Wednesday July 17, 4:46 pm Eastern Time

Press Release

World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' THE COUNTRY BEARS

Sunday, July 21 at the Historic El Capitan Theatre

WHO: From the film: Deidrich Bader, Daryl Chill Mitchell, Haley

Joel Osment, Christopher Walken, Megan Fay, M.C. Gainey, Toby

Huss, Candy Ford, Miss KRYStAL, Eli Marienthal, Kevin Michael

Richardson, Alex Rocco, Stephen Root, director Peter Hastings,

producers Andrew Gunn and Jeffrey Chernov, screenwriter Mark

Perez, and composer Christopher Young.

                Other guests include: Leigh Ann Adams, Kim Amidon, Pepe
                Barreto, Danny Bonaduce, Clancy Brown, Kimberly J. Brown,
                Daveigh Chase, Jennifer Freeman, Bill Handle, Lauren Holly,
                Chris McDonald, Emily Osment, Parker Mckenna Posey, Kevin
                Richardson (Backstreet Boys), Erik Per Sullivan, Mae Whitman,
                and more...

     WHAT:      To celebrate the World Premiere of WALT DISNEY PICTURES'
                THE COUNTRY BEARS.

     CONTACTS:  For Media Inquiries Only, Please Contact
                Print & Photo, E. Wolfe / J. Peterson, 818/560-5781 -
                Broadcast, A. Ludwig / R. Stankevich, 818/560-3445
                International, J. DuBois, 818/972-3566

                           YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED
                        YOU MUST CALL FOR CREDENTIALS

                            WALT DISNEY PICTURES'
                              THE COUNTRY BEARS
                         Opens Friday, July 26, 2002

SOURCE: Walt Disney Pictures