spirits, who transform him into a bear so he can see life from a different perspective. He befriends a bear cub named Koda and sets out to be turned back into a human while hunted by his other brother, Denahi.

Making / Production

The film was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, and produced by Chuck Williams. Brother Bear, along with its direct-to-video sequel, Brother Bear 2 (2006), was the last film produced primarily by the Disney animators at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida, before the animation department was shut down and some of the animators were transferred to the main studio in Burbank.

Actors

• Joaguin Phoenix voiced Kenai, playing the role with a blend of youthful energy and maturation.
• Jeremy Suarez voiced Koda, providing the adorable and witty sidekick character.
• Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas voiced the comic pair of mooses, Rutt and Tuke, contributing to the movie's lighter moments.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• This is the first Disney animated feature since The Rescuers Down Under (1990) to have an opening narration.
• Brother Bear was released on DVD and VHS on March 30, 2004.

Awards

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Quotes

• "The story of a boy who became a man by becoming a bear."
• "When love is real, it doesn't lie, cheat, pretend, or keep secrets."

Music, Soundtrack

• "Great Spirits" by Tina Turner
• "On My Way" by Phil Collins
• "Welcome" by The Blind Boys of Alabama