Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

Directed by

Wolfgang Reitherman

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Rated

G

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 95 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Winnie the Pooh tries to get honey from a bee hive high in a tree. His friends Rabbit, Eeyore, and Christopher Robin help him out in the Hundred Acre Wood.

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What happens

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree is a 1966 American animated musical fantasy short film based on the first two chapters of the 1926 book of the same name by A. A. Milne, while the troubles in reattaching Eeyore's tail come from chapter 4 of the same book and Pooh's exercises in front of the mirror come from the poem #38 (Teddy Bear, first appearance of the character) in When We Were Very Young. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions, and released by Buena Vista Distribution on February 4, 1966, as a double feature with The Ugly Dachshund. It was the last short film produced by Walt Disney, who later died on December 15, 1966, ten months after its release. Its songs were written by the Sherman Brothers (Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman) and the score was composed and conducted by Buddy Baker. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the first animated featurette in the Winnie the Pooh film series, and it was later added as a segment to the 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It featured the voices of Sterling Holloway as Winnie the Pooh, Junius Matthews as Rabbit, Bruce Reitherman as Christopher Robin, Clint Howard as Roo, Barbara Luddy as Kanga, Ralph Wright as Eeyore, Howard Morris as Gopher, and Hal Smith as Owl. It was narrated by Sebastian Cabot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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