- Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
Infobox_Film
name = Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
caption = Theatrical poster to "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!" (1964)
director =Joseph Barbera William Hanna
producer = Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
writer = Joseph BarberaWarren Foster
William Hanna
starring =Daws Butler Don Messick Julie Bennett Mel Blanc James Darren Jonah and the Wailers
Bill LeeErnest Newton J. Pat O'Malley Hal Smith Jackie Ward
music =Marty Paich
cinematography =Ted C. Bemiller Charles Flekal Norman Stainback Roy Wade
editing =Larry C. Cowan Douglas A. Douglas Warner E. Leighton Anthony Milch Ken Spears Greg Watson
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released =June 3 ,1964
runtime = 89 minutes
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0154587
amg_id = 1:22298"Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!" is a
1964 animated feature released byColumbia Pictures . It was the first theatrical feature produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the first such film based on a television program. [cite book |last=Beck |first=Jerry |authorlink=Jerry Beck |title=The Animated Movie Guide |year=2005 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |location=Chicago |isbn= 1-55652-591-5|pages=p. 113 ]Plot
Yogi Bear (voiced byDaws Butler ) and his pal Boo Boo (voiced byDon Messick ) is shipped off to theSan Diego Zoo by Jellystone National Park'sRanger Smith (voiced by Messick) who is tired of Yogi's "pick-a-nick" basket stealing. Yogi escapes and returns to the park. His girlfriend, Cindy, not realizing Yogi has escaped goes looking for him and is kidnapped by a circus owner. Yogi and Boo Boo sneak out of the park and travel across the country to save Cindy and bring her back home.Production
The animated
musical film was produced and directed byWilliam Hanna andJoseph Barbera , with a story by Hanna, Barbera, and formerWarner Bros. Cartoons storymanWarren Foster . When the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio closed in May1963 , several of its animators, includingGerry Chiniquy ,Friz Freleng andKen Harris , joinedHanna-Barbera to work on this film. After its mildly successful 1964 release, "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!" found extended life as a popular summermatinee feature.Release
The film was reissued on
January 17 ,1986 ,cite book |last=Solomon |first=Charles |year=1989 |title=Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation |isbn=0-394-54684-9 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |pages=p. 277 ] cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=heythereitsyogibear86.htm |title=Hey There, It's Yogi bear (Re-issue) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=2008-02-16] as part ofAtlantic Releasing 's short-livedClubhouse Pictures program.Warner Bros. owns the film today, as they are the current owners of the Hanna-Barbera library. The movie will be released on DVD for the first time ever on December 2nd, 2008 byWarner Home Video .Fact|date=September 2008Reception
A "Variety" review of May 27, 1964 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". [cite journal |title=Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (film review) |work=Variety |date=May 27, 1964 ]
ee also
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Hanna-Barbera (film series)
*List of animated feature-length films References
External links
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