The Bear (1998 film)

The Bear
Based onThe Bear
by Raymond Briggs
Written byHilary Audus
Joanna Harrison
Directed byHilary Audus
Theme music composerHoward Blake
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJohn Coates
EditorTaylor Grant
Running time26 minutes
Production companyTVC London
Budget£1.3 million
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release24 December 1998 (1998-12-24)
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The Bear is a 1998 British animated Christmas special directed by Hilary Audus. Based on the book of the same name by the author Raymond Briggs, the film was produced by TVC London and was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom at Christmas 1998.

The show won a Peabody Award in 1998.[1] In 2000, it won the Golden Butterfly Award for the best short film in the international cinema competition of the 15th Isfahan International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Iran.[2]

Like The Snowman, the film relies only on music and action to convey the story, although for the American version, Judi Dench narrates the film. The musical score was by Howard Blake and the end theme "Somewhere A Star Shines For Everyone" was sung by Charlotte Church.

  1. ^ 58th Annual Peabody Awards, May 1999.
  2. ^ بیگی. "برگزیدگان جشنواره پانزدهم". www.icff.ir.