Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too is a 1974 American animated musical fantasy short film based on the third chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh and the fourth and seventh chapters of The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne. The featurette was directed by John Lounsbery, produced by Wolfgang Reitherman, released by Walt Disney Productions, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. It was released on October 21, 1974 for a limited release, before expanding a wide release on December 20, 1974, with the live-action feature film The Island at the Top of the World. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to Closed Mondays.[1]
| Winnie The Pooh and Tigger Too | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Lounsbery |
| Story by |
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| Based on | Stories written by A. A. Milne |
| Produced by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Sebastian Cabot |
| Music by | Buddy Baker |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
Release dates |
March 11, 1977 (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) |
Running time | 25 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too was the third animated featurette in the Winnie the Pooh film series. The film's title is a play on the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" made famous during the 1840 United States presidential election.
It featured the voices of Sterling Holloway as Winnie the Pooh, Paul Winchell as Tigger, John Fiedler as Piglet, Timothy Turner as Christopher Robin, Dori Whitaker as Roo, Barbara Luddy (in her final film role) as Kanga, Junius Matthews (in his final film role) as Rabbit, and Sebastian Cabot as Mr. Narrator.
Plot
editDuring the fall, Rabbit becomes fed up with Tigger bouncing on everyone for fun, so he meets with Pooh and Piglet and comes up with a plan: the three of them will take Tigger on a long walk in the forest, abandon him, and find him the next day, in the hopes that he will stop bouncing on his friends unexpectedly.
Pooh, Piglet, and Rabbit execute the plan the next morning, and it initially appears to work, as they manage to lose Tigger, but things soon go wrong as they get lost and are unable to find their way home. After Rabbit separates from Pooh and Piglet due to a disagreement on how to escape, the latter two manage to find their way out of the forest on their own before running into Tigger, who had already found his way out. Upon learning from Pooh and Piglet that Rabbit is still in the forest, Tigger returns to rescue Rabbit and lead him out of the forest, much to the latter's humiliation.
Sometime later, on the first day of winter, Tigger arrives at Kanga and Roo's house so he and Roo can spend some time together. As they travel through the forest, Tigger and Roo see Rabbit ice skating. Tigger tries to teach Roo how to ice skate by doing it himself, but unfortunately, he loses his balance and collides with Rabbit, resulting in Rabbit crashing into his house and Tigger sliding into a snowbank. Later, Tigger decides to bounce up a tall tree with Roo riding on his back and manages to bounce all the way to the top of the tree, but when he sees how high up they are, he becomes paralyzed with fear and is afraid to climb back down.
Pooh and Piglet soon discover Tigger and Roo in the tree and recruit Christopher Robin, Kanga, and Rabbit to help get them down. Roo manages to make it down safely by jumping on Christopher Robin's coat, but a frightened Tigger refuses to jump and promises never to bounce again should he be released from his predicament, thrilling Rabbit. To help Tigger, the Narrator tips over the book to allow Tigger to slide down the book unharmed. Tigger's joy to be back on the ground turns into depression when Rabbit reminds him of his promise. Feeling sorry for Tigger, his friends remind Rabbit of the joy Tigger had brought with his bouncing, causing Rabbit to realize his selfishness and take back the promise they had agreed on. An overjoyed Tigger then invites everyone to bounce with him, much to the joy of everyone, including Rabbit.
Voice cast
edit- Sterling Holloway as Winnie the Pooh
- Paul Winchell as Tigger
- John Fiedler as Piglet
- Junius Matthews as Rabbit (one of his last films before his death in 1978, also his final Disney role)
- Barbara Luddy as Kanga (one of her last films before her death in 1979, also her final Disney role)
- Dori Whitaker as Roo
- Timothy Turner as Christopher Robin
- Sebastian Cabot as Mr. Narrator
Awards
editIn 1975, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Film release
editThe film was released limitedly on October 21, 1974 before getting a wide release on December 20, 1974 in the United States to Disney's live-action feature The Island at the Top of the World and December 27, 1974 in the United Kingdom. It would later be included as a segment in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, which included the two previous Pooh featurettes, released on March 11, 1977.
Like Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too was also re-issued in theaters in North America. In the summer of 1978, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too was attached as a double-feature with The Cat from Outer Space.
Like both Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too also had its network and world television premiere as a television special on NBC, on November 28, 1975. Along with the other 2 shorts, the premiere of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too was also sponsored by Sears, who was then the exclusive provider of Pooh merchandise.[2]
Winnie the Pooh short films
edit- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)
- Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983)
References
edit- ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too premieres on NBC". Tias. November 27, 1975. Archived from the original on September 5, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
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