The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine
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A poster for the original May 1984 video release of the special |
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Directed by | Pino Van Lamsweerde, Paul Schibli (animation) |
Produced by | W.H. Stevens Jr. Hugh Campbell Paul Pressler (associate) |
Written by | Peter Sauder |
Starring | Rick Jones (as Tenderheart Bear) Bob Dermer (as Grumpy Bear) Noreen Young Les Lye Anna MacCormack Amy Hagyard Dominic Bradford Brodie Osome |
Music by | Bob and Merry Chimbel (songs), Gary Morton (score) |
Cinematography | Ron Haines Jan Topper |
Editing by | John Harris Jennifer Irwin Norman LeBlanc Gerald Tripp |
Distributed by | Family Home Entertainment (video, 1984) MGM (DVD, 2007) |
Release date(s) | April 1984 (television syndication) |
Running time | 23 min |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Preceded by | The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983) |
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The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine is the second television special to feature the Care Bears characters. Made by Atkinson Film-Arts of Canada, it premiered in syndication in April 1984.
The special, a follow-up to the previous installment The Land Without Feelings (from 1983), sees the return of the ten original Bears and the rarely-seen Cloud Keeper, as well as villain Professor Coldheart. In addition, the special introduces Baby Hugs, Baby Tugs, Grams Bear, and Professor Coldheart's sidekick, Frostbite.
A tie-in book based on the special (ISBN 0-910313-15-6) was written by Arthur S. Rosenblatt, illustrated by Joe Ewers and published by Parker Brothers as a part of the Tales from the Care Bears series.
The special won an award for Best Children's Program at the 13th National ACTRA Awards (in 1984). [1]
Video copies of The Freeze Machine have been out of print since the end of the 1980s. However, it was released for the first time on DVD, as a special feature on the March 20, 2007 re-issue of The Care Bears Movie.
[edit] External links
- The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine at the Internet Movie Database
- The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine at All Movie Guide
- Script of the special at Take Care Bear's Place