Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books)
Winston Hibler (story)

Release Date:

20 December 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Tagline:

Hip Hip Poohray!

Plot:

Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.

Plot Keywords:

Owl | Wind | Gopher | Flood | Toys Come Alive

Awards:

Won Oscar.

Cast

Sebastian Cabot	...	Narrator (voice)
Sterling Holloway	...	Winnie the Pooh (voice)
John Fiedler	...	Piglet (voice)
Jon Walmsley	...	Chistopher Robin (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Owl (voice)
Ralph Wright	...	Eeyore (voice)
Junius Matthews	...	Rabbit (voice) (as Junius C. Matthews)
Howard Morris	...	Gopher (voice)
Barbara Luddy	...	Kanga (voice)
Clint Howard	...	Roo (voice)
Paul Winchell	...	Tigger (voice)

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

This film was released in theaters along with The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968).

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Pooh talks to his alter ego in the mirror both (Pooh and his Mirror-likeness) turns left and walk away.

Quotes:

Tigger: Honey! Oh, boy, honey! That's what tiggers like best.
Winnie the Pooh: I was afraid of that.
Tigger: [gulps down a few handfuls] Oh, say. Yuck! Tiggers don't like honey!
Winnie the Pooh: But you said you that you liked...
Tigger: That icky, sticky stuff is only fit for "heffalumps" and "woozles."
Winnie the Pooh: You mean elephants and weasels.
Tigger: That's what I said, "heffalumps" and "woozles".

Movie Connections:

References Dumbo (1941)

Soundtrack:

Hefalumps and Woozels

Another short Disney masterpiece!

This is the second of the four Winnie the Pooh featurettes. Not only this is enjoyable, but it's also memorable and successful. This probably had the most songs in one short film, and all of them are really memorable. What also made me happy about this film is that although I didn't know this little fact until about a few years ago, It won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short! I am very happy for Winnie the Pooh to win this award. The score is also memorable, too. What didn't satisfy me was that it didn't include the Winnie the Pooh theme song. Does anyone know why? Anyway, in conclusion, Walt Disney died during the production of this short and the Academy Award was given posthumous. So see it for him if you haven't already, because I'm very sure he would've liked it.