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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1993 - 2.7 August

Sections & Films

JACK THE BEAR

Category: Edition 1993

Synopsis
Danny DeVito is John Leary, a professional clown, whose wife's death in a car accident has left him to care for his two young boys. Loving, but useless at the daily job of fathering, the onus falls on plucky Jack the Bear (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.) Leary's conscience, and a quantity of alcohol, leads him to denounce a neo-fascist candidate on his children's TV program, and also to the kidnapping of youngest son Dylan (Miko Hughes) by a disturbed neo-Nazi supporter.

Original Title Jack the Bear
Italian Title Un eroe piccolo piccolo
Category Official Competition
Section Fathers & Sons: the Shadow Lines
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 99'
Production Year 1993
Nationality USA
Directed by Marshall Herskovitz
Screenplay Steven Zaillian
Music James Horner
Main cast Danny DeVito, Gary Sinise, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.

 regista Marshall HerskovitzMARSHALL HERSKOVITZ

Marshall Herskovitz was born on February 23, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for In famiglia e con gli amici (1987). He is married to Landry Major. He was previously married to Susan Shilliday.