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Jack the Bear
Sign in to save1993 film by Marshall Herskovitz
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6.4Story of the relationships between two sons and their father, who moves the family to California and becomes a tv horror show host after the death of his wife.
Released: 1993-04-0299 minDir: Marshall HerskovitzDrama, ComedyBox office: $5.1M
Cast
- Danny DeVito as John Leary
- Gary Sinise as Norman Strick
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Peggy Etinger
- Reese Witherspoon as Karen Morris
- Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. as Jack Leary
- Miko Hughes as Dylan Leary
Themes
- neo-nazism
- clown
- widower
- oakland athletics
- child kidnapping
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
4,483 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
28%
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 158244
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- publication date
- 1993-05-27
- title
- Jack the Bear
- review score
- 28%
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Nazism
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Oakland
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IMDb
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Jack Nicholson
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Jane Fonda
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Schindler's List
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Reese Witherspoon
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Roger Ebert
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Danny DeVito
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20th Century Studios
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horror film
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Gary Sinise
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Gangs of New York
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James Horner
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San Francisco Bay Area
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Dobermann
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Mission: Impossible
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American Film Institute
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Categories
1990s coming-of-age comedy-drama films1993 American films1993 comedy-drama films1993 directorial debut films1993 English-language films1993 films20th Century Fox filmsAmerican comedy-drama filmsAmerican coming-of-age comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsFilms about brothersFilms about dysfunctional familiesFilms about father–son relationshipsFilms about television peopleFilms based on American novelsFilms directed by Marshall HerskovitzFilms scored by James HornerFilms set in 1972Films set in the San Francisco Bay AreaFilms shot in San FranciscoFilms with screenplays by Steven ZaillianRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release date