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Fictional teddy bear created by A. A. Milne

Winnie the Pooh

First appearance	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Created by	A. A. Milne Eastward. H. Shepard
Voiced by	Sterling Holloway (1965–1977) Hal Smith (1977–1987) Jim Cummings (1988–present)
Developed past	Walt Disney Eric Larson
In-universe information
Nickname	Pooh Bear Silly Ol' Bear
Species	Carry
Gender	Male
Origin	Winnie-the-Pooh past A. A. Milne

Winnie the Pooh, the fictional teddy comport created past English author A. A. Milne, is one of the most popular characters adjusted for film and goggle box by The Walt Disney Company. Disney first received certain licensing rights to the Winnie the Pooh stories, characters, and trademarks from Stephen Slesinger, Inc. and the estate of A. A. Milne in 1961.

Adaptation and development by Disney [edit]

In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain film and other rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh characters, stories and trademarks from Stephen Slesinger, Inc. and the manor of A. A. Milne. and fabricated a series of animated films most him. These early films were based on several of the original stories and the distinctive artwork made popular by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. during the 1930s through the 1960s. Alongside the animated versions, which Disney adjusted from Slesinger, Slesinger's simplified lines and pastel colour adaptations of Shepard's original illustrations are now marketed nether the description "Archetype Pooh".

In 1977, Disney released the animated feature film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, introducing a new character named Gopher (which Gopher acknowledges past proclaiming, "I'm not in the book, you know"). The film constitutes iii stories originally released every bit split up featurettes: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974). The 1977 release featured new bridging textile and a new ending. A fourth featurette, Winnie the Pooh and a Mean solar day for Eeyore, was released in 1983.

The live-action Telly series Welcome to Pooh Corner ran on the Disney Channel from 1983 to 1986. In 1988, Disney launched an blithe Goggle box series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, which aired from 1988 to 1991 with a total of 83 episodes. Pooh appeared with Tigger in the anti-drug animated Boob tube special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.

In 2000, Disney released the feature film The Tigger Flick in which the character of Tigger played the leading role. Due to its success, ii more feature-length Pooh movies based on other characters were released to theaters: Piglet's Big Movie in 2003 and Pooh's Heffalump Moving picture in 2005. Pooh also fabricated appearances in episodes of the animated serial House of Mouse, however he doesn't accept whatever speaking lines and is mostly seen in the background.

Disney, forth with Shadow Projects produced a puppet Television set serial for preschoolers, chosen The Book of Pooh which aired on Playhouse Disney from 2001 to 2003. Disney produced another series for preschoolers, called My Friends Tigger & Pooh, which aired on Playhouse Disney from 2007 to 2010 and done in CGI. Pooh also makes a cameo appearance in the DreamWorks blithe picture, Bee Movie forth with Piglet, at one signal, a human spies Pooh and Piglet eating honey and Barry tells him to "take him out" with a tranquilizer dart.

Winnie the Pooh was released in 2011. In April 2015, Borderline reported that Disney would develop a alive action Winnie the Pooh picture with Brigham Taylor producing and Alex Ross Perry writing. The film focuses both on Pooh and the developed Christopher Robin returning to the Hundred Acre Woods and his reunion with Pooh and friends.^[1] Christopher Robin was released on August three, 2018 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in the United States.

Casting history [edit]

Sterling Holloway was the original voice of Pooh, starting with the 1966 theatrical featurette, Winnie the Pooh and the Dearest Tree, although the Disneyland Records version was really released in 1965.^[2] Holloway continued to voice the graphic symbol for over a decade, which included the next 2 theatrical featurettes, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Also (1974), as well as several albums for Disneyland Records.^[iii] Holloway's last operation as Pooh was for the bridging material in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977).

Hal Smith, who also voiced Owl in the original theatrical featurettes, took over as the voice of Pooh in 1977, starting with the Disney Read-Forth adaptation of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Besides.^[4] His beginning operation as Pooh in animation was for the 1981 brusk, Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons. He would continue to vocalisation Pooh regularly for various projects up until the late 1980s, which included the theatrical featurette Winnie the Pooh and a Solar day for Eeyore (1983) and the TV series Welcome to Pooh Corner.

Jim Cummings was chosen to voice the grapheme for the 1988 TV series, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Cummings has since go the official voice for the grapheme, having voiced him in various Tv set series, video games, and movies, including the 2018 alive-action movie, Christopher Robin.

Disney Parks [edit]

Pooh is a mutual character in the Disney Parks and the nearly common in the Winnie the Pooh franchise. He is likewise ordinarily seen with Tigger and Eeyore, and occasionally Piglet, and is located in Fantasyland.

In the Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom allure, Pooh has his own spell carte du jour known as "Winnie the Pooh's Beloved Bees." Pooh too has his own show in Disneyland Paris, chosen "Winnie the Pooh and Friends, too!." In the same park, Pooh takes part on his ain bladder in Disney Magic on Parade.

In the 2015 rendition of World of Colour, Pooh made a cameo appearance during the opening sequence, in honor of Walt Disney.

Ownership controversy and changes [edit]

During his lifetime, Milne was liberal with his grant of rights. At times he licensed the same exclusive rights to more than one entity.

In the United States, E. P. Dutton and Company acquired exclusive volume publication rights and Stephen Slesinger, Inc., acquired sole and exclusive rights to almost all uses outside of the Dutton books as well every bit rights to whatsoever sorts of futurity uses. Beginning in 1930 Stephen Slesinger created all of the distinctive and colorful images of Pooh outside of the books. Under license from Slesinger, Pooh made his debuts in radio, film, animation, children's theatre, advertising and a host of consumer products and services protected by trademark. Outside of the U.Due south. and Canada, Milne retained about of his literary copyright rights which he left to 4 beneficiaries of his trust: The Garrick Club, Westminster School, The Imperial Literary Fund and the A. A. Milne Family. Past direction of Milne'south will, the Pooh Properties Trust was formed. Mrs. Milne, trustee of the Milne Estate, and Spencer Curtis Dark-brown, Trustee, licensed certain exclusive film rights to Disney in 1961. Christopher Robin Milne sold his rights to the other copyright holders, in order to raise money to back up his daughter, before his decease in 1996.

