Jack the Bear (1993)

Director:

Marshall Herskovitz

Writers (WGA):

Dan McCall (novel)
Steven Zaillian (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 April 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Danny De Vito is a professional clown, whose wife's death in a car accident has left him to care for his two young boys...

Plot Keywords:

Quirky | Psychological Drama | Neo Nazi | Show | Widower

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Danny DeVito	...	John Leary
Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.	...	Jack Leary
Miko Hughes	...	Dylan Leary
Gary Sinise	...	Norman Strick
Art LaFleur	...	Mr. Festinger
Stefan Gierasch	...	Father-in-Law
Erica Yohn	...	Mother-in-Law
Andrea Marcovicci	...	Elizabeth Leary
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Peggy Etinger
Reese Witherspoon	...	Karen Morris
Bert Remsen	...	Mitchell
Carl Gabriel Yorke	...	Gordon Layton
Lee Garlington	...	Mrs. Festinger
Lorinne Vozoff	...	Mrs. Mitchell
Justin Mosley Spink	...	Dexter Mitchell
Jahary Bennett	...	Michael
Lillian Hightower Domio	...	Mrs. Sampson
Troy W. Slaten	...	Edward Festinger
Jessica Steinmiller	...	Katie Festinger
Douglas Tolbert	...	Ray
Christopher Lawford	...	Vince Buccini
Cliff Bemis	...	Det. John Marker
Charles Dugan	...	Mr. Strick
Marion Dugan	...	Mrs. Strick
Sam Freed	...	Mr. Morris
Dorothy Lyman	...	Mrs. Morris
Kevin McDermott	...	Cop
Robert Dunn	...	Construction Worker
Christy Botkin	...	Nursery School Teacher
Vonna Bowen	...	Nurse
Steven McCall	...	Studio Technician
Donovan Leitch	...	Grad Student
Sarah Bork	...	Grad Student
Dena Goodmanson	...	Grad Student
Paul Wilson	...	Street Worker
Scott Thomson	...	Street Worker
George E. Clayton Jr.	...	Backhoe Driver
Monica Calhoun	...	Sondra
Kelly Connell	...	Fireman

Directed by
Marshall Herskovitz

Writing credits (WGA)
Dan McCall		(novel)
Steven Zaillian		(screenplay)

Produced by
Peter Burrell	....	associate producer
Bruce Gilbert	....	producer
Ron Yerxa	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Fred Murphy

Film Editing by
Steven Rosenblum

Casting by
Mary Goldberg

Production Design by
Lilly Kilvert

Art Direction by
John Warnke

Costume Design by
Deborah Lynn Scott

Makeup Department
Katalin Elek	....	makeup artist
Zoltan Elek	....	makeup artist
Kaye Pownall	....	hair stylist
Jan Van Uchelen	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Peter Burrell	....	unit production manager
Gary Stanek	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mathew Dunne	....	second assistant director
Joanne Keene	....	dga trainee
Nilo Otero	....	first assistant director
Marge Piane	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Terry Adams	....	swing gang
Carl Aldana	....	sketch artist
Peter Alvarez	....	propmaker
Aaron Anderson	....	propmaker
Frank Anderson	....	swing gang
Robert Anderson	....	propmaker
Scott Annand	....	propmaker
Kinney Booker	....	swing gang
Len Borggrebe	....	propmaker
Sam Brinson	....	propmaker
Frank Capiello	....	head greensman
Paul B. Challman	....	propmaker
Arthur Clever	....	propmaker
Phil Coffman	....	propmaker
John Elmendorf	....	propmaker
Michael Loren Elmer	....	drapery
Victor Espinoza	....	propmaker
Mike Fiore	....	propmaker
Chris Fix	....	propmaker
Steven Getz	....	propmaker
Eric Giese	....	labor foreman
Joanna Gilliam	....	on-set dresser
Jeff Goldberg	....	propmaker
Brian Grieve	....	propmaker
Gary Hashimoto	....	propmaker
Stephen Howard	....	propmaker
Donald Johnson	....	propmaker
Mark Joyce	....	propmaker
Tedd Keith	....	propmaker
Glen Kennedy	....	swing gang
Tom Kimbrell	....	propmaker
Otto Longren	....	propmaker
Perry Lotta	....	propmaker
Robert Louden	....	greensman
Anthony J. Martin	....	labor foreman
Todd McKibben	....	propmaker
Chuck McSorley	....	lead man
Henry Mendoza	....	propmaker
Luis Mirassou	....	propmaker
Nick Navarro	....	assistant art director
Erik L. Nelson	....	property master
David P. Newell	....	assistant property master
Bob Nickloff	....	propmaker
Charles Nixon III	....	lead man
Robert Perry	....	propmaker
Randy Provencio	....	propmaker
Mark Rasmussen	....	propmaker
Paul Roberts	....	propmaker
Robert Butch Samarzich	....	set dresser
Bruce Sartorius	....	propmaker
Gary Schorr	....	propmaker
William Solomon	....	stand-by painter
Kirk Tarouilly	....	propmaker
Jim Tholen	....	propmaker
John Thompson	....	greensman
Randy Torpin	....	propmaker
James F. Truesdale	....	set designer
Frank Tucker	....	propmaker
Timothy Joseph Turk	....	propmaker
Dennis Yeager II	....	propmaker
Richard Yeager	....	propmaker

