| The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine | |
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A poster for the original May 1985 video release of the special |
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| Distributed by | United States: Family Home Entertainment (VHS, 1985) MGM (DVD, 2007, AD only) |
| 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 Abby 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 |
| Production company | Atkinson Film-Arts |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | Syndication |
| Release date | April 1984[1] |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Preceded by | The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings (1983) |
The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine is the second television special to feature the Care Bears characters.[2] Made by Atkinson Film-Arts of Canada, it premiered in syndication in April 1984.
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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 the villain Professor Coldheart. In addition, the special introduces Baby Hugs, Baby Tugs, Grams Bear, and Professor Coldheart's sidekick, Frostbite.
The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine aired on over 100 U.S. TV stations in April 1984, and was sponsored by the Kenner company.[1] That same year, it won an award for Best Children's Program at the 13th National ACTRA Awards.[3] 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 was released on VHS and Beta by Family Home Entertainment in May 1985.[4] This, and The Land Without Feelings, were among the ten best-selling children's videos on the U.S. market in 1985.[5] It was released for the first time on DVD, as a special feature, on MGM Home Enteratainment's 2007 re-issue of The Care Bears Movie. The print featured on the disc is the syndicated edit (which aired on the Disney Channel and Toon Disney), not the original broadcast version.
In 1987, Don R. Le Duc referred to Freeze Machine as a "shallow merchandising marvel".[6]
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