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Howard Morris, John Fiedler, Junius Matthews, Paul Winchell, Ralph Wright ...( see more  see more... ) , Sebastian Cabot , Sterling Holloway

Disney's 1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh may be the last word on (animated) Pooh because it so faithfully honors the first word on Pooh, penned in the 1920s by British storyteller A.A. Mil...( read more  read more... )ne. Gently paced, subtly humorous, and blessedly understated, this adaptation reflects Walt Disney's original vision to develop the beloved British bear for a wider audience. The film is essentially a collection of the original Pooh shorts, "The Honey Tree," "The Blustery Day," and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too." These storybooks are presented in seamless "chapters," narrated by the timeless Sebastian Cabot. The familiar musical score and original voices of Sterling Holloway as Pooh, and Paul Winchell as Tigger, cap this enchanting keepsake. (Ages 2 and up). --Lynn Gibson

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G, 113 min.

Directed by: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman

Release Date: March 11, 1977

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DVD Release Date: May 7, 2002

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  • Darksome
    July 11, 2009
    Darksome
    Very good!
  • mjgildea
    June 22, 2009
    mjgildea
    There was a time where the very ending of this movie did a number on me. Now, many years later, I can appreciate The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as nostalgia that leaves a warm feeling of happiness every time you see it. Problem is now my nearly two year-old daughter wants...( read more) to watch it (and nothing else) at least twice a day. As a result I'm trying really hard to resist hating or becoming burnt out on something I once loved. Still great animation with lots of personality and an overall fun watch.
  • FangsFirst
    March 10, 2008
    FangsFirst
    Technically produced over the course of over a decade preceding (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree in 1966, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day in 1968 and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! in 1974) and as such containing a variety of voice actors for the sam...( read more)e roles, this is a character that has had a strange history in my own personal life. Anyone can walk into wherever I've lived (barring the most temporary or transient of locations) and see this, as my consistent nightlight for my entire life has been a Winnie the Pooh one, complete with a map of the Hundred Acre Woods as the lampshade. I had curtains to match for some years, and have a very large stuffed (Disney-style) Eeyore, and have occasionally been referred to (albeit sarcastically and in an attempt to break me out of such a funk) as Eeyore. Despite this, I have actually never read A.A. Milne's books, something for which I suppose I might be crucified, especially working in books, but that I've just not bothered to change. That said, I've obviously grown up with this movie and know it fairly well, having seen it a number of times.

    Explaining the plot of this seems silly for two reasons--one, we've got three separate stories, each based more around an "event" (of global proportions) or a goal rather than a plot, per se. The first is an attempt by Pooh (voiced by Sterling Holloway on all counts, these days voiced by the ubiquitous Jim Cummings) to acquire honey--or, as he knows it, hunny. This kind of spelling sort of ties the feeling of these stories (as filmed, at least) to the feeling I get from DePatie-Freleng's adaptations of the works of Dr. Seuss, as do the songs, especially those done by the "Disney Chorus" (like "The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down"). Unlike the acidic reviews by Dorothy Parker, I never took issue with the horrid spelling, understanding by the way the characters were shown that they were all a little lacking (as is stated with regard to Pooh) in the brains department. The second story deals with a windy day--introduced to us as "winds-day" by Gopher, a character created for the animated film versions of Pooh--and the havoc it wreaks, as well as a flood. The final story deals with Tigger's habits, their constant wear on Rabbit and the eventual "solution" to them, which is, of course, no solution at all.

    Opening with a live action filming of a room filled with Disneyfied versions of Christopher Robin Milne's* stuffed animals (which don't resemble the ones like the Eeyore I currently own, and are something more inbetween the originals/Shepard's illustrations and the animated versions) that eventually settles on a storybook of Pooh, which opens by no visible hand to begin telling us the story, which, from then on, is told as if it is being read from the book in a fascinating nudge at the fourth wall, as the characters jump between illustrations on opposing pages, the narrator occasionally interacts with them, and once Tigger even uses words to gain purchase when stuck in a tree. This is probably the most clever portion of the story that isn't Milne's own, and it's still charming now.

