The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (25th Anniversary Edition)

Starring:Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews, Barbara Luddy, Howard Morris, John Fiedler, Ralph Wright, Hal Smith, Clint Howard, Bruce Reitherman, Jon Walmsley, Timothy Turner, Dori Whitaker, Sterling Holloway, Paul Winchell, Thurl Ravenscroft, Laurie Main, Will Ryan, Kim Christianson (II)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery, Rick Reinert
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product Type: DVD

Description

The never-ending friendship that has delighted generations now has something new to celebrate! The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, Pooh's first and most beloved feature film, is now available in the new Friendship Edition - with new bonus content including the first episode from the new TV series My Friends Tigger & Pooh. This Academy Award® winning animated classic tells the tale of the first, unforgettable meeting between Tigger and Pooh. Your family will laugh along when Pooh gets stuck in Rabbit's house from eating too much honey and the lovable characters' flurry of hilarious activity on a windy day. These timeless adventures are brought to life through extraordinary Disney animation and engaging songs, such as "Little Black Rain Cloud" and "Rumbly In My Tumbly." "Three Cheers For `Winnie The Pooh'! Exactly Right - Wistful, Sprightly And Often Hilarious," raves The New York Times about the perfect first story for every child. Make sure your family has this beloved classic film in your collection so it can inspire the childlike imaginations of fans of all ages.

Customer Reviews:

Return to the 100-Acre Wood.......2007-06-19

Winnie-the-Pooh is an old childhood favorite of mine. From seeing cartoons on TV to keeping only two of my old childhood toys (a Pooh bear that had lost it's shirt and a tiger that reminded one of Tigger) to "The House At Pooh Corner" being the first full-length book I read, the bear with very little brain was a large influence on my early life.

Disney's adaptation of Pooh was my introduction, and I have Walt Disney to thank for that. I wanted to own all of the adaptations (just as I quickly collected all four of Milne's books) on video. There were "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree," "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Blustery Day," and "Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger, Too." There was also another cartoon called "Winnie-the-Pooh and a Day for Eeyore."

My first Pooh video was "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Blustery Day," which is, to this day, stuck in a defective VCR which we later disposed of. Later, shortly after my 17th birthday, I bought the VHS of the 25th anniversary edition of "The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh," the feature film compilation of the features. After about 3 viewings, the tape refused to play.

Shortly afterward, I switched to DVD, but goodness! There were so many titles that I wanted to get that Pooh fell far behind.

Today, however, I now own this new DVD edition. It has everything I loved about the old VHS tapes, and more. Included from the "Many Adventures" tape is "The Story Behind the Masterpiece" featurette, originally made for the film's first VHS release, "Winnie-the-Pooh and a Day for Eeyore," and Carly Simon's music video for "Winnie-the-Pooh." There are more features, including all the still relevant features from the 25th Anniversary DVD, and a couple new ones, including the first episode of "My Friends Tigger & Pooh."

Today, it makes me sad that Disney has relegated Pooh to preschool entertainment and cheesy family films. Probably the best thing they did since the cartoons' releases was the animated TV series "The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh," which they should release a complete collection to DVD...

I feel that the DVD could have used 2 discs. There could be three ways to watch the film, all possible with branching techniques. How about being able to watch the original shorts seperately, or together in the film, and being able to see the film's TV version with "A Day For Eeyore" included? (See, I have ideas!) The first disc could have the film, the viewing options (with extra bits of footage), and "A Day For Eeyore," and the pop-up trivia track (which should be replaced with an audio commentary... too bad Christopher Robin Milne has passed away). The second disc would have all the features.

When Disney releases the title again in 2012, maybe they should take my advice. (Of course, by that time, they'll probably be phasing out regular DVDs for Blu-Ray or something else...)

Anyways, even though the DVD doesn't quite meet my fondest wishes, it is still delightful and I am glad to have it in my DVD collection at last.

