The Tigger Movie
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| Directed by | Jun Falkenstein |
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| Screenplay by | Jun Falkenstein |
| Story by | Eddie Guzelian |
| Based on | Characters created by A.A. Milne |
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| Narrated by | John Hurt |
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| Edited by | Makoto Arai Robert Fisher, Jr. |
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Buena Vista Pictures Buena Vista International |
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77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million–$30 million |
| Box office | $96.2 million |
The Tigger Movie is a 2000 American animated musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Jun Falkenstein from a story by Eddie Guzelian. Part of the Winnie-the-Pooh series, this film features Pooh's friend Tigger searching for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself.
The film was the first feature-length theatrical Pooh film that was not a collection of previously released shorts.
This is also the first film in the series where Tigger is voiced by Jim Cummings (who also voices Pooh), Tigger's original voice actor, Paul Winchell, officially retired from the role in 1999 after A Valentine for You and died in 2005. Cummings had already played Tigger in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue and the final 2 seasons of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It was followed by two theatrical animated films: the second Piglet's Big Movie (2003) and the third Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005).
The film features original songs from the Sherman Brothers. Originally, the film was slated for a direct-to-video release, until then–Disney CEO Michael Eisner heard the Sherman Brothers' score, and decided to release the film in theaters worldwide. The film is also the highest-grossing film in the Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Tigger searches through the Hundred Acre Wood for somebody to bounce with him, but all of his friends are too busy getting ready for the coming winter. While he searches for a playmate, Tigger accidentally destroys Eeyore's house with a boulder. He later wrecks the complex pulley system that Rabbit has rigged up to remove the boulder and sends his friends flying into a pond. Rabbit is furious at Tigger for destroying his Rock Remover, and the rest of Tigger's friends admit they are not quite as bouncy as he is because they are not Tiggers. Tigger sadly wanders off in loneliness, wishing there was somebody else like him.
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