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 ending scene where Christopher Robin is walking with Pooh uses recycled animation from The Jungle Book (1967). This is particularly evident when Christopher Robin throws two little rocks, and then walks on top of the fallen tree, in the same manner as Mowgli did.

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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

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

Referenced in Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: The Mighty Kong (2014)

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Soundtracks

Heffalumps and Woozles
Written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by the Mellomen

User Reviews

Possibly Disney's greatest classic!

This film, though not my personal favorite, could possibly be Disney's best animated movie ever. I love the innocence and the adorable characters!

Having Sebastian Cabot as narrator is an exceptionally nice touch.

I love the way it flows just like a story book, with the pages turning and characters jumping from one picture to another: Original and brilliant!

Too bad they couldn't retain the originality and charm in this film's short predecessors.

Certainly one of history's all time greatest classics in the Disney portfolio.

10 out of 10.

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 Feature Animation - 500 S. 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

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1