| Bear Country | |
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| Directed by | James Algar |
| Written by | James Algar |
| Produced by | Ben Sharpsteen Walt Disney |
| Narrated by | Winston Hibler |
| Edited by | Lloyd L. Richardson |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 33 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bear Country is a 1953 Americanshortdocumentary film directed byJames Algar. It won anOscar at the26th Academy Awards in 1954 forBest Short Subject (Two-Reel).[2][3] The film was produced byWalt Disney as part of theTrue-Life Adventures series of nature documentaries,[4] and played withPeter Pan[1] during its original theatrical run.
Bosley Crowther ofThe New York Times wrote that the film "follows in the excellent series of nature films that have been produced by the Disney studio, such asSeal Island andWater Birds".[5]
Variety called it "one of the more delightfulTrue-Life Adventure documentaries in the Walt Disney series ... calculated to enchant viewers of all ages".[6]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "As usual in this series, the material itself is pleasantly photographed and has considerable interest. This is vitiated, however, by the irritatingly facetious tone of the commentary and by the apparent determination to make the bears appear as 'human' as possible—the set-piece, in this case, is a scene of the bears laboriously scratching themselves, to a characteristic musical accompaniment".[7]