Same content as the 2002 release -- and that's good!.......2007-06-17

Despite new packaging and a hokey new subtitle, this release of Disney's original three Winnie the Pooh featurettes is actually identical to the 2002 "25th Anniversary Edition" -- same video, same audio, same bonus features. And for once, that's good! That earlier DVD transfer was already digitally restored and had some good extras, including "A Day for Eeyore" and one of Disney's better making-of documentaries, but was pulled off the shelves early last year. Now, however, it's back, with the same vibrant colors, sharp focus and near-perfect 5.1 soundtrack.

In other words, this is Disney at its best. "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" is a charming, gentle, quality film that hasn't aged a bit and looks and sounds terrific. Unless you already own the "25th Anniversary Edition," this new release is a must.

Actually, there is one new bonus feature: an episode of the new computer-animated Disney Channel series, "My Friends Tigger and Pooh." It adds two new characters to the story: Darby, a 6-year-old girl, and her dog Buster.

-- By Julie Neal, author of The Complete Guide to Walt Disney World.

HEFFALUMPS AND WOOZLES-BEWARE!!.......2007-05-06

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)
Also included:
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)

WTP and the Honey Tree (sp HUNNY)
This is the first episode and here we have Pooh visiting an unenthusiastic Rabbit who never enjoys Pooh's company because of his amazing appetite: Pooh's exercise song-"When I up down touch the ground
Puts me in the mood-
Up down touch the ground-
In the mood-
for Food!"
Pooh, predictably, eats up every last "smackerel" of Rabbit's hunny and finds he is now so tubby he is unable to leave Rabbit's house as he cannot squeeze through the hole!
The animals run to get Christoper Robin, who, after some consideration, decides Pooh must go on a crash diet. This experiment lasts several agonizing days for both Pooh and Rabbit, who tries in vain to disguise this plump bear and sits in his chair in despair.
Eventually Pooh returns to his former "svelte" state and emerges from Rabbit's hole with such force he is flung into the next page of the storybook and finds himself in the hole of a hunny tree!
WTP and the Blustery Day
It is Wednesday, or WINDSDAY in the Hundred Acre Wood, and little Piglet is industriously sweeping fallen leaves in front of his house-"It's not the leaves that are going, it's the leaves that are coming!" and Pooh comes by just in time to catch hold of Piglet's scarf to keep him from being carried away in the stiff breeze.
Kanga and Roo hop by and Roo begs Pooh: "Can I fly Piglet next?"
The Blustery Day turns into an even more Blustery Night and Pooh hears a Noise. He opens his door to investigate and hears the Noise again-this time he decides (being a bear of Very Little Brain) to invite the Noise in.
Here we have a joyous introduction to Tigger, T-I-Double-Ger Tigger!
The Wonderful Thing about Tiggers-
Is Tiggers are wonderful Things-
Their Tops are made out of Rubber-
Their Bottoms are madde out of Springs-
They're Bouncy Flouncy Bouncy Flouncy Fun Fun Fun Fun Fun!
But the most Wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the Only One! I'm-the only one!
Tigger, after trying Pooh's hunny and finding Tiggers DON'T like it, warns Pooh to beware of Heffalumps and Woozles...
Tigger departs leaving Pooh alone to patrol his house guarding against these unknown but scary sounding beasts.
Eventually he gets tired and falls asleep dreaming of Heffalumps and Woozles clomping, tromping and trumpeting through his head in a wonderful sequence reminiscent of the Pink Elephant part in Dumbo.
The next day the 100 Acre Wood is flooded and Piglet gets swept away on the water clutching a chair. Eventually Piglet is rescued and the friends all meet with Christopher Robin to help Owl find a home to replace the one he lost in the storm. Eeyore ambles over and takes the group to Owl's new home, which turns out to be Piglet's!
No one says anything and Piglet generously allows Owl to have his former home and Pooh puts his arm around Piglet and invites him to move into his house.
This touching episode ends with a party for the heroes of the day and everyone happy and no one homeless.
WTP and Tigger Too
Tigger's bounce gets on Rabbit's nerves and the friends try to lose him on a trip into the Woods. Rabbit winds up getting lost and scared and Tigger rescues him. Tigger, resuming his bounce, bounces himself into a tree and elicits the help of Sebastian Cabot, the Narrator, to Narrate him down, which Cabot obligingly does, by tipping the book and letting Tigger slide down to the next page of the book.
The last episode is WTP and a Day for Eeyore
Eeyore's Birthday and he thinks no one remembers it. But the gang gets together and eventually give Eeyore his gifts, not in their original condition (Pooh eats all the hunny in the pot which was his gift and Piglet pops the balloon which was his gift) but gratefully accepted nonetheless. Here we are introduced to the new game of Poohsticks.
This is really excellent animation and storytelling, with the Disney stalwart Sterling Holloway bringing Pooh to life with his wonderful voice (Cheshire Cat) and Paul Winchell as Tigger.
The last feature Disney oversaw personally (with the exception of the last short) and a fine one it is.
Pooh is an indispensable addition to any childhood and the animators have a distinct Ernest Shepard flavor to their work, which adds even more to this great classic.
"Somewhere in the 100 Acre Woods a little boy and his bear will always be playing."
Paraphrasing from the book, after Christoper Robin goes away to school and has to leave Pooh behind.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (25th Anniversary Edition)

