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
Harry Dean Stanton sings in the movie. Mickey Rooney narrates as Mr. Cherrywood and Carole King sings the title song.Â
It was Canada's highest grossing film in 1985, raking in $34 million.Â
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
Noble Heart Bear and True Heart Horse don't make an appearance.Â
It was just that popular.Â
It was beat by 101 Dalmatians and made $23 million that year.Â
The movie came out before Cannes took place, but people still came to the festival (some dressed as bears) to promote it.Â
Eva Amos was the voice of Friend Bear, Champ Bear, and Swift Heart Rabbit and Melleny Brown was Birthday Bear and Cheer Bear.Â
Meet the Care Bear Cousins and Keep on Caring came out shortly after the movie was released.Â
Braveheart Lion and Playful Heart Monkey are just two of the cousins to make their first appearance in the film.Â
It translates to Happiness Bears Film.Â
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