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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a full-length animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on March 11, 1977. It is the twenty-second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. The movie is based upon the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne.
The film is actually composed of material from three previously released animated shorts:
* Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
* Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
* Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974)
In addition, versions seen today on television and DVD/VHS feature an additional short worked into the continuity:
* Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)
Because of this, it is seen by some as the last of the Disney "package films" (movies consisting of two or more short segments) the bulk of which were produced by the studio to keep costs down during World War II. "Pooh" was produced for similar economic reasons. This is also the last film in the Disney canon in which Walt Disney had personal involvement, since one of the shorts ("Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree") was released during his lifetime, and he was involved in the production of "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day."
Its characters have spawned an industry of sequels, television programs, clothing, books, and toys. The film differs from the three individual shorts by having newly-created linking material, and an ending to give closure to the stories (based off of the final chapter of The House at Pooh Corner). It was always Walt Disney's intention to create a feature film, but he decided to make shorts instead — after production had begun — to familiarize US audiences with the characters. All three shorts as well as future feature films boast classic songs by the Sherman Brothers including "Winnie The Pooh" and "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers".
The film 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". Wikipedia |
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