All animal sounds are original, even Youk & Douce voices. Young bears have a different pitch from older ones; however, the sounds are NOT part of the main scenes. The movie was filmed in poor quality sound & the animals were lined up to a microphone to make the sounds again which were then placed accordingly into the final scenes.
The cougar, Youk (it's Youk on the log, not Douce) & several humans all shared the same space in the water. This after they made a line of rocks in the river for the cougar to stand on & so that Youk's log would stop going down stream.
Furthermore, a rope was put across the river & it was a good thing to since EXACTLY the moment when the scene was finished being filmed, one man lost his footing & went under, camera to. Others tried to rescue him & also got dragged down. No one was seriously hurt in the end & though three or four cameras & a role of actual film went under, they managed to save everyone & everything. (So, I take it the equipment was waterproof...)
Also, the hive had about 900,000 bees which ended up driving all the bears & half the humans away LOL
Bart & Youk share the same space as well. Bart was given a cub-size teddy to play with & then introduced to the real thing. He was very happy & the pair got along great.
Get the DVD version & watch the behind the scenes et al stuff.
(Thewlis)SHOOT ME!
(Leo)HOW CAN I, YOU STUPID FCK?! YOU'D JUST BLOWN A HOLE IN MY HAND!!
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