Jack the Bear

Jack the Bear is a 1993 American drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz, written by Steven Zaillian based on the novel by Dan McCall, and starring Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hughes, and Gary Sinise.

A chain of events involving these characters soon begin in the fall, starting with Jack having a young love affair with his classmate Karen Morris Reese Witherspoon. Jacks friend and next door neighbor Dexter Justin Mosley Spink, who comes from a broken home with his grandparents, begins suffering a downward spiral after his grandmother whom he called Mom died while becoming acquainted with Norman. One Halloween evening, having given Dexter a Nazi costume, Norman approaches John to ask for a donation for a raciallyprejudiced candidate. Soon after, during an airing of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a drunken John interrupts the movie and mimics the raciallycharged beliefs of Norman while naming the candidate.The next day, being awakened by Jack when Normans golden retriever Cheyenne died of poisoning on their front lawn, John apologizes for his actions on television while giving his condolences despite Norman refusing to shake his hand. However, Johns performance produces backlashes from his job nearly jeopardized to Jack losing Karen. Taking out his anger on Dylan and leaving him with Dexter, Jack learns that his brother was taken by Norman. Jack calls the police as he and John are extremely worried until Dylan is found in a nearby forest a few days later and taken to the hospital, traumatized by the ordeal of being left to die in the wilderness to the point of being rendered mute. ........

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