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SINCE '66, I'VE BEEN DIGGIN' TIGGER, PIGLET 'N' POOH (*A Haiku Review)
30th Anniversary coming up this year
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (The Friendship Edition) (1977)
Wondeful Movie!
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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (25th Anniversary Edition)
Starring: Sebastian Cabot , Junius Matthews , Barbara Luddy , Howard Morris , and John Fiedler
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman , John Lounsbery , and Rick Reinert
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Disney's Winnie the Pooh: ABC's (Jewel Case)

ASIN: B00005T7HD
Release Date: 2002-05-07

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Disney's 1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh may be the last word on (animated) Pooh because it so faithfully honors the first word on Pooh, penned in the 1920s by British storyteller A.A. Milne. Gently paced, subtly humorous, and blessedly understated, this adaptation reflects Walt Disney's original vision to develop the beloved British bear for a wider audience. The film is essentially a collection of the original Pooh shorts, "The Honey Tree," "The Blustery Day," and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too." These storybooks are presented in seamless "chapters," narrated by the timeless Sebastian Cabot. The familiar musical score and original voices of Sterling Holloway as Pooh, and Paul Winchell as Tigger, cap this enchanting keepsake. (Ages 2 and up). --Lynn Gibson

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Celebrate the magical and heartwarming stories that have delighted families for generations! Pooh's first and most beloved feature film marks its 25th anniversary with a special edition of the classic animated movie favorite. Experience the magical tales that started the Pooh tradition, an extraordinary masterpiece of classic Disney artistry. These charming stories are filled with timeless Pooh adventures, including the first meeting between Tigger and Pooh, Pooh getting stuck in Rabbit's house from eating too much honey, and the lovable characters' flurry of activity on a hilarious windy day. Accompanied by the engaging songs that endeared Winnie The Pooh to fans everywhere, such as "Little Black Rain Cloud" and "Rumbly In My Tumbly," these classic moments continue to enchant children and Pooh-lovers alike.

Customer Reviews:

SINCE '66, I'VE BEEN DIGGIN' TIGGER, PIGLET 'N' POOH (*A Haiku Review).......2007-05-08

Charming Children's shows
Which Disney kept short and sweet,
Like HAIKU! {*Bless you.*}

~ Stephen T. McCarthy
<"As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly."
~ Proverbs 26:11>

30th Anniversary coming up this year.......2007-04-30

We first saw this movie in 1983 on videodisc - remember those? Our son was 2 years old. He loved it so much that in 2007, 24 years later, my husband and I can still quote huge chunks of dialog. "Pooh, did you do that?" "I don't think so." It is a fabulous piece of animation with a simple, cute story any 2-year-old (or parent) can easily understand and enjoy, yet it has enough of a story that a little older child won't mind watching it with a younger sibling. Highly recommended. We have this movie on VHS, and I will be upgrading to DVD and will continue to upgrade to new formats as the old ones become obsolete.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (The Friendship Edition) (1977).......2007-04-17

After checking prices here and on ebay, search engine's I found there is a new release coming June 19, 2007 check it out here on Amazon.

