The Bear (1/7) Face to Face with the Bear (1988) HD

Tom comes face to face with the bear in this clip from The Bear. Grab The Bear 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition on Blu-ray and DVD at www.shoutfactory.com/film/act...
The Bear is a sheer triumph of cinema in the wild! Notable for its stunning cinematography, minimal dialogue, and outstanding animal performances, director Jean-Jacques Annaud's (Quest For Fire, The Name of the Rose) astonishing tale of wilderness survival has thrilled and charmed audiences and critics all over the world.
Set in 19th-century British Columbia, The Bear follows the story of a young cub and an adult grizzly as they join forces to survive the perils inherent in their mountain habitat. With each passing obstacle, the two bears further develop a friendship that can only make them stronger - but will it be enough for them to overcome their most deadly enemy?
An adventure story with heart and humanity, The Bear remains a breathtaking and powerful experience decades after its original release. Presented here in a special 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition from Shout! Factory, The Bear proves itself a film to celebrate again and again.

[@mattwilkinson4944]

Watched this film at the cinema with my late father. One of the greatest films ever made - and hardly anyone even knows it exists.

[@scojo6377]

KZbin does its buy or rent now. Lol

[@kevinmeyers7821]

Damn good movie, I watched it on TV with my dad when I was little. ❤️

[@whoohooles123]

I agree 👍 So few words, yet says so much !!!

[@0200071]

went to see it three times in the movies. small town. wasnt meny movies back then :)

[@ailidog7420]

Another guy here who watched this movie with his father at the cinema. This was his favourite scene of all. 43 years old now, we watched it last night together. 30 years ago at the cinema, what an amazing film

[@irenetoska2905]

Fun Fact: This happened in real-life to the original novel's author, James Curwood. "Curwood was an adamant bear hunter but one day lost his rifle on a hunt and got confronted by a bear. But for reasons he never understood, the bear let him live. This event affected him so much that he quit being a bear hunter and became a wildlife conservationist instead."

[@kevanbaconofficial]

Irene Toska yup, the novel is written from the perspective of the titular Grizzly King, it’s amazing. Check out his historical novel The Plains of Abraham, it’s hands down the best love story ever, and it’s all true.

[@stalemurfies2031]

Male Grizzlies only kill if they're starving or see someone poses a threat to their territory; he probably wasn't hungry and as soon as he started to sob well the bear knew he was no threat

[@rifroar]

Great story Irene, We can learn so much from The Animals.

[@irenetoska2905]

@@stalemurfies2031 Yeah, they might not have had all this knowledge about bears at that time, and/or the bear in question acted as aggressive as the bear in this film does but still backed away. For Curwood who had apparently killed so many bears, he couldn't believe that a bear would spare him in return, which is likely what affected him so much: The bear would have every good reason to kill him, but it didn't. Perhaps Curwood thought he couldn't possibly repay that unwarranted mercy by continuing to hunt bears.

[@williamdon3442]

It’s stories such as that , that give me reason to live because believe it or not we all have purpose

[@saltedllama2759]

For those who didn't know, Bart - or any movie bear - never actually roared on camera. A bear will only roar during a kill or a fight, so if it roars, that means it's genuinely angry. But these trained bears learn how to mime roaring, and the sound is added in post.

[@rosdos100]

I wonder if this scene with both Tom and the bear roaring so close to his head is one scene rather than two cut together.

[@Shinobi33]

Good to know

[@robwalsh9843]

Having been near brown bears, they do sound like giant brown labs most of the time. A lot of panting and sniffing. Not much growling or roaring.

[@felixk3814]

​@@rosdos100no it was one scene - nothing between them, not even electric wires.... Just a net below the edge of the ravine for the actor to jump into in case everything goes wrong.... There is a fascinating book on the making of the movie called "the Odyssee of the Bear" ❤❤

[@bunnehboi1985]

"The greatest thrill is not to kill... but to let live." RIP Bart the Bear

[@matshapirimalesforever1821]

NOO Bart the Bear is dead?!!! Oh no rest in peace Bart you were a good animal actor you did awesome in the movie called the Edge playing alongside Anthony Hopkins

[@bunnehboi1985]

@@matshapirimalesforever1821 He lives on through his successors, Little Bart and Honey Bump.

[@asena2180]

oh he is dead?😔

[@enolalit2119]

@@asena2180 Yes. 😔

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

Just love Bart. His owner/trainer said in an interview (it's on U-Tube, Bart took his last breath with him by his side. He let out an exhale, as if to say, "Thank you." The man cried during the interview. He loved that Bear. 😔

[@GreatOldOne9866]

1:27 I love how the bear does that final swipe, like, “aww don’t worry, I’m just joking around.”

