One of the Greatest 'Takes' in Movie History (Spoiler?)

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Bear

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Grendel1950 — 12 years ago(February 17, 2014 06:37 AM)

A "take" in acting is the over-large reaction of a character who is startled or amazed by another charcter's action. It is often accompanied by suddenly wide eyes and/or a violent head shake. We see the cougar hunker down as he is about to attack the little bear; then his eyes go wide and he runs off as the camera rotates to reveal Bart behind the little bear. The cat's "take" when he sees Bart is priceless; the trainers must have had him study Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson to get that wonderful take.

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whitelighter07 — 11 years ago(May 08, 2014 02:28 PM)

To me it looked like he sort of half ran/half walked away, like he was trying to act macho and pretending to just lose interest, when he really knew he needed to clear out of there fast.

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Starcraft_rules — 10 years ago(August 31, 2015 01:37 PM)

It's not made in one take. Obviously edited from several different shots. Cougar actually doesn't look particularly scared when he backs down, he does it very casually as if lost interest. Probably trained to do it.

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Beau_Buffet — 10 years ago(March 24, 2016 11:57 AM)

This exact one? :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLCJKoot4U&feature=youtu.be&t=3m5s