Wondeful Movie!.......2007-03-17

We start out in this great movie, where Pooh is thinking, it soon goes to the fun song and Pooh doing his " Stoutness Excersies, " after that he goes and looks for a snack, and finds hes out of honey, he says: " Oh bother, empty, just the sticky parts left. " So he goes out and finds a honey tree, he tries to climb it but a branch snaps and he falls to the ground. Then he goes to Christper, and covers himself in mud and flies up to the honey tree, but he grabs a handfull of bees and honey. His rear gets stuck and the hole and is soon flying down to the ground. Then he visits Rabiit, he eats so much honey he gets very fat and gets stuck in a hole. In the end he is stuck in a hive with alot of honey and the bees gone. There are three more great stories in his DVD, but I don't have time to say much about them. XDD ^-^ Buy it and find out for yourself!

LOOK FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION.......2007-03-08

I was able to buy a copy of the 25th anniversary edition DVD. If you can find it at a reasonable price it is worth it. I had not seen this film since it was originally released. The DVD is excellent with some great features. A classic for the whole family to enjoy.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [Region 2]

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SINCE '66, I'VE BEEN DIGGIN' TIGGER, PIGLET 'N' POOH (*A Haiku Review)
30th Anniversary coming up this year
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (The Friendship Edition) (1977)
Wondeful Movie!
LOOK FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [Region 2]
Starring: Sebastian Cabot , Junius Matthews , Barbara Luddy , Howard Morris , and John Fiedler
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman , and John Lounsbery
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ASIN: B00004RYVN

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Customer Reviews:

SINCE '66, I'VE BEEN DIGGIN' TIGGER, PIGLET 'N' POOH (*A Haiku Review).......2007-05-08

Charming Children's shows
Which Disney kept short and sweet,
Like HAIKU! {*Bless you.*}

~ Stephen T. McCarthy
<"As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly."
~ Proverbs 26:11>

30th Anniversary coming up this year.......2007-04-30

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (The Friendship Edition) (1977).......2007-04-17

After checking prices here and on ebay, search engine's I found there is a new release coming June 19, 2007 check it out here on Amazon.

Wondeful Movie!.......2007-03-17

LOOK FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION.......2007-03-08

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [Region 2 PAL Import]

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh [Region 2 PAL Import]

Manufacturer: Disney DVD
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Sing-Along to "Heffalumps and Woozles"
See "The Story Behind The Masterpiece"
See More Of Your Favourite Character In "A Day For Eeyore" Animated Short + more bonus features
Languages: Dolby Digital 5.1: English/Norweigan/Danish
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired, Norwegian, Norwegian for the hearing impaired, Danish, Danish for the hearing impaired

ASIN: B000MP66HY

Product Description

Inspired by A. A. Milne's whimsical stories, Walt Disney created his original vision for Pooh...a bear so lovable, he'd be embraced by millions. As Pooh's charming adventures seamlessly unfold in three stories, Winnie The Pooh and The Honey Tree, Winnie The Pooh and The Blustery Day and Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too you'll see why this bear of very little brain remains so beloved. Join Pooh and pals Piglet, Tigger, Owl, Eeyore, Rabbit and Christopher Robin in the Hundred Acre Wood for everlasting friendships, "thotful" spots and "hunny" pots! Complete with Oscar winning animation and a magical musical score, Disney's timeless Classic will delight your family again and again!

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