[@afriendofbean]

@Servant of The One I agree, that was funny especially one person thought that swipe the bear did was saying to the hunter "eh, heck with your pal" and then walked away. However, I think what the bear was trying to tell the hunter the whole time was saying something like "release my friend right now and we go near or bother you or your partner" since both hunters captured the baby bear together which is this adult grizzly bears friend. Especially the bears look, looks like he's smiling from 1:21-1:26 like he was thinking "I think he understands what I mean" and then his swipe towards the hunter was probably like he was saying "just think about it and do it soon" and/or "sorry if you didn't understand me and sorry I scared you." Plus, maybe the hunter understood that, that's what the bear was saying because the moment both hunters returned to their campsite, the hunter here released the baby bear and told him that he's free to go and wished him Good Luck.

[@pitbulljasper22]

​@@afriendofbean he was like ur not even worth it I'm just looking for my cub dats it 🤣🤣🤣

[@afriendofbean]

@@pitbulljasper22 That could be true where perhaps the adult grizzly didn't come up to the hunter to attack but try to tell him to get his cub friend back and even when the bear roared at him was like he was saying "you had no business to capture him in the first place" and the swipe was to say "just think about what I said and release my friend soon" since if he was going to attack the hunter, he would have done it right away since bears mostly would stay away from humans.

[@TheBermudaMan]

Whooo boy. This scene...THIS scene...the bear roaring; the exact moment of futility and doom when Tom realizes he's a dead man; that fleeting second of almost spiritual transcendence when the bear slowly turns away... I miss this kind of cinema.

[@johnwheatley5641]

What about Marvel films?

[@TheBermudaMan]

@@johnwheatley5641 What the hell are you talking about?

[@johnwheatley5641]

TheBermudaMan ah I’m just messing with you. The Bear is worth the entire Marvel Movie canon at least 3 times over.

[@TheBermudaMan]

@@johnwheatley5641 Damn straight.

[@afriendofbean]

@TheBermudaMan That's right. I guess the bear knew Tom was scared and didn't want to die and it waved it's claw at him like it was saying "sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, I will leave now." Also yes, Tom felt he was about to die since after the bear left, he (Tom) threw up (not shown here).

[@rubenruvalcaba585]

The claws on that bear Could tear anything apart 🐻❤️🐻❤️🐻❤️

[@yokiryuchan7655]

1:27 he's like "ahh screw it, crying like a baby, not worth it"

[@rodolfodickson9500]

the quality of the picture is outstanding...

[@allys744]

Almost little to zero dialogue and there’s a lot going on. Bart was a great bear actor, you can tell in his facial expressions

[@Whyistomatoafruit]

Bear: “Well...now that I’ve taken 10 years off your life from sheer terror...good day to you sir.”

[@octoberfire13]

Such a powerful lesson: Just because you have the power to kill something, doesn't mean you need to kill. The more powerful thing is to let live.

[@aaronkasperek526]

I like that motto. Good saying.

[@afriendofbean]

@@aaronkasperek526 The quote at the end of this movie before the end credits was "The greatest thrill in life is not to kill but to let live" which is a quote by J.O. Curwood.

[@afriendofbean]

@octoberfire13 The quote on this movie is "The greatest thrill in life is not to kill but to let live."

[@debbiebrown1620]

amen

[@TheKaijuGamer_]

This movie is my childhood, I've been looking for this film ever since I last saw it when I was 5-6 years old. Rest in Peace Bart the Bear, you will be missed by others and I.

[@patriciadominice2117]

Just found it on HBO Max!

[@LIQUIDSNAKEz28]

The bear scene from The Revenant was *WAY* better and more intense than this.

[@TheKaijuGamer_]

@@LIQUIDSNAKEz28 I know, but that was a mutated bear.

[@LIQUIDSNAKEz28]

@@TheKaijuGamer_ No it wasn't. You're confusing *The Revenant* with *Annihilation.* This is The Revenant: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWmzaYCdqKuBkLM

[@TheKaijuGamer_]

@@LIQUIDSNAKEz28 Ah ok, my apologies.

[@ronalddunlap9933]

That was "Barts" best acting scene ever ! He deserved an Academy Award ! Or a bucket full of Salmon !

[@asherzerbib3461]

Give the bear a basket of fruit for making him look terrifying.

