Candy Ford Movies
- 2002
A near-perfect example of how American network TV relentlessly cannibalizes itself, the weekly, half-hour NBC series The Rerun Show was devoted to retro re-enactments of such "classic" sitcoms as The Partridge Family and Diff'rent Strokes. On each program, a comic repertory troupe performed vintage scripts from selected episodes of earlier series, but "without the boring parts" -- and with a pronounced satiric, savage edge. At least two abridged scripts were performed per show, sometimes with veterans of the actual series being skewered (notably The Partridge Family's inimitable Danny Bonaduce). Rerun Show made its first appearance on August 1, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Vogt, Candy Ford, (more)
This family musical enjoys the dubious distinction of being the first film ever based on a theme park attraction, the "Country Bears Jamboree" at Disneyworld. Beary Barrington (voice of Haley Joel Osment) is an adolescent bruin raised by a human family after he was found by a park ranger, abandoned in the forest. Curious about his biological roots, Beary travels to Tennessee to seek out his birth parents while attempting to locate the members of his favorite musical group -- a defunct country music act called the Country Bears -- along the way. Country Bear Hall, the famed venue where the band was launched, is facing imminent destruction at the hands of greedy banker Reed Thimple (Christopher Walken), but young Beary has a plan to save the hall by staging a reunion benefit concert. Beary's path takes him through a guitar duel, a vintage coffee house, and a car wash, as he's pursued by a pair of bumbling cops (Diedrich Bader and Daryl "Chill" Mitchell) trying to reunite him with his adoptive parents. Meanwhile, a panoply of musical legends including Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, and Queen Latifah appear Behind the Music-style to comment on the Country Bears' alleged artistic influence on their work. The Country Bears, the first in a pair of planned Disney projects based on the company's theme park rides (the second is slated to be based on "Pirates of the Caribbean"), co-stars Stephen Tobolowsky, Brad Garrett, Alex Rocco, and Stephen Root. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christopher Walken, Stephen Tobolowsky, (more)
