- The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine
Infobox Film
name = The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine
caption = A poster for the original May 1984 video release of the special
director =Pino Van Lamsweerde ,Paul Schibli (animation)
producer =W.H. Stevens Jr.
Hugh CampbellPaul Pressler (associate)
writer =Peter Sauder
music = Bob andMerry Chimbel (songs),
Gary Morton (score)
cinematography=Ron Haines Jan Topper
editing = John HarrisJennifer Irwin Norman LeBlanc Gerald Tripp
ex-prod =Bernard Loomis Carole MacGillvray
starring = Rick Jones (as Tenderheart Bear)Bob Dermer (as Grumpy Bear)Noreen Young Les Lye Anna MacCormack Amy Hagyard Dominic Bradford Brodie Osome
company =Atkinson Film-Arts
distributor =Family Home Entertainment (video, 1984)MGM (DVD, 2007)
released = April 1984 (television syndication )
runtime = 23 min
country = Canada
language = English
preceded_by = "The Care Bears in the Land Without Feelings " (1983)
amg_id = 1:8200
imdb_id = 0490831"The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine" is the second television special to feature the
Care Bears characters. Made byAtkinson Film-Arts ofCanada , 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 byJoe Ewers and published byParker 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). [http://www.crawleyfilms.ca/awards/awrd_list.html ]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 ". However, it is not the original broadcast version. Instead, it is the version that was seen as part of the later syndicated package of the DIC and Nelvana TV series (which was also seen on theDisney Channel andToon Disney ).External links
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* [http://takecarebearsplace.myweb.io/Scripts/freezemachineepisode.htm Script of the special at Take Care Bear's Place]
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