The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart
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Directed by | Mitchell Kriegman Dean Gordon Additional material : Mitchell Kriegman |
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Based on | The Book of Pooh by A. A. Milne |
Produced by | Robin Seidon |
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Narrated by | Roger L. Jackson |
Music by | Julian Harris |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Entertainment[a] |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Book of Pooh: The Stories from the Heart is a 2001 American animated comedy compilation film based on the Playhouse Disney television series The Book of Pooh.
It contains 6 episodes, each of which focuses on one character. It is wrapped together by a loose plot in which the characters wait in Christopher Robin's room for his arrival. As is typical with the series, each episode features an original musical number. It is a compilation film composed of footage from the TV series.
This film was produced by Shadow Projects and released on both VHS and DVD on July 17, 2001, by Walt Disney Home Entertainment.[1]
Plot
[edit]Pooh, Piglet and Tigger literally pop out of the Book of Pooh into Christopher Robin's room, but can't find Christopher Robin there. Tigger decides to search for Christopher Robin's journal, in hopes of finding out where he's gone, misunderstanding how journals work, but ends up making a real mess. While they're trying to clean up the room, Piglet notices that Christopher Robin had marked some chapters of the Book of Pooh with special bookmarks featuring each of his friends. As the story continues, Kessie, Rabbit and Eeyore each show up too and at one point, they're forced to hide when Christopher Robin's mother comes upstairs after hearing their voices and mistakes them for her son. One by one, the characters ask Mr. Narrator to read the book's stories for them, leading to the following episodes:
- "Over the Hill" (Pooh's story)
- "Tigger's Replacement" (Piglet's story)
- "Kessie Wises Up" (Kessie's story)
- "Greenhorn with a Green Thumb" (Rabbit's story)
- "Night of the Waking Tigger" (Tigger's story)
- "Eeyore's Tailiversary" (Eeyore's story)
At the end, the cast of the first season in The Book of Pooh (except for Owl) clean up the mess they've made and go into hiding when Christopher Robin returns with his mother. After she leaves, they come out of hiding and Christopher Robin reveals that he was at soccer practice and had his journal with him all along; furthermore, he only writes in his journal after the events have already happened. He decides to read them the stories he marked, but finds out that they had already read them. Tigger suggests that Christopher Robin should read his journal to them instead, to which he agrees, ending the movie.
Cast
[edit]Voice cast
[edit]- Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
- Peter Cullen as Eeyore
- Ken Sansom as Rabbit
- John Fiedler as Piglet (speaking voice)
- Jeff Bennett as Piglet (singing voice)
- Andre Stojka as Owl
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Kessie
Live-action cast
[edit]- Paul Tiesler as Christopher Robin
- Vicki Kenderes Eibner as Christopher Robin's Mom
- Roger L. Jackson as Narrator
Toys
[edit]Toys were released based on the film available such as Happy Meal Promotion and Stuffed Toys as a McDonald's Happy Meal series from July 11 to August 9, 2001.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Under Walt Disney Home Entertainment imprint
References
[edit]- ^ Fries, Laura (2001-01-21). "Review: 'The Book of Pooh'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-11-17.