| Winnie the Pooh | |
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| Cinematography | Julio Macat (live-action scenes) |
| Edited by | Lisa Linder Silver |
| Music by | Henry Jackman |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[a] |
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Running time | 63 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[2] |
| Box office | $50.1 million[3] |
Winnie the Pooh is a 2011 American animatedmusicalcomedy film produced byWalt Disney Animation Studios. It is based onthe book series byA. A. Milne andE. H. Shepard and is a revival ofDisney'sWinnie the Pooh franchise. It was directed byStephen Anderson andDon Hall.Jim Cummings reprises his voice roles asWinnie the Pooh andTigger, andTravis Oates reprises his voice role asPiglet. The voice cast also includesTom Kenny,Craig Ferguson,Bud Luckey, andKristen Anderson-Lopez. In the film, which is narrated byJohn Cleese, the residents of theHundred Acre Wood embark on a quest to saveChristopher Robin from an imaginary culprit, while Pooh deals with a hunger for honey.
The film was first announced in November 2008 with Disney Animation's chief creative officerJohn Lasseter stating that Disney wanted to create a film that would "transcend generations". It was planned to feature five stories from the A. A. Milne books, before the final cut ended up drawing inspiration from three stories. The film features six songs byKristen Anderson-Lopez andRobert Lopez and a score composed byHenry Jackman, as well as a rendition of theSherman Brothers' "Winnie the Pooh" theme song performed by actress and musicianZooey Deschanel.
Winnie the Pooh premiered at theRoy E. Disney Animation Building inBurbank, California on July 10, 2011, and was released in the United States on July 15. The film grossed $50.1 million on a $30 million budget and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation style but criticized its short runtime. As of 2026[update], it is Disney Animation's most recenttraditionally animated theatrical feature film.
The film's setting takes place inside abook, which tells about the adventures ofChristopher Robin and his friendsWinnie the Pooh (Pooh for short),Piglet,Rabbit,Eeyore,Tigger,Owl,Kanga, andRoo, who all live in theHundred Acre Wood and are able to fully interact with the book'snarrator and text.
One morning, Pooh discovers that he has run out of honey. While searching for more, he visits Eeyore and notices that Eeyore's tail has gone missing. A contest is later held, offering a pot of honey as a prize for any participant who can find a suitable replacement tail for Eeyore, but every attempt fails.
Later, Pooh arrives at Christopher Robin's house to ask for honey, but finds him gone, and a note left behind. As Pooh shows the note to his friends, Owl reads it and concludes from the words written that Christopher Robin has been abducted by a creature called the "Backson". In response, Rabbit comes up with a plan to trap the creature by leaving a trail of items leading to apit.
Elsewhere, Tigger, who disagrees with Rabbit's plan, decides to hunt down and attack the Backson on his own. He soon finds that Eeyore was accidentally left behind by the gang during their plot and decides to take the donkey under his wing. While training Eeyore, Tigger dresses up as the Backson to teach Eeyore how to fight. Eeyore eventually escapes from Tigger and hides underwater, where he discovers ananchor and decides to use it as a replacement tail.
While struggling to follow through with Rabbit's plan, Pooh falls into the Backson pit after finding an empty honey pot above it. Reuniting with Eeyore, Rabbit's party tries to use Eeyore's anchor to free Pooh, but its weight pulls everyone but Piglet into the pit. Piglet heads towards Christopher Robin's house to find a rope to rescue everyone, but he gets frightened off after spotting Tigger in his Backson costume. A comical chase ends with both of them getting trapped in the pit along with letters from the book's text, which Pooh uses to build a ladder for everyone to climb out. Afterwards, the group reunites with Christopher Robin, who explains that Owl had misread the letter, which actually stated that Christopher Robin had gone out and would be "back soon"; the real reason for his disappearance was that he was atschool.
