Brother Bear

Brother Bear
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Aaron Blaise Robert Walker
Screenplay by	Tab Murphy Lorne Cameron David Hoselton Steve Bencich Ron J. Friedman
Story by	Nathan Greno Stevie Wermers-Skelton Kevin Deters Woody Woodman Thom Enriquez Kevin Harkey Broose Johnson John Norton John Puglisi
Produced by	Chuck Williams
Starring	Joaquin Phoenix Jeremy Suarez Rick Moranis Dave Thomas Jason Raize D. B. Sweeney Joan Copeland Michael Clarke Duncan
Edited by	Tim Mertens
Music by	Phil Collins Mark Mancina
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates	October 20, 2003 (2003-10-20) (New Amsterdam Theatre) November 1, 2003 (2003-11-01) (United States)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Inuktitut
Budget	$46 million[1]
Box office	$250.4 million[2]

Brother Bear is a 2003 American animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by Chuck Williams, from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, and the writing team of Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman. The film stars the voices of Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Jason Raize (in his only film role), D.B. Sweeney, Joan Copeland, and Michael Clarke Duncan. Brother Bear follows an Alaska native boy named Kenai as he pursues a bear and kills it, but the Spirits, incensed by this unnecessary death, change Kenai into a bear himself as punishment.^[3] In order to be human again, Kenai must travel to a mountain where the Northern lights touch the earth.

The film was the third and final Disney animated feature produced primarily by the Feature Animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida; the studio was shut down in March 2004, not long after the release of this film in favor of computer-animated features. Brother Bear was released in the United States on November 1, 2003 to mixed reviews from critics and received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 76th Academy Awards, losing to Pixar's Finding Nemo. The film grossed $250 million against a $46 million budget. A direct-to-video sequel, Brother Bear 2, was released on August 29, 2006.