[@nothingleft3473]

I like how at the end the bear just unenthusiastically tosses his paw up like, "meh you're not even worth it."

[@afriendofbean]

@Nothing Left Or else maybe the bear knew he was scared and the bear itself probably didn't want to act like a bully being bigger and stronger so it probably waved it's paw to say to him "sorry to scare you, I will leave now."

[@nothingleft3473]

@@afriendofbean lol nicely done

[@afriendofbean]

@@nothingleft3473 Thank you. Plus, the look on the bears face from 1:21-1:27 looked like he was smiling feeling that he shouldn't act like a bully thinking "I should probably mind my own business since he was minding his own business" (even though the bear doesn't know that he was the one who shot him). Plus, someone else said in their comment that maybe the bear only came up to him to say "where is my bear cub friend, you let him go right now" but not to attack him. Since the bear here knew that the hunter and his partner captured the cub. Plus, maybe when the bear waved his paw to the hunter was like he was saying "just think about what I said" and then left.

[@tedmerr]

That bear would have made a good Klingon

[@catherinekille7046]

@@afriendofbean I know it's been a really long time since I saw it, but I think it was Tom who shot and wounded the bear earlier in the movie, and that in this scene, the bear was telling him off, then decided to forgive and forget.

[@eddyj3862]

Bart at his finest!!! 🐻

[@exoscorn2601]

When your having a scream contest My scream be like 1:05

[@Lee-cr6xb]

Man... Those roars sound like thunders!

[@artanddocumentary5902]

No CGI, no stunt man! Everything’s real!!! Incredible by the trainer, the bear, the crew and of course Jean-Jacques Annaud !

[@bethanyshanerose897]

My aunt actually worked with Bart the bear when she was in stunts. Bart was made to chase my aunt up a hill, she was also wearing heels. Also fun fact, they trained Bart the bear with fruit loops 😂

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

Aww. Sweet Bart. Still wouldn't jack with him. Did she say, it was nerve racking?

[@arthurcharlie2873]

Facts. Fruit loops and m&ms when I saw him. Great story. R.i.p bart.

[@jaythebillz9543]

Those long roars give me the chills.

[@jaythebillz9543]

I know, but they’re so amazing.

[@andrewguerra9343]

1:28 the bear is like “nevermind I’ll let you go.”

[@DelightLovesMovies]

this film is such a beautiful ode to nature I love it

[@boldsign]

1:27 that wave the bear does like "aight, I'm out." 🤣

[@matyaskassay4346]

This scene proofs that reality will be always better than CGI.

[@PKP405]

Not to mention the fact that actor, Tchéky Karyo's terror is probably genuine. I couldn't imagine trying to film something like this!

[@georgefromjungle5211]

but that scene is shit indeed, Bear looks like cartoon

[@srkucrickk]

@@georgefromjungle5211 Are you stupid? This scene looks both intense and realistic, unless the CGI bear from The Revenant.

[@julesf.meloborges811]

It's crazy because the bear looks like it was made with CGI. Really impressive. A few more years and we won't know the difference between well-done CGI and the real stuff.

[@oingoboink]

I did some research to see how they did this shot. Couldn't find anything. Obviously, it's a real bear with real people in one shot. I think they probably switched out Karyo with a stunt man depending on how aggressive the bear was supposed to be acting. I'm not 100% sure if its Karyo through the whole thing. Either way, whoever is in that scene at any particular point with Bart had to low-key be shitting a brick. I did find out that the only recorded injury on the movie was when the film's director was doing some promo photos with Bart and the bear injured him. The director got some nasty scratches on his back which required draining with shunts over the next couple of months. Damn.

[@tatianapetkova7057]

Показа си МОЩА , Мечката 🐻🐻🐻

[@asrielthedreamer6783]

R.I.P bart

[@magicpainthorse]

My favorite scene in the whole movie!!

[@whoohooles123]

I think this is one of my all-time favorite scenes from any movie. So powerful and

[@ianeckhoff1992]

Moral? DO NOT MESS WITH BEARS.

[@rosieasmrwhispererzephier7021]

I like how that Bear throws n tosses dust around

[@racheledwards2352]

Bart the Bear was one in a million. RIP Bart

[@noelk6606]

When I saw this I was stunned just an amazing movie RIP Bart

[@thegoblin6866]

You go Bart! Top of the food chain with tools but not head to head son! God rest your soul Bart.

[@sajidhusain6388]

TheGoblin P

[@matyaskassay4346]

@@leroywood8410 neither do people, what's your point? It's a made-up term.

