| Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
| Produced by | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
| Written by | Joseph Barbera Warren Foster William Hanna |
| Based on | The Yogi Bear Show |
| Starring | Daws Butler Don Messick Julie Bennett Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Marty Paich Ray Gilbert Doug Goodwin |
| Editing by | Larry C. Cowan Douglas A. Douglas Warner E. Leighton Anthony Milch Ken Spears Greg Watson |
| Studio | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (original) Clubhouse Pictures (1986 reissue) Warner Bros. (1998-present) |
| Release date(s) | United States/Canada June 3, 1964 Japan July 3, 1965 United Kingdom August 12, 1966 |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! is a 1964 American animated feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars the voices of Daws Butler, Don Messick, Julie Bennett, and Mel Blanc. Based upon Hanna-Barbera's syndicated animated television show The Yogi Bear Show, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! was the first theatrical feature produced by Hanna-Barbera, and the first feature-length theatrical animated film based on a television program.[1][2]
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It starts with Boo-Boo Bear waking up to Spring. He wakes up Yogi Bear, but he only cares about finding food to eat. Cindy Bear however tries to woo Yogi into marrying her. Time after time Yogi tries to trick people, but Ranger Smith outsmarts him at everything. Yogi gets angry and decides to transfer out of Jellystone National park. Ranger Smith is first reluctant to do so until Yogi tries to make a deal. So Smith prepares Yogi to be sent over to the San Diego Zoo along with an identification tag. Yogi first says goodbye to everything, but tricks another bear named Cornbone into going to California instead of him. Soon Yogi is stealing food from all over the park, but Smith believes it to be another bear. He threatens whoever does it to be sent to the zoo. Cindy, believing Yogi to be at the zoo, angers Smith into sending Cindy away. However, The San Diego Zoo didn't need anymore bears, and sent Cindy to the St. Louis Zoo without telling her. But on the train she finds out from the other bears that she's being sent to St. Louis. She then cries herself to sleep. In the middle of the night, Cindy falls out of the train and becomes lost. Next, a circus who is losing customers is thinking about quiting unless they can find a good act. Soon their dog runs off and scares Cindy into walking on the telephone wires, prompting the circus to use it as their new act. Soon Yogi and Boo-Boo escape from Jellystone and try to bring Cindy home. They break her out of the circus and try to get back to Jellystone before anybody finds out, while Ranger Smith decides to let them find their way home by themselves so not to get fired. Soon
The animated musical film was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with a story by Hanna, Barbera, and former Warner Bros. Cartoons storyman Warren Foster. When the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio closed in May 1963, several of its animators, including Gerry Chiniquy, Friz Freleng and Ken Harris, joined Hanna-Barbera to work on this film.
A review from the May 27, 1964 issue of Variety pointed out that the scarcity of theatrically released feature animated films made Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! highly marketable. The review called the film "artistically accomplished in all departments". The review commented that the script was a bit redundant, but that the songs were "pleasant, if not especially distinguished".[3]
After its mildly successful 1964 release, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! found extended life as a popular summer matinée feature. The film was reissued on January 17, 1986,[4][5] as part of Atlantic Releasing's short-lived Clubhouse Pictures program.
On December 2, 2008, Warner Home Video released the film on DVD in Region 1 (The United States, Canada, and Japan). [1] A R2 DVD was released in the UK on January 31st, 2011.
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