Tubby & Joe's The Bear (2001 Film)

Tubby & Joe's The Bear is a 2001 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, based on a story by Jeff Arch. It stars Tchéky Karyo and Jack Wallace, alongside a supporting cast featuring Frank Welker Tchéky Karyo, Jack Wallace, André Lacombe, and Rita Wilson. Released on June 25, 2001, the film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $220 million worldwide.[2]

Plot
After Chicago architect Tom (Tom Hanks) loses his wife Maggie (Carey Lowell) to cancer, he and his eight-year-old son Jonah (Ross Malinger) start a new life in Seattle, but they continue to grieve. A year and a half later on Christmas Eve, Jonah calls in to a radio talk show. Jonah persuades a reluctant Sam to go on the air to talk about how much he misses Maggie. Hundreds of women from around the country who hear the program and are touched by the story write to Sam. One of the listeners is Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a Baltimore Sun reporter who is engaged to Walter (Bill Pullman) but feels there is something missing from their relationship. After watching the film An Affair to Remember, Annie writes a letter suggesting that Sam meet her on top of the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day. She decides not to mail it, but her friend and editor Becky (Rosie O'Donnell) does it for her and later agrees to send Annie to Seattle.

Sam begins dating a co-worker, Victoria (Barbara Garrick), whom Jonah dislikes. Jonah reads Annie's letter and likes that it mentions the Baltimore Orioles, but he fails to convince his father to go to New York to meet Annie. On the advice of his playmate Jessica (Gaby Hoffmann), Jonah replies to Annie, agreeing to the New York meeting. While dropping Victoria off at the airport for a flight, Sam sees Annie exiting from her plane and is mesmerized by her, although he has no idea who she is. Annie later secretly watches Sam and Jonah playing on the beach together. The next day she goes again to Sam's houseboat but mistakes Sam's sister, Suzy (Rita Wilson) for Victoria. He recognizes her from the airport and says "hello" but Annie only responds with "hello" before leaving. She returns to Baltimore and then goes to New York to meet Walter for Valentine's Day.

With Jessica's help, Jonah flies to New York and goes to the Empire State Building searching for Annie. When Sam discovers what Jonah did, he grabs a later plane and follows Jonah where he finds him on the observation deck. Meanwhile, Annie sees the skyscraper from the Rainbow Room where she is dining with Walter and confesses her doubts to him, amicably ending their engagement. She rushes to the Empire State Building and arrives on the observation deck just moments after the doors to the down elevator close with Sam and Jonah inside.

The observation deck is deserted, but Annie discovers the backpack Jonah left behind. As she pulls out Jonah's teddy bear from the backpack, Sam and Jonah emerge from the elevator having returned to fetch it, and the three meet. After Sam and Annie stare at each other in recognition, Sam says they should go and offers his hand to Annie. The three then enter the elevator together and the doors close.

Cast

 * Tchéky Karyo as Tom
 * Jack Wallace as Bill
 * André Lacombe as Joseph the Hunter
 * Frank Welker as Tubby the Bear Cub (Bear Cub Cries: Sound Effects)/Joe the Bear (Grizzly Bear Roars: Sound Effects)/Doc the Bear (Grizzly Bear Roars: Sound Effects)/Lilly the Mule/Hunter's Dog/Dixie/The Cougar (Mountain Lion Roars: Sound Effects)
 * Gary A. Hecker as Deers
 * Hal Smith as Tom and Bill's Horse (Horse Neighs: Sound Effects)

Soundtrack
Bees & Honey/[Rustling Noise]/[Bees Buzzing]/[Birds Chirping]

Avalanche/[Straining]/[Crashing]/[Roaring]/[Birds Chirping]

Butterfly/[Cub Whins][Owl Hooting]/[Cub Whining]

The Frog/[Croaking]/[String Music]/[Croaking]/[Eerie Distorted Noises]/[Splashing]/[String Music]/[Horse Neighing]

Hunters/[Fire Crackling]/[Owl Hooting]/[Gun Cocking]/[Gun Cocking]/[Mouse Squeeking]/[Tense Music]/Whoa. That's a huge male. Bet he's more than 1,500 pounds./Hey, Look./An Hour, hour-and-a-half./

[Rustling]/[Squirrel Chirping]/[Birds Chirping]/[Crow Cawing]

Downwind/Good. We're downwind now./[Gun Cocking Slowly]/[Gunshot]/[Roaring]/- Why'd you shoot? - I was in a good position. You should have waited for me, son. Crying shame. Damnation! Got him in the left shoulder. He spun around on his forelegs from right to left. If you'd have hit him in the hind legs, he'd have never got up again. A bear always turns into his wound. You spooked him, son. My gun jammed! You're not even close to seeing him again. Not even with them glasses. Take it from me. Give up. He's miles away by now. Believe me./[ Horse Neighing ]/[Distant Roaring]/What's that?/[ Horse Neighing ]/[ Growling ]/Oh, no,/

Campsite Carnage/[String Music]/Easy girl./[Distant Roaring]/Come on./Hoh hoh—easy girl, easy, easy./Easy./[Distant Roaring]/[Horse Winnying] – whoa boy./Whoa./Whoa. Whoa./[Yelling]/Whoa. Whoa! Hold it!/I swear it. I’ll kill you!/[Echoing]/

Joe Meets Tubby/[Cub Whining]/[Roaring]/[Growling]

River Crossing/[Growling]

Making Friends/[Roaring]/[Cub Whining]/[Growling]/[String Music]/Don’t worry./With a little luck I’ll be back before your foot’s mended./- Wait’ll you see them dogs. – Well have us some.

