The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!

Nov 11, 2000

1h 1m

★ 6.6

Overview

When Tangie, a teddy bear goes into the Smile-erator on his head, his smile is put on upside down, causing him to end up on the bargain bin on Christmas Eve with other misfit toys, then onto Winkle's Emporium, a discount store. There, Tangie does his level best over the coming year to become a part of some family. He spends his time in Winkle's front window with Jack, a Jack-in-the-box with claustrophobia and Bird, a cuckoo clock bird with agorophobia.

Genres

Animation

Family

Production Companies

Hyperion Pictures

Family Home Entertainment

The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! Trailers

Cast

Tangie (voice)

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Mr. Winkle (voice)

Tom Bosley

Lorelei (voice)

Jenna Elfman

Jack (voice)

Howie Mandel

Bird (voice)

David Hyde Pierce

Louie Blue (voice)

Marlon Wayans

Theodore / Store Clerk (voice)

David L. Lander

Virgil (voice)

Jon Polito

Narrator (voice)

Trisha Yearwood

Dolly (voice)

Clea Montville

Bear #2 / Little Boy #3 (voice)

Orlando Brown

Bear #1 / Little Boy #2 (voice)

Jeannie Elias

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