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Winnie the Pooh is a 2011 American traditionally animated film inspired by five stories by A.A. Milne. In the film, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Roo embark on a quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It is directed by Stephen Anderson and Don Hall, written by A. A. Milne and Burny Mattinson, and produced by Peter Del Vecho, Clark Spencer, John Lasseter, and Craig Sost.

It is the 51st full-length animated film in the canon, and is a reboot of Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise. Production began in late 2009, and the film is scheduled for release on July 15, 2011 in the United States, and was released on April 15, 2011 in the UK,, on April 13, 2011 in France and on April 20, 2011 in Italy for Easter.

Based upon the characters of the children's books Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne and Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus, Winnie the Pooh features two previously unadapted stories from the original books ("In Which Eeyore Loses His Tail, and Pooh Finds One" from Winnie-the-Pooh and "In Which Rabbit Has a Busy Day, and We Learn What Christopher Robin Does in the Mornings" from The House at Pooh Corner). It has been produced in the same style as previous Disney-produced Winnie the Pooh featurettes such as Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too.

The film is the second Winnie-the-Pooh feature made by Walt Disney Animation Studios to be based directly on the stories of Milne, following the 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It is also the first Winnie the Pooh film by Walt Disney Animation Studios that does not consist of a collection of animated shorts like its predecessor, as many earlier Pooh films were released under DisneyToon Studios, like The Tigger Movie (2000), Piglet's Big Movie (2003), and Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005).

Plot

The film starts with a sequence in Christopher Robin's bedroom (narrated by John Cleese), where it is explained that Christopher has many adventures with his toy animals, but his very favourite is Winnie the Pooh.

Pooh wakes up one day to find that he is out of honey. When he is out searching for it, he discovers Eeyore who has lost his tail. Pooh and Eeyore ask for Owl's help in finding the tail and Christopher Robin holds a competition to find a new tail for Eeyore.

The next day, when Pooh goes to visit Christopher Robin, he finds a note saying "Bizy. Back soon". Unable to read it, he asks Owl to read it for the animals who incorrectly deciphers that Christopher Robin has been eaten by a ferocious creature named the Backson. The animals plan a trap to capture the Backson only to get stuck in the trap themselves.

Meanwhile, Tigger trains Eeyore into becoming another Tigger. But Eeyore explains to him that the wonderful thing about Tiggers is that he's the only one.

Piglet tries to get the animals out of the pit but fails because he's too scared. Cleverly, Pooh uses the words in the storybook to form a ladder so that they can climb out.

Later, Pooh visits Owl to find that Owl was the one who took Eeyore's tail and was using it as a bell pull for his door. Rather than staying and eating honey with Owl, he goes to Eeyore. Christopher Robin, proud of Pooh's act of kindness rewards him with a large pot of honey.

Cast

• Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh/Tigger
• Tom Kenny as Rabbit
• Craig Ferguson as Owl
• Travis Oates as Piglet
• Bud Luckey as Eeyore
• Jack Boulter as Christopher Robin
• Kristen Anderson-Lopez as Kanga
• Wyatt Hall as Roo
• John Cleese as the Narrator
• Huell Howser

Production

The film was directed by Stephen Anderson and Don Hall and produced by Clark Spencer, with John Lasseter as executive producer. Burny Mattinson, a Disney veteran who worked on several of the previous Pooh films, is served lead storyboard artist and story supervisor. The supervising animators on the film included Mark Henn (Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin), Andreas Deja (Tigger), Bruce W. Smith (Piglet, Kanga, Roo), Randy Haycock (Eeyore), Eric Goldberg (Rabbit) and Dale Baer (Owl). Robert Lopez and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote the songs for the film.

On November 12, 2009, Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich confirmed, on his Twitter page, Bud Luckey voices Eeyore.

As with The Princess and the Frog, the film uses Toon Boom Animation's Harmony software. Instead of using live-action book scenes, the book scenes are CGI-animated with the characters interacting with the text.

Prior to its release in Europe, some announced plans did not end up in the finished film for unknown reasons. Originally, the film was supposed to feature five stories from the books, before it only ended up with the two stories when it was released. Lasseter had also announced that Rabbit's friends and relatives would be in the film, but they never appeared.

Music

The film was scored by Henry Jackman with additional music by Christopher Willis with Robert Lopez and his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez contributing seven new songs for the film, and Zooey Deschanel sung a new version of The Sherman Brothers' "Winnie the Pooh" theme. In the Latin American version of the film, the song is sung by Danna Paola.

The titles of the songs are:

• "A Pooh Bear Takes Care of His Tummy," Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
• "A Very Important Thing to Do," Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
• "Everything is Honey," Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
• "The Winner Song," Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
• "So Long," Music and Lyrics by Zooey Deschanel
• "Winnie the Pooh," Originally written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, Performed by Zooey Deschanel

In the trailer, the song "Somewhere Only We Know" by English alternative rock band Keane is used instead of the music written by Jackman and Willis.

Marketing

A trailer has been released, and it was attached to Hop, African Cats and Gnomeo and Juliet. It was also attached to UK showings of Rango and Rio.

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External links

• Official website
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• Winnie the Pooh at Box Office Mojo
• Winnie the Pooh at IMDb
• Winnie the Pooh at Rotten Tomatoes
• Winnie the Pooh at Walt Disney Animation Studios