    I noticed a few interesting things at the beginning--first that Clint Howard (you know, Ron Howard's peculiar-looking, cameo-loving, cult hero little brother?) voiced Roo in the first two shorts, and then that this is one of the Disney films for which Don Bluth was credited as animator. Bluth, of course, went on to form a studio of his own that animated classics like The Secret of NIMH and The Land Before Time, most of them often mistaken for Disney movies. I noticed the disturbingly accurate, seemingly rotoscoped human animation on Christopher Robin toward the end, something I always found mesmerizing in All Dogs Go to Heaven, one of the other Bluth studio films. I'm curious as to whether this was his work, or something my animation-stupid brain just thought looked familiar and was really indicative of the animation style used by everyone at Disney at the time. Still, the animation in general was strangely line-based and rough in a way (I actually saw sketched reference lines a few times, especially on Pooh) which was quite appealaing--and the way that each character has a distinct style was very pleasing, from Tigger's proud, forceful, forward motions to the drawn-in fearful, quiet motions of Piglet, and especially the worrisome and fidgety, grabby hands of Rabbit.

    Nothing lost in nostalgia here--a very well animated and meandering bit of entertainment with no real major flaws.

    *Who apparently grew to loathe the books and feel that his father exploited him. Which seems unusual and strange to me; he exploited him by using his name? What? I mean, I understand that he's probably annoyed at the attention he gets, but that's not really "exploitation."
  • AgentLexi2132
    January 1, 2008
    AgentLexi2132
    Amazing childhood fave!
  • YosemiteSamFan
    July 15, 2007
    YosemiteSamFan
    I'm fond of the classic Disney Winnie the Pooh films. The characters are so colorfully painted and voiced. The 100-Acres Wood is a nice fantasy setting. It's all very comforting to visit these animals. It feels very non-commercial. Winnie the Pooh may have inspired Homer Simpson....( read more) The theme song is a beautiful thing.
  • Qfan4life
    December 14, 2009
    Qfan4life
    awwws! "Winne The Pooh, Winnie The Pooh..Tubby Little Cubby all stuffed with fluff..." hehe :D
  • Yelverton
    December 6, 2009
    Yelverton
    Compilation film of all of Pooh's best shorts.
  • filmguy450
    November 22, 2009
    filmguy450
    The animation is excellent. The narrator is great, and it's a lof of fun. Plus that damn song is soo catchy.
  • sapphireoasis21
    November 22, 2009
    sapphireoasis21
    The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh contains just over an hour's worth of Pooh Bear and friends in their classic moments, including Pooh and the honey tree, Pooh meeting Tigger for the first time (along with Heffalumps and Wuzzles), a very blustery day, as well as Rabbit's pla...( read more)n to "lose" Tigger because he hates his bouncing.

    The movie is a great one for children, as well as a good one to watch to reminisce about the past, which I did when watching this, as it was a staple of my young childhood.

    The DVD contains a few bonus features which include a short revolving around Eeyore's birthday where the gang try to make Eeyore feel happy about it, a mini game where you need to find your chosen character through clues, a making-of featurette, the Winnie the Pooh theme song (performed by Carly Simon), as well as a few other nice touches.

    Overall, if you are a fan of Disney, I would suggest renting this as it is a classic.
  • BlackSouls666
    November 10, 2009
    BlackSouls666
    A realy cosy and classic movie.

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  • jasmine8202003
    May 12, 2008
    jasmine8202003
    love to watch it over and over again...i love Pooh bear very much with my whole life.
  • pinkdoryfish
    August 1, 2007
    pinkdoryfish
    love it ! my fav character is piglet ! defo xx
  • vanchis2001
    March 12, 2007
    vanchis2001

    Es una movie muy tierna los favoritos de mi hijo y mios son Tigger Rito son lindo aventureros y muy tiernos .



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