The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Directors:

John Lounsbery
Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

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

Release Date:

11 March 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Musical

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Tiger | Friendship | Based On Children's Book | Disney Animated Feature

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)

Also Known As:

Die Abenteuer von Winnie Puh (West Germany) [de]
Die vielen Abenteuer von Winnie Puuh (West Germany) [de]
Las aventuras de Winnie Pooh (Venezuela) [es]
Le avventure di Winnie the Pooh (Italy) [it]
Les aventures de Winnie l'ourson (France) [fr]
Lo mejor de Winnie the Pooh (Spain) (DVD box title) [es]
Micimackó kalandjai (Hungary) [hu]
Nalle Puhin seikkailuja (Finland) [fi]
Nalle Puhs äventyr (Sweden) [sv]
O Winnie to arkoudaki (Greece) (TV title) [el]

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | Australia:G | UK:U | USA:G | West Germany:o.Al.

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Tigger's trademark "Hoo-hoo-hoo!" laugh by was ad-libbed by Paul Winchell as well as his famous "TTFN-Ta Ta For Now!" line.

Goofs:

Continuity: Just before Tigger's first appearance, Pooh's door latch changes from a double bracket to a single bracket and pivot.

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:

Spoofed in Bee Movie (2007)

Soundtrack:

The Rain, Rain, Rain, Came Down, Down, Down

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.