Jack the Bear (1993)
- Starring:
- Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller, (more)
- Director(s):
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Jack the Bear
Marshall Herskovitz directed this tearjerking schizophrenic combination of The Wonder Years and To Kill a Mockingbird. It is 1972, and John Leary (Danny De Vito) and his two sons Jack (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.) and Dylan (Miko Hughes) have just moved to Oakland, California. John is a television celebrity who has been fired from one station after another, appearing now on a cheap local station as the Saturday night host of a horror-film showcase. But John spends most of the time drinking and grieving over the loss of his wife, who was recently killed in an accident. The children try to adapt to their new school, and the family tries to adapt to the collection of kooks that populate their neighborhood. Foremost among them is Norman Strick (Gary Sinise), a sinister neo-Nazi who lives across the street. When Strick circulates a petition for the local white-supremacist candidate, John gets drunk and attacks him on his television show. As a result, Strick takes his revenge by abducting one of John's children. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast of Jack the Bear
- Danny DeVito - John Leary
- Miko Hughes - Dylan Leary
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Peggy Etinger
- Erica Yohn - Mother-in-Law
- Bert Remsen - Mr. Mitchell
- Cliff Bemis - Detective Marker
- Dorothy Lyman - Mrs.Morris
- Mary Goldberg
- Charles Dugan - Mr.Strick
- Lorinne Vozoff - Mrs.Mitchell
- Troy W. Slaten - Edward Festinger
- Carl Gabriel Yorke - Gordon Layton
- Art La Fleur - Mr.Festinger
- Monica Calhoun - Sondra
- Sam Freed - Mr.Morris
- Robert J. Steinmiller - Jack Leary
- Gary Sinise - Norman Strick
- Reese Witherspoon - Karen Morris
- Stefan Gierasch - Father-in-Law
- Andrea Marcovicci - Mrs. Elizabeth Leary
- Christopher Lawford - Vince Buccini
- Christy Botkin - Nursery School Teacher
- Justin Mosley Spink - Dexter Mitchell
- Paul Wilson - Street Worker
- Scott Thomson - Street Worker
- Kevin McDermott - Cop
- Donovan Leitch - Grad Student
- Sarah Bork - Grad Student
- Kelly Connell - Fireman
- Lee Garlington - Mrs.Festinger
- Director(s):
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Writer(s):
- Lawrence J. Cohen, Steven Zaillian, Fred Freeman
- Producer(s):
- Bruce Gilbert
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Profanity, Questionable for Children, Violence)
- Categories:
- Comedy
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