The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | |
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Original theatrical poster
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| Directed by |
John Lounsbery Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Produced by | Wolfgang Reitherman Walt Disney (uncredited) |
| Story by |
Larry Clemmons Ralph Wright Vance Gerry Xavier Atencio Ken Anderson Julius Svendsen Ted Berman Eric Cleworth |
| Based on |
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne |
| Starring |
Sterling Holloway John Fiedler Junius Matthews Paul Winchell Howard Morris Bruce Reitherman Jon Walmsley Timothy Turner |
| Narrated by | Sebastian Cabot |
| Music by |
Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Buddy Baker |
| Edited by |
Tom Acosta James Melton |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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Running time
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74 minutes |
| Language | English |
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a 1977 American animated musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the 22nd Disney animated feature film and was first released on March 11, 1977 on a double bill with The Littlest Horse Thieves.
Its characters have spawned an industry of sequels, television programs, clothing, books, and toys, and also inspired an attraction of the same name at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and Hong Kong Disneyland. A much more elaborate attraction, also based on the film, opened in Tokyo Disneyland as "Pooh's Hunny Hunt".
The film's content is derived from three previously released animated featurettes Disney produced based upon the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974). Extra material used to link the three featurettes together was added to allow the stories to merge into each other.
A fourth, shorter featurette was added to bring the film to a close. The sequence was based on the final chapter of The House at Pooh Corner, where Christopher Robin must leave the Hundred Acre Wood behind as he is starting school. In it, Christopher Robin and Pooh discuss what they liked doing together and the boy asks his bear to promise to remember him and to keep some of the memories of their time together alive. Pooh agrees to do so, and the film closes with The Narrator saying that wherever Christopher Robin goes, Pooh will always be waiting for him whenever he returns.
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