Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot
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 Title card from the opening of Journey to Joke-a-lot |
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| Directed by | Mike Fallows |
| Produced by | Cynthia Taylor |
| Written by | Jeff Schechter |
| Starring | Julie Lemieux Allie Cannito Adrian Truss Susan Roman |
| Music by | Jane Siberry Ian Thomas |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | October 5, 2004 |
| Running time | 80 min |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) |
| Followed by | The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie (2005) |
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Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot is a direct-to-DVD CGI film, produced by Nelvana Limited and released by Lions Gate Home Entertainment on October 5, 2004. This movie marks the first appearance of the Care Bears in a feature film since 1987's The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland. The movie only features the Care Bears, not the Care Bear Cousins, and also introduces many new characters from a land known as Joke-a-lot.
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[edit] Synopsis
Funshine Bear loves jokes and enjoys making the Care Bears laugh. When one of his jokes goes too far, however, he decides to leave Care-a-lot, hoping to find someplace where he can joke without upsetting anyone. He ends up in Joke-a-lot, where a rat named Sir Funnybone declares him to be the long-lost King of that place. What he doesn't know, though, is that Funnybone is actually using him as part of a plot to gain power.
[edit] Soundtrack
Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot has a soundtrack featuring all songs from the film and many original songs as well. Songs available only on the soundtrack include "Everyone Loves the Care Bears," "Me and My Amigo" and "Seriously."
[edit] Film references
This movie includes references to at least two other films: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Disney's Aladdin.
Throughout the film, the computer Pal refers to the villain Funnybone as "Dave" and then later tells him that she's afraid she can't open the pod bay doors.
Additionally, lamenting his lame henchmen, Funnybone gripes that someday he's "going to get a real henchman—a parrot or something". The villain Jafar in Aladdin had a foul-mouthed parrot named Iago.
[edit] Cast
Len Carlson (from The Raccoons) starred in this film as Philo, one of Sir Funnybone's flies. This marked the first time since the original DiC series that he was involved in the Care Bears franchise, and was his last film performance (he died in January 2006). Along with Carlson, the only other cast members to return from the 1980s series are Susan Roman and Louise Vallance (credited as Stevie Vallance).
[edit] See also
- The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, Rolie Polie Olie and Donkey Kong Country, three computer-animated franchises from Nelvana.
- List of animated feature films
[edit] External links
- Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot at the Internet Movie Database
- Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot at Rotten Tomatoes
- Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot at All Movie Guide
- Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- TV.com page
- Reviews at: DVDtoons! - DVD Verdict
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1980s: Rock & Rule (1983) - The Care Bears Movie (1985) - Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) - The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) - Babar: The Movie (1989)
1990s: The Legend of the North Wind (1992) - The Return of the North Wind (1994) - Pippi Longstocking (1997) - Babar: King of the Elephants (1999) - Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)
2000s: Redwall: The Movie (2000) - Franklin and the Green Knight (2000) - Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001) - The Little Bear Movie (2001) - Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2001) - Back to School with Franklin (2003) - Rescue Heroes: The Movie (2003) - Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase (2003) - Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot (2004) - Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle (2005) - The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie (2005) - Heidi (2005) - Franklin and Granny's Secret (2006)
