The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

Directors:

John Lounsbery
Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books)
Larry Clemmons (story) ...
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Release Date:

11 March 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

Hip Hip Poohray!

Plot:

A collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A. A. Milne.

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Flood | Tiger | Cartoon Gopher | Dream Sequence

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sebastian Cabot	...	Narrator (voice)
Junius Matthews	...	Rabbit (voice)
Barbara Luddy	...	Kanga (voice)
Howard Morris	...	Gopher (voice)
John Fiedler	...	Piglet (voice)
Ralph Wright	...	Eeyore (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Owl (voice)
Clint Howard	...	Roo (Honey Tree and Blustery Day) (voice)
Bruce Reitherman	...	Christopher Robin (Honey Tree) (voice)
Jon Walmsley	...	Christopher Robin (Blustery Day) (voice)
Timothy Turner	...	Christopher Robin (Tigger Too) (voice)
Dori Whitaker	...	Roo (Tigger Too) (voice)
Sterling Holloway	...	Winnie the Pooh (voice)
Paul Winchell	...	Tigger (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Singer (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
John Lounsbery
Wolfgang Reitherman

Writing credits
A.A. Milne		(books)
Larry Clemmons		(story) &
Ralph Wright		(story) &
Vance Gerry		(story) &
Xavier Atencio		(story) &
Ken Anderson		(story) &
Julius Svendsen		(story) &
Ted Berman		(story) &
Eric Cleworth		(story)
Winston Hibler		(story supervisor "Blustery Day")

Produced by
Wolfgang Reitherman	....	producer

Original Music by
Buddy Baker

Film Editing by
Tom Acosta
James Melton

Production Management
Don A. Duckwall	....	production manager (as Don Duckwall)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Alguire	....	assistant director
Edward Hansen	....	assistant director (as Ed Hansen)
Richard Rich	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ernest Shepard	....	book illustrator (as Ernest H. Shepard)

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound
Herb Taylor	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Jason Richardson	....	restoration artist (restored version)

Animation Department
Hal Ambro	....	animator
Dale Baer	....	animator
Dale Barnhart	....	layout artist
Don Bluth	....	animator
Eric Cleworth	....	animator
Basil Davidovich	....	layout artist
Al Dempster	....	background artist
Andy Gaskill	....	animator (as Andrew Gaskill)
Gary Goldman	....	animator
Don Griffith	....	layout artist
Ann Guenther	....	background artist
Joe Hale	....	layout artist
Fred Hellmich	....	animator
Ollie Johnston	....	animator: "Winnie the Pooh", "Piglet"
Milt Kahl	....	animator: "Tigger"
Bill Keil	....	animator
Hal King	....	animator
Eric Larson	....	animator
Bill Layne	....	background artist
John Lounsbery	....	animator
Burny Mattinson	....	animator
Cliff Nordberg	....	animator
John Pomeroy	....	animator: "Rabbit"
Art Riley	....	background artist
Sylvia Roemer	....	layout artist
Dick Sebast	....	animator (as Richard Sebast)
John Sibley	....	animator
Walt Stanchfield	....	animator
Art Stevens	....	animator
Frank Thomas	....	animator: "Winnie the Pooh" and "Piglet"
Chuck Williams	....	animator

Music Department
Buddy Baker	....	conductor
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Richard M. Sherman	....	songs: music and lyrics by
Robert B. Sherman	....	songs: music and lyrics by
Edmundo Santos	....	lyrics: Spanish version (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1980) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1982) (USA) (video)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (1996) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:U | USA:G (Approved No. 27863) | West Germany:o.Al. | Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | Sweden:7 (video rating) | South Korea:All | Singapore:G

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

The character of Gopher (not in the book, but at your service) was originally included to replace the original 'A. A. Milne' character, Piglet. The studio eventually reinstated Piglet in the second featurette, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968).

Goofs:

Continuity: The last two chapters ("The First Snowfall Had Covered The Hundred Acre Wood" and "Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to the Enchanted Place and We Say Good-bye") are both "Chapter X".

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:This could be the room of any small boy, but it just happens to belong to a boy named Christopher Robin. Like most small boys, Christopher Robin has toy animals to play with, and they all live together in a wonderful world of make-believe. But his best friend is a bear called Winnie the Pooh, or Pooh, for short. Now, Pooh had some very unusual adventures, and they all happened right here in the Hundred-Acre Wood.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Rumbly in My Tumbly

An excellent movie

This is easily one of Disney's best animated movies. A good range of characters each with different qualities so they can bring out different things in each viewer. There are a lot of songs in this movie but all of them are enjoyable and relate to the story. People of all ages can sit and watch this film together and not get bored as everyone can enjoy it and it gives adults the perfect excuse to switch off for a while and remember a time when things were easier. Also even the youngest children can sit through this and not wonder is it nearly finished?, because everything holds the attention. I have seen this movie so many times but it still cheers me up when I'm feeling blue. After all who can resist Winnie the Pooh? A truly excellent, classic movie.