The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

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

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:

winnie the pooh | bear | disney | based on children's book | surrealism | 

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Taglines:

Hip Hip Poohray!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Official page

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 March 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Las aventuras de Winnie Pooh

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the last film to have any personal involvement from Walt Disney.

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Goofs

The storybook that opens at the beginning of the film has the title "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree" (since it was created specifically for that short), but only reads "Winnie the Pooh" when it closes in the end.

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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

A live action Winnie The Pooh teddy bear winks at the audience at the very end of the film.

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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

Featured in Sing Along Songs: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear and Piglet Too (2003)

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Soundtracks

(I'm Just A) Little Black Raincloud
Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by Sterling Holloway and Bruce Reitherman

User Reviews

A More Innocent Film Would Be Hard To Find

Could you find a nicer, more innocent film than this one? I don't know. I haven't seen one.

What it is, I think, is a compilation of three films woven into one full-length film, movies that were originally done in the mid to late-1960s and then put into this format later. Whatever, it's simply a bunch of nice stories about the famous Pooh and his friends.

This is refreshing in that there is very, very little violence and no evil characters, no bad guys, both of which are unusual in animated films. The stories are told through a "book" which is pictured as the stories unfold. Illustrations are shown in the book and they they come to life to show the particularly story.

The voice of Pooh was done by one of the great voices in Hollywood history: Sterling Holloway. All the characters are quite different and there is nice humor here and there for adults and kids. This is as sweet-natured a film as you could ever find. To some it may sound boring, but it's so different in its approach that it is subtly appealing to all ages. I liked and appreciated it much more on the second viewing then acquired the DVD for the third look.

This is timeless material and very highly recommended for your kids and for you. Almost everyone alive right now remembers these books from childhood and remembers them fondly. If it brings back good memories to you, you'll love this movie.