Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

Larry Clemmons (story) and
Ralph Wright (story) ...
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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:

Piglet | Owl | Wind | Storm | Party

Awards:

Won Oscar.

Cast

Sebastian Cabot	...	Narrator (voice)
Sterling Holloway	...	Winnie the Pooh (voice)
John Fiedler	...	Piglet (voice)
Jon Walmsley	...	Christopher 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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt	...	(Danish narrator)

Directed by
Wolfgang Reitherman

Writing credits
Larry Clemmons		(story) and
Ralph Wright		(story) and
Julius Svendsen		(story) and
Vance Gerry		(story)
A.A. Milne		(books)

Produced by
Walt Disney	....	producer

Original Music by
Buddy Baker

Animation Department
Dale Barnhart	....	layout artist
Basil Davidovich	....	layout artist
Al Dempster	....	background artist
Don Griffith	....	layout artist
Fred Hellmich	....	animator
Winston Hibler	....	story supervisor
Ollie Johnston	....	directing animator: "Winnie The Pooh" and "Piglet"
Milt Kahl	....	animator: "Tigger"
Hal King	....	animator
Bill Layne	....	background artist
John Lounsbery	....	animator: "Owl"
Dan MacManus	....	animator
David Michener	....	animator (as Dave Michener)
Sylvia Roemer	....	layout artist
Walt Stanchfield	....	animator
Art Stevens	....	animator
Frank Thomas	....	directing animator: "Winnie The Pooh" and "Piglet"

Music Department
Buddy Baker	....	conductor
Richard M. Sherman	....	songs: music and lyrics by
Robert B. Sherman	....	songs: music and lyrics by

Other crew
Winston Hibler	....	story supervisor

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1970) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Suomi-Filmi (1970) (Finland) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Sears, Roebuck and Company  sponsoring (television airing)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Continuity: The rim of Pooh's tablecloth changes colour (Tigger scene).

Quotes:

Piglet:[as he sails like a kite on his scarf string; repeated line] Oh, dear. Oh, d-d-d-d-dear, dear.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fabled (2002)

Soundtrack:

The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers

a big part of my childhood (as were the other two short films)

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day was the second part of the 1977 release of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. 'Many Adventures' was probably more crucial to me than I'll ever remember since it was the first film I ever saw, over and over, before I could even speak. Looking back on it, as well as on the film, I realized this entry had the biggest effect on me- it had lots of humor (and some of it still funny, if only in the 'cute' sense), everlasting themes, splendid songs, and Tigger too. But more than anything else I think what was most fascinating about this entry (and possibly what the Academy saw in it to give the film an Oscar) was the dream sequence. I can't really be sure of it, yet on a recent viewing I realized much of what goes into that dream of Helfflumps and Woozles is akin to surrealism (another example could be of the Pink Elephant sequence in Dumbo). For young children it is perhaps the most frightening and intense sequence of the film as a whole (a couple of images from it stayed with me through the years), and that gives it the edge to appeal to older audiences. While I would usually recommend The Many Adventures, if one just wants to see part of the film, this is the one to see. A+ (as much for quality as for nostalgia)