[@NomnomJawsnomnom]

I've always loved the last little dismissive paw swipe at 1:28. Like "Eh, you ain't worth it, and your pants smell like shit now anyway."

[@afriendofbean]

@NomnomJawsnomnom Maybe his paw swipe was meant to tell him to release his bear friend where the bear was probably saying the whole time "release my bear friend now" since both hunters captured his baby bear friend and the swipe probably meant "just think about it."

[@pitbulljasper22]

@@afriendofbean exactly he was saying what did u do to my adoptive son 🤣

[@afriendofbean]

@@pitbulljasper22 That could be an option otherwise the bear could have attacked him. Or the bears swipe could have meant "sorry to scare you" because it was mentioned that the bear understood the hunters curling up pleading not to be killed which is why the bear didn't hurt him.

[@pitbulljasper22]

@@afriendofbean wth u talking about it doesn't scare me I love it when bears attack humans if u don't believe see the old episode of walker texas ranger the bachelor pad

[@afriendofbean]

@@pitbulljasper22 Only for the movie it would be funny seeing a bear attacking a human especially the bear here is a famous bear named Bart The Bear who has now died.

[@georgevavoulis4758]

I love that movie

[@robertcooper1952]

One of the most powerful scenes ever filmed. This film was three years in the making.

[@monicabolognini7962]

For me , still the best Bears movie❣️BART Is a STAR❣️

[@phantomcollector1976]

AN ABSOUTELY AMAZING FILM

[@jaythebillz9543]

I think I love this more than Two Brothers because you can act with bears more than you can act with tigers.

[@bestlions]

Thats one of the most impressive kodiak bears I've seen...

[@Takoe976]

Bart was a kodiak bear, not a grizzly

[@fanghur]

@@Takoe976 I’m pretty sure those are the same species.

[@Say_No-2_Animal-Abuse_]

@@fanghur Regardless, he's a big powerful son of a biscuit eater!

[@matyaskassay4346]

@@fanghur they are both brown bears, but different subspecies.

[@Saidakine]

This was when Bart was young. He got bigger, scary big.

[@punkiller666]

Don't know if anybody here has mentioned or noticed this, but the Hunter had the option to just throw himself off the cliff, and he immediately realised he was afraid to do it. He could have done it to avoid the pain of being torn apart and just die on impact, but he couldn't do it. Somehow he was more accepting of the bear killing him and sort of sacrificing himself to it than his other option. I don't know how to interpret it, but it stood out immediately to me when I first saw this scene many years ago.

[@TheRivrPrncess]

punkiller666 I interpret it to mean the hunter was to afraid to surely die and thought asking for mercy was a much safer bet, even though he figured it would not work. At least it was a chance he'd take to keep alive. He never figured the bear would spare him. That is exactly why he immediately grabbed his rifle to shoot, but reflected on what had happened to him and he finally realized the bear really did sense his fear and let him live.

[@belletollz]

my favorite scene ever in a movie

[@gokhanbayram]

This movie is very special for me. Because this is the first movie I watched with my whole first grade classmates in theatre. I'm not crying my eyes are sweating.

[@wolvesetc]

I loved this movie as a kid. Loved 🥰 it

[@100waystoplay4]

1988: Oh my gosh, that poor man got lucky 2022: Yah, I coulda taken that thing on

[@DAKOTABOWINWV]

I loved this movie, but thought it was sad. Great classic movie.

[@bslc9854]

I imagine the terror that the actors must have felt since the bear is real

[@stevelee4653]

Beauty and Powerful animal.. he gave that man a chance to live.. he could have torn him to shreds.. Bart was an awesome actor.. he will always be the greatest bear on film!!! Rip Bart. your time now is in heaven.. roam and look for plenty of honey!!!

[@annecharlot5365]

The best film sbout my favourite animal : The Bear

[@darthstructure7370]

I bet you this hunter was humbled after this encounter.

[@fanghur]

He was. He intentionally stops the other hunter from harming the bear after this.

[@afriendofbean]

@Darth Structure That's right. The hunter named Tom was about to shoot the bear knowing he had perfect aim but then had a change of heart feeling that the bear had an opportunity to kill him but chose not too so instead of shooting and killing the bear, Tom decided to shoot his rifle in the air to scare the bear away and Tom even tried lying to his partner named Bill that he shot and killed the bear saying how he fell off the mountain like a stone and when Bill saw that Tom lied, Bill was going to shoot the bear himself where Tom lightly pushed Bill's rifle down to say "don't shoot him, let's just let him go and allow him to live" which is why the quote at the end of this film was "The greatest thrill in life is not to kill but to let live."