Sometime effectually 2000, the Pooh Properties Trust licensed boosted rights to Disney and accepted a buyout of their claims to royalties as defined in a 1991 lawsuit brought past Stephen Slesinger, Inc. Although Slesinger'southward rights are arguably more valuable, the combined value paid past Disney to The Pooh Properties Trust is said to be approximately $300 million for Milne'south portion of those rights.

To further minimize Disney'due south legal exposure to Slesinger, Disney paid coin to the Pooh Properties attorneys and trusts to utilize the name of Clare Milne, daughter of Christopher Robin, in an attempt to terminate certain of the copyright rights of Stephen Slesinger Inc, in the wake of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Human action of 1998. The commune court found in favor of Stephen Slesinger, Inc., every bit did the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.^[5] On Monday, June 26, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the instance, thus sustaining the Appeals Court ruling.^[6]

In December 2005, Disney announced that Pooh's friend and possessor Christopher Robin would be replaced as Pooh'due south main friend by a six-year-old "tomboyish" cerise-haired girl Darby for the Disney Channel animated television series, My Friends Tigger & Pooh. Christopher Robin appeared intermittently in the serial.

Awards and honors [edit]

In 2002, TV Guide compiled a list of the fifty greatest cartoon characters of all time as role of the mag's 50th anniversary. Winnie the Pooh was given the honor of number 27.

On April 11, 2006, Pooh was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, being the quaternary Disney character to receive ane after Mickey Mouse, Snow White and Donald Duck. The star is located on 6834 Hollywood Blvd.

Controversies in People's republic of china [edit]

Winnie the Pooh has been used in political satire and has created controversies in Red china since 2013. In that yr, critics compared an epitome of Pooh and his friend Tigger to a picture of Chinese leader 11 Jinping and United states of america president Barack Obama, who met at the G20 in St. petersburg, Russia. Cartoons of Xi as Winnie the Pooh were regarded equally disrespectful, but they continued to be used by critics. Dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia were photographed holding Pooh mugs as an deed of protestation. Some commentators have speculated that the pic Christopher Robin has been banned in Prc as a result of these controversies.^[7] ^[viii]

Filmography [edit]

Theatrical shorts [edit]

Winnie the Pooh and the Beloved Tree (1966) - Sterling Holloway
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) - Sterling Holloway
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) - Sterling Holloway
Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons (1981) - Hal Smith
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) - Hal Smith

Characteristic-length films [edit]

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) - Sterling Holloway
Pooh'due south Chiliad Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) DVD - Jim Cummings
A Valentine for You (1999) DVD - Jim Cummings
Seasons of Giving (1999) DVD - Jim Cummings
The Tigger Movie (2000) - Jim Cummings
The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001) DVD - Jim Cummings
Mickey'south Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the Business firm of Mouse (2001) DVD - Jim Cummings
Mickey's House of Villains (2002) DVD - Jim Cummings
A Very Merry Pooh Twelvemonth (2002) DVD - Jim Cummings
Piglet's Big Movie (2003) - Jim Cummings
Springtime with Roo (2004) DVD - Jim Cummings
Pooh'due south Heffalump Film (2005) - Jim Cummings
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) DVD - Jim Cummings
Winnie the Pooh (2011) - Jim Cummings
Christopher Robin (2018) - Jim Cummings

Non-Disney film [edit]

Bee Movie (2007) (cameo)

Television serial [edit]

Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1986) - Hal Smith
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) - Jim Cummings
House of Mouse (2001-2003) - Jim Cummings
The Volume of Pooh (2001–2003) - Jim Cummings
The Simpsons (2003) episode The Fat and the Furriest - non-talking cameo
My Friends Tigger & Pooh (2007–2010) - Jim Cummings
Doc McStuffins (2017) (guest advent) - Jim Cummings
Monsters at Work (2021) (cursory cameo)

Television specials [edit]

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991) - Jim Cummings
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh (1996) - Jim Cummings
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998) - Jim Cummings
A Valentine for You (1999) - Jim Cummings

Meet also [edit]

List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters
List of Disney animated universe characters

References [edit]

^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (Apr 2, 2015). "Disney Sets Live-Activity 'Winnie The Pooh' Film; Alex Ross Perry To Write". Borderline.
^ Ehrbar, Greg (Apr 26, 2016). "Disney's "Winnie the Pooh & The Honey Tree" on Records". Cartoon Research.
^ Hollis, Tim; Ehrbar, Greg (2006). Mouse Tracks: The Story of Disneyland Records. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN978-1617034336.
^ "Winnie the Pooh And Tigger As well". Discogs.
^ "Appeals court denies bid by Pooh creator's heir to revoke rights". Associated Press. Los Angeles. December viii, 2005.
^ "Justices pooh-pooh Winnie the Pooh". CNN. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006.
^ Kristof, Nicholas (9 Oct 2019). "Opinion | Allow'due south Not Take Cues From a Country That Bans Winnie the Pooh". The New York Times.
^ Haas, Benjamin (7 August 2018). "China bans Winnie the Pooh flick after comparisons to President Xi". The Guardian.

External links [edit]

Winnie-the-Pooh (2011) at Net Film Database

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_the_Pooh_(Disney_character)