Reflections  On Fishing/[Splashing]/[Owls Hooting]

Strange Noises/[Fire Crackling][Distant Noise][Atmospheric Music]/[Water Splashes]/[Gunshots]

Hunting Game/[Quiet Percussive Music]/[Music Swells] [Roaring]/[Music Ends]/[Birds Chirping]/[Bear Snoring]/[Atmospheric Music]/[Rocks Crashing]/[Music Fades]/[Birds Calling]/[Fire Crackling]/[Gunshot]

Courtship/[Rustling [Growling]/[Tree Falling]/[Growling][Sniffing]

Eating Mushrooms/[Forest Noises Become Distorted]/[Labored Breathing]/[Ambient Music]/[Cub Struggling][Yawning]/[Bird Chirping]

Dixie/[Mule Winnies]/[Dogs Barking]/[Whistles] Dixie!/Hey!/Dixie!/[Whistles] Hey!/Come on Dixie Bell!/Come on! Come on!/Hey! Come on you curly headed girl. Come on./Come on, beautiful. That’s a good dog./Oh that’s nice hop around. Hop it with me baby./Did you miss me, Dixie Bell?/[Whistles]

The Tortoise/[String Music]/[Sniffing]/All right./[Dogs Barking In Distance]

Climbing Mountains/[Cub Struggling]/[Roaring]/[Dogs Barking In Distance]/[Sniffing]/Over here!/Hey./Come on.[Dogs Barking Distance]/[Dogs Getting Closer]/[Tense Music]/There. There he is!/[Cub Struggling]

At The Cave/[ Growling ]/[ Roaring ] [Music Swells]/Here grab on./He’s out of range!/Don’t shoot! You’ll hit the dogs![ Dogs Barking In Distance ]/[ Birds Chirping ]

Mercy Kill/[ Dog Whimpering ]/[ Gunshot ]

Tubby Captured/[ Whistles ]/Gotcha! Gotcha! [ Cub Growling ]

At The Campsite/[ Distant Shouting ] [Owl Hooting]/You wanna fight? You wanna fight me?/[Laughter] Come on you can fight There you go./Aw, you’re a little, ain’t ya? [ Cub Growls ]/[Imiates Growling]/[Cub Growls ]/Whoo! Who’s there, Huh?/[Horse Whinnies]/Big, huh? It’s a horse./Yeah. That’s it./Man! Stupid, man!/[Laughter]/I’m Tom./[Dogs Barking In Distance]/Ah, you hear that?/Dogs have made it back./Come on my babies. Come, come, come!/Come here!/[Cub Whimpering]/Oh, look what he’s done to ya./Damn./Damnation!/It’s Okay. You’ll be okay./Hold on./Easy. Go./[Dog Barking]/Here  Comet, here! Come on with me./Come on. Come on back./Take it easy. Attaboy./Quiet! Lie down! Stop it! Down!/Attaboy. Attaboy/Lie down!/[Bear Growling]

Breakfast/Hey. Look./[Ah, forget him. Let’s move on./[Quiet Laughter]/Wait./Ohh…what’s that?/Good, huh? That good?/Come on. Come on. Are you hungry?/[Laughter]/Alright, come on. Come on this way./Come on. Stand up./It’s down here now. Come on it’s up here./Come on, stand up for it./[Cub Whines]/Look at him go. He likes it Yum yum yum…/…yum yum yum./[Laughter]/You like it, huh? You do want it, don’t you?/Yeah, yeah, well where’d it go/It’s over there There it is stand up for it./[Indistinct Talking]/[Tense Music]/You’ll see,  Tom. This is just the place to box him in./You told Joseph to keep the dogs muzzled, didn’t ya?/yeah, he knows./He’s waiting by the creek./Here we are./You pick a spot up there. I’ll Take the other./Sooner or later, he’s gotta come through here./You stay put./All right. Don’t worry. I won’t move./[Birds Chirping]/[Clatter]/[Mule Groans]/[Dog Barking]

Spared/Damn./Bear Breathing]/[Bear Roars]/[Bear Roars][Man Whimpers]/[Man Crying]/Please, please don’t kill me!/[Man Shrieks]/[Crying]/[Gunshot]/Go! Go Away!/Hurray./[Gunshot]/Get out of sight. Hide!/I got him! I got him!/He fell like a stone there, clear over the edge./[Gentle Horn Music]

Free To Go/OK, little fella…/You’re free to go now./How long have we known each other for, son?/-Three month?-Five./Five./You see, I don’t like to ask folks questions./Everyone has secret side./By God, that’s the way it should bee./Hey, looks who’s taking a shine to civilization!/Heya! Heya!/Heya! Heya!/Heya! Heya!/Heya!/Good luck, little fella!/Heya! Heya!./[ Cub Cries ]

The Cougar/[ Mountain Lion Growls]/[ Mountain Lion Snarls]/[ Cub Pants ]//[ Mountain Lion Roars ]/[ Cub Yelps ]/[ Mountain Lion Growls ]/[ Mountain Lion Growls ]/[ Mountain Lion Snarls ]/[ Cub Cries ]/[ Cub Roars ]/[ Bear Roars ]/[ Idyllic String Music ]

Winter Comes/”There’s a much greater joy than killing:/The joy to let live” --,James-Oliver Curwood.