[@sergeantdef.3572]

Rip Bart.. Cute bear..

[@CorpeningMedia]

Great film.

[@cyrusblackwood33]

Great movie

[@pradoshpaul3077]

It's a amazing film

[@CAP416]

I worked in a theatre when this came out. I was an usher and part of our job was to make sure the sound and image were good. I had this scene timed so I could come back in to watch it.

[@rmb9726]

F the hunters. This was a powerful scene. RIP Bart the Bear

[@richardfloridaman]

The quality of this is so good. I was born in 1988.

[@delight1725]

i love this film

[@rangerdanger585]

1:27 me on a Monday morning at work

[@tg88montanaguy61]

The bear finally got to put the man in his place

[@billvlaxopoulos6087]

Icon that are showing us the magnifician of animals tespect

[@kitwing2904]

You mean this is a real life bear used in movies and not cgi?! Man, that sounds suicidal!

[@MARYJOEBETHELBALDUR]

BEST ACTION SCENE EVER..

[@adammilette3076]

The bear wasn't roaring at him because he was trespassing on his territory, the bear was actually demanding where they were keeping the cub

[@crylittlesister6377]

The bear was actually roaring because he realized Tom was the one who shot him in the shoulder

[@adammilette3076]

@@crylittlesister6377 really? Are bears that smart?

[@crylittlesister6377]

@@adammilette3076They are in the movies lol

[@redlizerad8268]

@@adammilette3076 honestly tho sometimes animals are smart in ways we can’t imagine. It’s like that story where a hunter shot a tiger and the tiger followed and waited for the hunter to return to his cabin and killed him

[@afriendofbean]

@@crylittlesister6377 I would have thought that, that the bear knew that Tom shot it but, the bear was in too much agony to know what happened and who shot him since he didn't see Tom hiding in the bush where all the bear did was roar out of agony and run away.

[@octoberfire13]

And this was the man who had been hunting the same bear down to kill it. Talk about a powerful lesson for humanity to learn!!!!

[@bobbyhill7948]

For a film filmed in 1988 it is absolutely clear I feel like I’m watching it in 11 K

[@wilsonpuga3357]

Una de las escenas más impactantes de la peli, super!

[@trashpanda9615]

I remember seeing this when I was about 3. There’s only 2 scenes I remember, the mushroom 🍄 scene and this one. Needless to say im terrified of bears.

[@amymcintire2978]

I'm kinda sad that all you took from that is to be terrified of bears. Maybe there's other options?

[@trashpanda9615]

@@amymcintire2978 I saw it when I was 3 and haven’t seen it since.

[@CoalCreekCroft]

Damn good, underrated movie. And I avoided it for years because I just don't like to see animals in what would be bad circumstances. And despite learning later that the adult grizzly would just as well eat that cub as the mountain lion. Well done.

[@kimberlyhayes6185]

He was a Kodiak Bear hunny 😊

[@jonathanalanis5123]

1:27 Bart: Ah, forget it! I’m outta here.

[@suziegriffith2653]

I'm never going to go in the woods again....I will be a happy, weak flat lander. "Please, please, please don't kill me"... that bear was no joke...

[@zacimusprime4865]

He spared him

[@BlueOx2277]

That man just shit every pair of pants he owns.

[@devonsmith4731]

The cinematography is fucking phenomenal and very ahead of times

[@octoberfire13]

"The greatest thrill is not to kill; but to let live".... "The Bear"

[@nathanmccollough9202]

Got punked out by yogi.🤣

[@fanghur]

This is actually fairly realistic. Bears will very rarely attack humans with the intent of eating them. It's usually because the human either startles them or because the bear just wants to put them in their place. And the way he makes himself look as non-threatening and submissive as possible, as far as I know that's the right thing to do in this circumstance.

[@nunka34ify]

With a mountain lion it would be the opposite. You would have to act bigger and more dominant to scare it away

[@speeder009]

Yeah, bears usually don't wanna fight, they just want to make sure you are not a threat, if they are not hungry, they won't kill you, the only exception is a mother bear and a bear cub, then a mother will do everything it can to eliminate any potential thread....

[@speeder009]

If a black bear attacks you, you have to fight as hard as you can and with everything you have, if a grizzly comes (or any brown bear i guess) , you have to play dead, if it is a polar bear, you are fucked 😂

[@fanghur]

@@nunka34ify same with any type of big cat. At least any that you do actually have a hope in hell of scaring off. Get attacked by a lion or tiger intent on eating you, and you’re frakked no matter what you do. lol.

