Bart the Bear
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Bart was an Alaskan Kodiak bear born on January 19, 1977 at the Baltimore Zoo. When Bart was five weeks old and weighed five pounds (2 kg), he was sold to Doug and Lynne Seus, who worked as animal trainers for films. The Seuses trained Bart using a reward and praise system. While still a cub, he appeared in the TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams playing Adams' companion bear, Ben, as a cub. After reaching adulthood, he made his film debut in the film Windwalker (released 1981). He grew to 9' 7.5" (2.90 m) tall and weighed 1,500 pounds (680 kg) throughout his life as an adult.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Birthday: January 19, 1977
Deathday: May 10, 2000
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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White Fang
Overview: Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-18
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Windwalker
Overview: An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of 'Indians without a single cowboy.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Overview: A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.
Genres: Western Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-25
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Legends of the Fall
Overview: In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by war, and torn apart by love, as told over the course of several decades in this epic saga.
Genres: Drama Western Romance War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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The Great Outdoors
Overview: It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman Craig, his wife, Kate, and the couple's two daughters. As the excursion wears on, the Ripleys find themselves at odds with the stuffy Craig family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-17
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Lost in the Barrens
Overview: The story of two very different boys in the Canadian wilderness. They must learn to depend on each other in order to survive.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Benji the Hunted
Overview: Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her cub.
Genres: Action Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-05
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The Bear
Overview: An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-10-21
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Meet the Deedles
Overview: Two surfers end up as Yellowstone park rangers and have to stop a former ranger who is out for revenge.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-27
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On Deadly Ground
Overview: Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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The Edge
Overview: The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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Twelve Monkeys
Overview: In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Walking Thunder
Overview: In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear known as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, and his family's survival is secured.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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The Clan of the Cave Bear
Overview: Natural changes have the clans moving. Iza, medicine woman of the "Clan of the Cave Bear" finds little Ayla from the "others"' clan - tradition would have the clan kill Ayla immediately, but Iza insists on keeping her. When the little one finds a most needed new cave, she's allowed to stay - and thrive.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-17
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Overview: Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise golden retriever; and Sassy, a cautious cat -- at a friend's ranch. But when the animals start to worry that they've been left for good, the three embark together on a treacherous and thrilling journey to find their way back home through the California wilderness.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-03
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Berserker
Overview: Six young adults in the woods run afoul of a berserker, a viking warrior who dons the fur and snout of a bear, and are slain in turn by him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-04
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Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Overview: Two young survivors of a wagon-train massacre battle horse thieves as they take a prize stallion through Utah.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-15
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The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Overview: Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-28
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