The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

In this collection of animated shorts based on the stories and characters by A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, a honey-loving teddy bear, embarks on some eccentric adventures.

Directors:

John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books), Larry Clemmons (story)

Stars:

Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews, Barbara Luddy

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited 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)

Storyline

Pooh, a bear of very little brain, and all his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood sing their way through adventures that encompass honey, bees, bouncing, balloons, Eeyore's birthday, floods, and Pooh sticks.

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Plot Keywords:

bear | based on children's book | surrealism | honey | rabbit | 

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Taglines:

Hip Hip Poohray!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

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).

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Goofs

After Piglet, Pooh, and Rabbit lose Tigger in the mist, the surroundings of the sand pit on page 123 are the fallen tree and little trees. Then when Piglet, Pooh, and Rabbit return to the sand pit, there are more bigger trees and bushes within the pit's surroundings and there's a bigger tree where the fallen tree was.

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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.

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Crazy Credits

There are no end credits at the end of this feature. All credits are at the beginning of the feature.

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Alternate Versions

The version played on the Disney channel has an alternate final third than the theatrical version. In the Disney channel version, the "Tigger too" and "we say goodbye" segments are deleted, and they are replaced with the fourth "Winnie the Pooh" short, which wasnt previously included, "A day for Eeyore". This means it abruptly goes from Piglet saying "and Piglet too!" at the end of the "Blustery Day" segment, to the begining of "A day for Eeyore", and the film ends with that short. Previously, the scene continued, and Pooh introduced "Tigger too", which was followed by the "we say goodbye" sequence", and then the film ends.

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Connections

Referenced in The Lion King 3: Hakuna Matata (2004)

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Soundtracks

Mind Over Matter
Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by Sterling Holloway, Bruce Reitherman, Junius Matthews, Ralph Wright, Clint Howard, Barbara Luddy, John Fiedler, Hal Smith and the Disney Chorus

User Reviews

One of my favorites, now my son's favorite!

I always loved Winnie the Pooh. This is my favorite of all the Pooh movies. My favorite story is the first one, Winnie The Pooh and the Honey Tree, where Pooh eats too much honey and gets stuck in Rabbit's hole. It is such a heartwarming movie. I love most of the Disney movies that I saw, but this has to be one of my all time faves. My son, who is now 14 months old, is an absolute Winnie the Pooh nut. He goes nuts when the opening comes on (even though only Pooh's right arm and leg are seen). His favorite is also The Honey Tree story. Unfortunately, I dread the very last story, because he cries because the movie is over, and that means the end of the movie. He watches it so much, I have to have a second copy! If you have children, or even if you don't and you just plain love Disney (like me and my son), I highly recommend Pooh. It will really cheer you up when you are feeling bad, so I really recommend this movie (you won't be sorry you bought it!).

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 March 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1