After the events, Pooh continues his search for honey. He soon visits Owl's house, where he discovers that Owl has been using Eeyore's tail as abell pull, unaware of who it belonged to. Owl allows Pooh to take the tail but also offers him a pot of honey; Pooh, ignoring his hunger, declines the offer, and quickly returns Eeyore's tail. As a reward for this act of selflessness, everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood declares Pooh the winner of the tail contest and presents him with a enormous honey pot, much to his delight. Meanwhile, a real Backson, who is shown to actually be a nice and gentle creature, discovers the trail of items that Pooh and his friends left and ends up falling into their pit.
Walt Disney Animation Studios' chief creative officerJohn Lasseter first approachedStephen Anderson andDon Hall in November 2008 about making a newWinnie the Pooh film for theaters, with the two becoming enthusiastic at the idea and accepting the project.[4][5] In 2009, Lasseter, Anderson and Hall viewed the classicWinnie the Pooh feature shorts and films to figure out how to make the title character culturally relevant.[6][7]
Following a trip toAshdown Forest inSussex,South East England to explore the location ofA. A. Milne's original stories, the filmmakers enlistedBurny Mattinson, a Disney veteran who worked as the key animator on the 1974 shortWinnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, to serve as leadstoryboard artist for the film, with Anderson and Hall directing.[7] After seeing all the feature films about Winnie the Pooh, Mattinson thought he could use Milne's story "In which Eeyore loses his tail and Pooh finds one" as the basic idea for the plot. Mattinson's five-minute pitch for the sequence whereEeyore loses his tail is credited with convincing Disney executives to make the film a feature-length work instead of afeaturette.[4] Regarding the decision to use hand-drawn (traditional) animation in lieu ofcomputer-generated imagery (CGI), Anderson stated that "If this were a fully CG-animated [sic] and rendered and lit Pooh, it just wouldn't feel right. We would be doing the characters a real disservice."[4] Many of the animation staff fromThe Princess and the Frog (2009) were brought in to work onWinnie the Pooh, as the two films involved traditional animation,[5] and additional clean up/inbetween animation and digital ink and paint was provided byYowza Animation, Inc. The production would also use the same software utilized forPrincess and the Frog,Toon Boom Animation's Harmony, to digitally ink and paint the drawings.[8]
Originally, the film was supposed to feature five stories from the A. A. Milne books,[9] but the final cut ended up drawing inspiration from three stories.[10][11] Lasseter had also announced thatRabbit's friends and relatives would be in the film, but their scene was ultimately deleted.[12][13] In an interview withABC 4,Ken Sansom was asked about voicing Rabbit in the film, he stated, "I'm not sure."[14] He was replaced byTom Kenny, although Sansom claimed he was still under contract.[14]
The film was released on April 6, 2011[15] in Belgium; April 11 inGermany; and on April 15 in the United Kingdom.[16] It was released on July 15, 2011, in the United States.[15]
The film was preceded by the animated shortThe Ballad of Nessie, which tells the story of how theLoch Ness Monster and her best friend MacQuack (arubber duck) came to live in theloch they now call home.[17] In some international screenings, the episode "Cubby's Goldfish" from theDisney Junior seriesJake and the Never Land Pirates was aired instead.[18]
The film was first released as number 51 in the Animated Classics range onBlu-ray,DVD, and digital download on October 25, 2011. The releases included animated shortsThe Ballad of Nessie andMini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: "Pooh's Balloon," as well as deleted scenes.[19]
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 90% of 133 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Short, nostalgic, and gently whimsical,Winnie the Pooh offers young audiences—and their parents—a sweetly traditional family treat."[20] According toMetacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 74 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[21]CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film an "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[22]