Sound Department
Petra Bach	....	supervising adr editor
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Bill Bateman	....	sound recordist
Bob Biggart	....	adr mixer
Brad Brock	....	adr mixer
Don Coufal	....	boom operator
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Teri E. Dorman	....	sound editor
Gary S. Gerlich	....	sound editor
Gregory M. Gerlich	....	supervising sound editor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Ron S. Herbes	....	assistant sound editor
Gary Holland	....	cable operator
Jerry Jacobson	....	sound editor
William Jacobs	....	sound editor
Nathan Kaproff	....	contractor
Richard LeGrand Jr.	....	sound editor
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist
Troy Porter	....	foley mixer
Kelly J. Quinn	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sharon Rice	....	second engineer
Tex Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	sound editor
Robert Ulrich	....	adr editor
Jeff Wexler	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
William Lee	....	special effects
Dick Wood	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
David Emerson	....	optical lineup
Alan Munro	....	optical designer

Stunts
Richard Drown	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Jerry Gatlin	....	stunts
William Shane Grisco	....	stunts (as William S. Grisco)
Loren Janes	....	stunt coordinator
Tony Jefferson	....	stunts (as Anthony M. Jefferson)
Bobby Porter	....	stunts
Lori Lynn Ross	....	stunts
Fred Scialla	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
George Ball	....	rigging gaffer
Charles D. Brown	....	dolly grip
David Christie	....	best boy grip
Brad Edmiston	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Steve Givens	....	rigging best boy
Melinda Sue Gordon	....	still photographer
Khan Griffith	....	electrician
Todd Griffith	....	grip
Mark Hadland	....	best boy
Conrad W. Hall	....	first assistant camera
Sunny Johnson	....	rigging grip
Ian Kincaid	....	gaffer
Robin P. Knight	....	key grip (as Robin Knight)
Dennis M. Kuneff	....	rigging key grip
Dickinson H. Luke	....	rigging electrician
Craig Molsberry	....	electrician
Dayton Nietert	....	rigging gaffer
Frank Perl	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Michael J. Selph	....	second second assistant camera
Philip Sloan	....	best boy grip
Alan Sowles	....	best boy
Cliff Sperry	....	grip (as Clifford Sperry)
Michael Stone	....	camera operator
Victor Svimonoff	....	electrician
Chuck Whelan	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
James Adams	....	casting associate
Jane Brody	....	casting: Midwest
Amy Lippens	....	casting associate
Steve Spiker	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Myron Baker	....	set costumer
Dallas D. Dornan	....	costumer
Mari Grimaud	....	costumer
Mark Peterson	....	costumer
Deahdra Scarano	....	costumer
Vincent Sembera	....	tailor

Editorial Department
Bobby Bell	....	apprentice editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Robert Frazen	....	associate editor
Debra Lovatelli	....	post-production coordinator (as Debra Michael Petro)
William Pine	....	color timer (as Bill Pine)
Michael Rafferty	....	apprentice editor
Cynthia E. Thornton	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Alex Gibson	....	music editor
Ralph Grierson	....	musician
Clayton Haslop	....	musician
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor
James Horner	....	musician
George A. Martin	....	music editor
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
Joe E. Rand	....	assistant music editor
Ian Underwood	....	musician
James Walker	....	musician

Transportation Department
David Jernigan	....	transportation co-captain
James Nordberg	....	transportation
James C. Taylor	....	transportation coordinator
Skip Wilson	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Christina Bennett	....	assistant production office coordinator
William Bowling	....	location manager
Bill Brand	....	production assistant
Stanley Brossette	....	unit publicist
Bethany Brown	....	production accountant
Kathie Broyles	....	title designer
Deborah A. Cornett	....	assistant production accountant
Teira Doom	....	assistant production accountant
Jennifer Garwal	....	assistant: Ron Yerxa
Mario Z. Gonzalez	....	caterer
Lisa Halperin	....	production assistant
Joshua Levinson	....	assistant: Mr. Devito
Debra Lovatelli	....	assistant: Marshall Herskovitz (as Debra Michael Petro)
Bill McCamey	....	construction nurse
Jeffrey Moznett	....	production assistant
Nancy Neumann	....	studio teacher
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	title designer (as Jeffrey Okun)
Ramon Pahoyo	....	craft service
Roger Parkinson Jr.	....	post-production accountant
Onyea Ponder	....	accounting clerk
Mary Quigley	....	first aid
Michael Risoli	....	production assistant
Myra Rosenthal	....	teacher
Tynan R. Schmidt	....	assistant: Bruce Gilbert
Nanette Siegert	....	production coordinator
David Stern	....	production assistant
Marion Tumen	....	script supervisor
Kristan Wagner	....	location manager
Laurie Arnow-Epstein	....	construction accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• American Filmworks
• Lucky Dog Productions Inc.
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Other Companies

• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition)
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Video Image  video playback
• Visiontrax Inc.  sound effects
• Visual Concept Engineering (VCE)  additional opticals

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for elements of theme, and for some terror.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | USA:PG-13 (certificate #31368) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

American Filmworks

Goofs:

Continuity: The stuffed dog on the living room floor of Karen's house.

Quotes:

John Leary: We're at a crossroads, can you feel it? It's dark down there and there are things, nobody wants to meet in the dark. Whether we'll come out on the other side, hating everything and everybody, I don't know.

Movie Connections:

Features The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

Soundtrack:

Can't Find My Way Home

excellant heartwarming film

This excellant movie is about a widowed father trying his best to raise his two sons while coping with alcoholism, a nagging father in law and a racist next door neighbor. Danny Devito, Gary Senise, Julia louis Dreyfuss and Reese Witherspoon all do a good job as well as Devito's two sons. Good direction, and score also. It's dramatic, funny and sad at times. Recommended