"[4] Tab Murphy, who had co-written the screenplays for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan and Atlantis: The Lost Empire, came on board to write an early draft of the script. To track the "king" idea, the hero would naturally be a bear, the king of the forest.

Kenai's voice shook with rage. Koda is reunited briefly with the spirit of his mother, before she and Sitka return to the Spirits. [13] Byron Howard, supervising animator for Kenai in bear form, said that earlier in production a bear named Grizz (who resembles Tug in the film and is voiced by the same actor) was supposed to have the role of Kenai's mentor. Don't call me a leading man.


Crestfallen, Kenai confesses the truth to Koda, who runs away, grief-stricken.

So we turned Grizz into a cub named Koda",[6] who was voiced by Jeremy Suarez.

[9] However, Blaise explained that "we were struggling [with the story], trying to get some charm into the film. Children and their parents are likely to relate on completely different levels, the adults connecting with the transfer of souls from man to beast, while the kids are excited by the adventure stuff. Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. He gets caught in a trap, but is freed by an outgoing bear cub named Koda. The real pinnacle is that I'm playing an animated character in a Disney film. In the film, an Inuit boy named Kenai pursues a bear in revenge for a fight that he provoked in which his oldest brother Sitka is killed. [23] The home video release brought in more than $167 million in DVD and VHS sales and rentals. Grizz is a massive bear with huge limbs, broad shoulders, thick fur, … "[16] While Collins composed six songs for the film, he shared vocal performance duties with Tina Turner, who had announced her retirement from touring and had not released an album since Twenty Four Seven in 1999, who had signed on to sing the opening song,[17] as well as the Blind Boys Of Alabama and the Bulgarian Women's Choir, who performed the song, "Transformation".

Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Characters in the Disney animated features canon, https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Tanana?oldid=3935576. [36] The film made $85,336,277 during its domestic theatrical run and then went on to earn $164,700,000 outside the United States, bringing its worldwide total to $250,383,219.[2].
He tracks down the bear and kills it, but the Spirits, incensed by this unnecessary death, change Kenai into a bear himself as punishment. Eventually, Kenai and Koda reach the salmon run, where a large number of bears live as a family, including the leader Tug, a grizzly bear. Unlike Sitka, who gained the eagle of guidance, and Denahi, who gained the wolf of wisdom, Kenai receives the bearof love. [23] The home video release brought in more than $167 million in DVD and VHS sales and rentals. "[29] USA Today film critic Claudia Puig gave the film three out of four stars praising the film for its "message of tolerance and respect for nature rings loud and clear. Thomas Schumacher, then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, approved the revised story and proclaimed, "This is the idea of the century. [4] Around 2000, the story evolved into a tale in which the transformed Kenai is taken in by an older bear, Grizz, who was to be voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan. [3] In order to be human again, Kenai must travel to a mountain where the Northern lights touch the earth.

A direct-to-video sequel, Brother Bear 2, was released on August 29, 2006.

It was a bit of a disappointment, because I [usually] write songs that I sing myself. I play a Native Americantransformed into a bear. [14], Following the success of the Tarzan soundtrack, Phil Collins was offered the opportunity to compose songs for Brother Bear, as well as let him "co-write the score". ", "Isaak Surfing the Ironic / For Phoenix, life's a bear", "Looks like a bear market for 2-D animation", "Das Interview mit Ruben Aquino, Supervising-Animator (English transcript)", "Tina, Phil In 'Great Spirits' On Soundtrack", "Diverse Acts Interpret Collins For 'Brother Bear, "Inside Move: Disney wakes 'Bear' for Sat.

However, upon realizing that Koda needs him because of his own mistake, Kenai asks Sitka to transform him back into a bear with Denahi's blessing.

Brother Bear was the first feature since The Horse Whisperer to do a widescreen shift. A crest-fallen Kenai leaves to reach the mountain. Physical appearance. During a discussion among the bears, Koda tells a story about his mother recently fighting human hunters on a glacier, reminding Kenai of his and his brothers' fight with the bear that lead to Sitka's death and making him realize that the entire time, the bear he killed was Koda's mother herself. He chases the bear up onto a mountain and kills it. He objects to his totem, stating that bears are thieves, and believes his point is made a fact when a Kodiak bear steals their basket of salmon. The particular animal it represents symbolizes what he must achieve to call himself a man. The Spirits, represented by Sitka's spirit in the form of a bald eagle, transform Kenai into a bear after the dead bear's body evaporates.

A trio of brothers, Kenai, the youngest; Denahi, the middle; and Sitka, the eldest, return to their tribe in order to receive their totems, necklaces in the shapes of different animals. Jeremy Suarez as Koda, a cheeky grizzly bear cub who helps Kenai on his journey to where the Lights Touch the Earth.

Following the showing of the film, Collins performed "No Way Out" before introducing Tina Turner to the stage where she performed the opening song, "Great Spirits". [15] However, Collins explained, "Slowly, the bad news started to trickle down that I wouldn't be singing it all. [15] However, Collins explained, "Slowly, the bad news started to trickle down that I wouldn't be singing it all. The particular animals they represent symbolize what they must achieve to call themselves men. [24] In April 2004 alone, 5.51 million copies of the film were sold. In a post-ice age Alaska, the local tribesmen believe all creatures are created through the Great Spirits, who are said to appear in the form of an aurora. The DVD release presented two versions of the film, the theatrical widescreen and an anamorphic presentation. Denahi arrives and, believing that Kenai was killed by the bear from earlier, vows to avenge Kenai by hunting it down. In 2001, Background supervisor Barry Kooser and his team traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and studied with Western landscape painter Scott Christensen, where they learned to: "simplify objects by getting the spatial dimensions to work first and working in the detail later. Contrary to speculation, news writer Jim Hill stated the release date switch was not because Home on the Range was suffering from story rewrites, but to promote Brother Bear on the Platinum Edition release of The Lion King.

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. As Kenai awakes as a bear after being swept along by a river, she tells him that he must travel to the "mountain where the lights touch the earth" to be changed back into a man by Sitka.

It is the 44th Disney animated feature film. Melissa Etheridge contributed three songs to the film. [4], Much like contemporary animated films where most of the cast members record their voices separately, Suarez and Phoenix voiced the roles separately, although they both did a recording session together at least two times. The DVD release presented two versions of the film, the theatrical widescreen and an anamorphic presentation. In 2001, Background supervisor Barry Kooser and his team traveled to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and studied with Western landscape painter Scott Christensen, where they learned to: "simplify objects by getting the spatial dimensions to work first and working in the detail later. ", According to Ruben Aquino, supervising animator for the character of Denahi, Denahi was originally meant to be Kenai's father; later this was changed to Kenai's brother. "[30] Writing for Variety, Todd McCarthy summarized that "Brother Bear is a very mild animated entry from Disney with a distinctly recycled feel [because] the film's characters and narrative simply fail to engage strong interest, and tale is probably too resolutely serious to enchant small fry in the way the better Disney titles always have. Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. He is the younger brother of Sitka and Denahi, the adoptive older brother of Koda, and the husband of Nita. Sweeney as Sitka, the oldest brother. Brother Bear is a remake of the famous 2003 Disney film.