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The Bear That Wasn't (1967)

The Bear That Wasn't poster
Directed by
Chuck Jones
Genre
animation, family, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
10 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bear wakes up from hibernation to find a factory has been built over his den. The factory managers and workers insist he is not a bear but a lazy man in a fur coat.

wryabsurdwhimsicaldeadpanunsettlingbittersweetsimpleplayful

What happens

The Bear That Wasn't is a 1967 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones and based on the children's book The Bear That Wasn't by Frank Tashlin. It is the final cartoon produced and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer via its MGM Animation/Visual Arts division. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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