Gary Goldstein of theLos Angeles Times says the film "proves a fitting tribute to one of the last century's most enduring children's tales."[23]A. O. Scott ofThe New York Times praised the film for being able to charm children and parents alike.[24]Roger Ebert, giving it 3 stars out of 4, wrote in his review, "In a time of shock-value 3-D animation and special effects, the look of the film is gentle and pleasing. It was hand-animated, I'm told, and the backgrounds use a subtle and reassuring watercolor style. It's a nightmare-proof experience for even the youngest viewers."[25]
WhilePlatform Online stated thatWinnie the Pooh's "hand-drawn animation is such a welcome relief," it found the film's run-time length to be more of an issue, which it stated "At just 70 minutes, even aiming at kids this could have been longer –Pixar have been pushing films well over 90 minutes for years now, and it's clear the children can handle it. Just as you really get into the film it's over, and you're left wanting more."[18]
In North America,Winnie the Pooh earned $7.8 million in its opening weekend from 2,405 single-screen locations, averaging about $3,267 per venue, and ranking sixth for the weekend.[26][27] The film closed on September 22, 2011, with a final domestic gross of $26.7 million, with the opening weekend making up 29.44% of the final gross. Among its overseas grosses,Winnie the Pooh had its largest gross in Japan with $4.13 million;[28] the country has had a long-standing affection for the character of Winnie the Pooh.[29][30][31] Other international grosses include $1.33 million in Germany, $1.29 million in Poland, $1.18 million in the UK and $1.14 million in Russia.[2] Overall, it made $23.4 million overseas, bringing the worldwide gross to $50.1 million over a budget of $30 million.[3]
| Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Annie Awards | Animated Effects in an Animated Production | Dan Lund | Nominated | [32] |
| Character Animation in a Feature Production | Andreas Deja | Nominated | ||
| Mark Henn | Nominated | |||
| Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production | Don Hall & Stephen Anderson | Nominated | ||
| Music in a Feature Production | Zooey Deschanel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez | Nominated | ||
| Production Design in a Feature Production | Paul Felix | Nominated | ||
| Storyboarding in a Feature Production | Jeremy Spears | Won | ||
| Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production | Brian Kesinger, Kendelle Hoyer, Don Dougherty, Clio Chiang, Don Hall, Stephen Anderson, Nicole Mitchell, Jeremy Spears | Nominated | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Animated Film | Don Hall andStephen J. Anderson | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| Online Film Critics Society | Best Animated Film | Winnie The Pooh | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| San Diego Film Critics | Best Animated Film | Stephen Anderson and Don Hall | Nominated | |
| Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Animated Feature | Don Hall and Stephen J. Anderson | Nominated | [citation needed] |
In order to search for songwriters, Anderson and Hall sent visuals to five songwriting teams, and the team liked the demos returned byRobert Lopez andKristen Anderson-Lopez,[33] eventually backing them on board.[33] The Lopezes' previously worked withJohn Lasseter and Disney music executive Chris Montan onthe theme park musical version ofFinding Nemo.[34][35] They wrote seven tracks forWinnie the Pooh.[36]Zooey Deschanel performed three songs for the film, including a take on theWinnie the Pooh theme song, "A Very Important Thing to Do" and an original end-credit song "So Long", which was written by Deschanel and performed withShe & Him bandmateM. Ward.[37] The film was scored byHenry Jackman, with additional music byChristopher Willis.[38] The soundtrack was released on July 12, 2011.
The Walt Disney Company released five versions[39][40] for the song "Welcome to my world" featuringEdyta Bartosiewicz for thePolish version,Witaj w moim świecie (Welcome to my world),[41][42]Anca Sigartău for theRomanian version,Bun Venit în Lumea mea (Welcome to My World),[43][44]Zséda for theHungarian version,Az én világom (My world),[45][46]Evgenia Vlasova for theUkrainian version,Мій світ (My world),[47][48] andBeloslava for theBulgarian version,Добре дошъл в моя свят (Dobre doshŭl v moya svyat).[49][50]
A musical theatre adaptation, titledDisney's Winnie the Pooh KIDS, uses additional music from Will Van Dyke and additional lyrics and scenes by Cheryl Davies.[51]
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