| Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo | |
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| Written by | Tom Rogers |
| Based on | Winnie-the-Pooh byA. A. Milne E. H. Shepard A Christmas Carol byCharles Dickens |
| Produced by | John A. Smith |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | David Ogden Stiers |
| Edited by | Robert S. Birchard |
| Music by | Mark Watters |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Springtime with Roo (also known asWinnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo) is a 2004 American animateddirect-to-videoEastermusical film produced byDisneytoon Studios, and animated byToon City Animation.
The film features the characters fromDisney'sWinnie the Pooh franchise, based on the original characters from the books byA. A. Milne andE. H. Shepard. The story is loosely based onCharles Dickens' 1843 novellaA Christmas Carol.
Unlike the previousWinnie the Pooh direct-to-video animated filmsA Very Merry Pooh Year andSeasons of Giving,Springtime with Roo does not reuse any episodes fromThe New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
OnEaster day in theHundred Acre Wood,Roo and his friendsWinnie the Pooh,Piglet,Tigger, andEeyore visitRabbit's house, where they expect to celebrate Easter. Upon arrival, the friends discover that Rabbit has replaced the Easter celebration with aSpring Cleaning Day.
In Rabbit's absence, the group discover that all of their Easter ornaments had been hidden in Rabbit's closet. Assuming that Rabbit had simply forgotten about Easter, the gang decide to surprise Rabbit by decorating his house with the ornaments, but once Rabbit discovers this, he angrily kicks everyone out of his home for disobeying his orders.
Seeing Roo saddened over the events, Tigger returns to Rabbit's house to try reasoning with him. Still upset with his friends, Rabbit insists that Easter will never be celebrated in the Hundred Acre Wood again. Confused as to why Rabbit no longer likes Easter, Tigger and the story'snarrator take Rabbit back through the book to last Easter's celebration, which was sometime afterKanga and Roo had moved to the Hundred Acre Wood.
On that day, Rabbit had insisted on an organized Easter party, but his strict behavior annoyed everyone to the point that Tigger led the group into sneaking away to celebrate Easter without Rabbit, leaving him feeling left out. Embittered by the past, Rabbit continues to disallow Easter.
Tigger returns to the present and informs his friends of the reason behind Rabbit's banning of Easter, causing Roo to sympathize with Rabbit. Meanwhile, Rabbit also returns to the present, but the Narrator purposefully stops on the wrong page, where Rabbit finds Kanga and Roo's house and overhears Roo stating his wish to cheer Rabbit up, though this fails to change Rabbit's mind. Frustrated with Rabbit's stubbornness, the Narrator transports him to the future, where Rabbit's Spring Cleaning Day celebration has been organized just as he wanted. However, Rabbit is horrified to learn that all of his friends have left the Hundred Acre Wood, causing him to realize the consequences of his selfishness.
Rabbit wakes up the next morning to realize that the events were just a dream and that he still has a chance to change the future. Meanwhile, Roo decides to cheer Rabbit up by repairing his Easter hat, which the latter had damaged yesterday in his frustration. While Roo and his friends work on their surprise, Rabbit arrives at Roo's house to reveal that he has prepared a bigger and better Easter celebration, thrilling everyone as they all participate in the festivities.
The film was produced byDisneytoon Studios, and its animation was outsourced toToon City inManila,Philippines.
The film was released on direct-to-DVD and direct-to-VHS on March 9, 2004. It included the theatrical trailer forPooh's Heffalump Movie and two episodes fromThe New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ("Honey for a Bunny" and "Trap as Trap Can"). The film was later released onBlu-ray on March 11, 2014 (for the 10th anniversary of the film) as the Hippity-Hoppity Roo edition. The film is a part of Disney Movies Anywhere program.[3]
All tracks are written byMark Watters.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "We're Huntin' Eggs Today" | Jimmy Bennett,Jim Cummings,Jeff Bennett &Peter Cullen | |
| 2. | "Sniffly Sniff" | Jim Cummings | |
| 3. | "Easter Day with You" | Jimmy Bennett,Jim Cummings,Jeff Bennett &Peter Cullen | |
| 4. | "The Way It Must Be Done" | Ken Sansom & Chorus | |
| 5. | "Easter Day with You (Reprise)" | Jimmy Bennett | |
| 6. | "The Grandest Easter of Them All" | Ken Sansom | |
| 7. | "Easter Day with You (Finale)" | Ken Sansom & Chorus |
