Winnie the Pooh (2011 movie)

Winnie the Pooh is a 2011 American animated musical movie produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 51st movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is based on the A. A. Milne stories of the same name. In the movie, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo go on a journey to save Christopher Robin from a menacing monster called the Backson (which Owl mistakes "back soon" on Christopher Robin's note as such). The plot of the movie was similar to Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin, but also had a sub-plot in which Eeyore finds his tail, which was based on 1 of the books.

Winnie the Pooh
Directed by	Stephen J. Anderson Don Hall
Story by	Stephen J. Anderson Clio Chiang Don Dougherty Don Hall Brian Kesinger Nicole Mitchell Jeremy Spears Kendelle Hoyer
Based on	Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Produced by	Peter Del Vecho
Starring	Jim Cummings Travis Oates Tom Kenny Bud Luckey Craig Ferguson Jack Boutler Kristen Anderson-Lopez Wyatt Hall
Narrated by	John Cleese
Cinematography	Julio Macat
Edited by	Lisa Linder
Music by	Henry Jackman
Production companies	Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates	April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15) (United Kingdom) July 15, 2011 (2011-07-15) (United States)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$33,152,846

As of 2024, Winnie the Pooh was Walt Disney Animation Studios' most recent fully hand-drawn movie and it's most recent G-rated movie. Despite this, producer Peter Del Vecho and Frozen directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee confirmed in 2019 that there would be possibilities for hand-drawn feature films in the future.

Cast

• Jim Cummings as:
  • Winnie the Pooh, a kind-hearted anthropomorphic bear who loves honey. Mark Henn served as the supervising animator for Pooh.
  • Tigger, a hyperactive and brave tiger. Andreas Deja served as the supervising animator for Tigger.
• Travis Oates as Piglet, a small cowardly pig and Pooh's best friend. Bruce W. Smith served as the supervising animator for Piglet.
• Bud Luckey as Eeyore, an old miserable grey donkey who loses his tail during the events of the movie. Randy Haycock served as the supervising animator for Eeyore.
• Huell Howser as Backson, the mysterious creature who was thought to have kidnapped Christopher Robin. Eric Goldberg served as the supervising animator for the Backson.
• Jack Boulter as Christopher Robin, a young human boy and one of Pooh's best friends. Henn also served as the supervising animator for Christopher Robin.
• Tom Kenny as Rabbit, a pretentious and strait-laced rabbit who loves planting vegetables in his garden. Goldberg also served as the supervising animator for Rabbit.
• Kristen Anderson-Lopez as Kanga, a female kangaroo and Roo's mother. Smith also served as the supervising animator for Kanga.
• Wyatt Dean Hall as Roo, Kanga's excitable joey. Smith again served as the supervising animator for Roo.
• Craig Ferguson as Owl, an elderly owl who is not as wise as he thinks and tells very long and boring stories about his family. Dale Baer served as the supervising animator for Owl.
• John Cleese as The Narrator

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient	Result
Annie Awards	Animated Effects in an Animated Production	Dan Lund	Nominated
	Character Animation in a Feature Production	Andreas Deja Mark Henn
	Directing in a Feature Production	Don Hall & Stephen Anderson
	Music in a Feature Production	Zooey Deschannel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez
	Production Design in a Feature Production	Paul Felix
	Storyboarding in a Feature Production	Jeremy Spears	Won
	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	Animated Film
Online Film Critics Society	Best Animated Film