14 Things About the Care Bears Movie That'll Make You Rethink What You Think About It
There's a lot more to these adorable characters that defined your childhood than you may think.Â
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Harry Dean Stanton sings in the movie. Mickey Rooney narrates as Mr. Cherrywood and Carole King sings the title song.Â
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It was Canada's highest grossing film in 1985, raking in $34 million.Â
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It premiered as part of a benefit for the Special Olympics on March 24th, but wasn't officially released in North America until 5 days later.Â
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Noble Heart Bear and True Heart Horse don't make an appearance.Â
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It was just that popular.Â
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It was beat by 101 Dalmatians and made $23 million that year.Â
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The movie came out before Cannes took place, but people still came to the festival (some dressed as bears) to promote it.Â
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Eva Amos was the voice of Friend Bear, Champ Bear, and Swift Heart Rabbit and Melleny Brown was Birthday Bear and Cheer Bear.Â
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Meet the Care Bear Cousins and Keep on Caring came out shortly after the movie was released.Â
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Braveheart Lion and Playful Heart Monkey are just two of the cousins to make their first appearance in the film.Â
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It translates to Happiness Bears Film.Â
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It won the Canadian Golden Reel Award which used to be a part of the Genies, which were considered the Canadian Oscar's at the time.Â
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