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 Barbera
Warren Foster
William Hanna
starring = Daws Butler
Don Messick
Julie Bennett
Mel Blanc
James Darren
Jonah and the Wailers
Bill Lee
Ernest 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 by Columbia 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 by Daws Butler) and his pal Boo Boo (voiced by Don Messick) is shipped off to the San Diego Zoo by Jellystone National Park's Ranger 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 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. After its mildly successful 1964 release, "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!" found extended life as a popular summer matinee 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 of Atlantic Releasing's short-lived Clubhouse 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 by Warner Home Video.Fact|date=September 2008

Reception

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

*Hanna-Barbera (film series)
*List of animated feature-length films

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0154587
*rotten-tomatoes|id=hey_there_its_yogi_bear
*bcdb title|id=20497