[@Nukappi]

@@speeder009If it’s black, fight back, if it’s brown, get down, and if it’s white, goodnight

[@tonyelberg7814]

A lot of people don't know about this movie I seen it in 1990 and I've watched it 6 times it's one of the best movies out, fuk all talking but who needs that when your watching a little baby bear tripping off his head on mushrooms😂😂 he's a cute little fiery bugger and when he shakes the bush like the big bear does to the tree it leaves you in stitches, I can't recommend it enough to watch👍👍👍👍

[@julianmora4019]

That moment at at 1:27was him saying hahaha 🤣 nah I’m fucking with you bro you take care out here

[@lovepet4565]

Bart!!! Google how they trained him to just open his mouth But not roar Theyd edit that in He loved doing it For his " paycheck " Rest in peace ☮️ sweet big bear

[@patgogan7324]

Tcheky Karyo had balls doing this scene

[@okamijubei]

Even when it's Bart the bear.

[@Brabanzio-uncanaleinutile]

Bart here looks thinner than in latest movies (Legends of the Fall or The Edge), but this make him even more frightening ... a wild ravenous predator!

[@afriendofbean]

@Brabanzio - Un canale inutile I thought Bart looked more thinner on the movie "The Great Outdoors" than he does here on "The Bear" since here on "The Bear" he's more chubbier.

[@Hey_its_Koda]

Canada is beautiful country. I love this film. Im scared of bears.

[@geneosis]

The film was shot in the italian alps 🙂

[@stevenlowe3245]

Bart was asking for a nose boop...lol

[@vincenthorn4767]

It's a shame that nature at times can be more merciful than humanity

[@CAP416]

That roar always felt like a ‘leave us alone……or else…..’

[@mewtoo007]

That bear could have sent half of that guy over the side of the mountain. But he chose not to. I think the bear just wanted to teach him a lesson. Lesson learned.

[@jamesplunkett8912]

I swear the grizzly bear looks almost like a cave bear from back in the Ice Age.

[@harrihiltunen3126]

good bear movie..

[@jjrj8568]

"I hope you learned your lesson, mate"

[@braddenney3121]

Love this scene. Not so tough without his gun

[@peppeesposito94]

Grandissimo film anni 1988 x ciò no alla caccia lasciateli vivere nella loro natura

[@vincenthorn4767]

God bless you bart the bear

[@nicolagasperi2597]

Che spettacolo

[@johnsanimations1952]

This is actually super good effects for a movie made in 1988.

[@johnsanimations1952]

Mrex1223 really? It looks like just really good visual fx, the movements don't look like a real bear.

[@matyaskassay4346]

You didn't see many moving bears, are you?

[@gr8vijay]

A real bear acted in this movie.

[@codyerickson3550]

Bricks Guild The bear in this scene was real. His name was Bart and he appeared in several Hollywood films. His “successor” Little Bart even appeared in an episode of Game of Thrones.

[@71crm]

Well interestingly Jim Henson's Creature shop did build animatronic bears for certain shots, but very few of those bears are in the final film because at the time really didn't have experience making realistic looking animals (up to that point the Creature Shop had made creatures for fantasy movies such as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and Dreamchild. Another thing was when they finally got the animatronic bears on set they realized that their bears look so different from the real ones (mainly because they made the mistake only using photos as points of reference, and photos are very different than being with and next to the real animal!) So they ended up relaying on the trained bears more and more. For the record I don't know which shots used the animatronic bears-my guess is any shot where the bears get hurt or injured are the animatronic bears because they don't want the real bears getting hurt-but don't quote me on that!

[@user-tx8vv3fz9o]

Thanks

[@theresajohnson3827]

Bart the bear is so beautiful i miss you and you are amazing in these movies ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@afriendofbean]

@Theresa Johnson Bart the bear was also on the movie "The Great Outdoors" where he was named "The Bald Headed Killer Bear."

[@stiofanloingsigh351]

The movie really glazes over how the man would be sitting in a puddle of his own liquid shit at this point.

[@thegrimyeaper]

1988?!?!? This looks like it was shot this morning.

[@matthewsexton5490]

He made it out of there ok. His pants however...

[@fredericespie7015]

Ce film est magnifique, grandiose , incroyablement beau. Du ring the film they only took one shoot ... the actor Said he was terrified . This bear wasn’t a computer one ...