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10 Reasons to Go See the New Winnie the Pooh Movie

Posted by sunnychanel on July 12th, 2011 at 10:00 am
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Winnie The Pooh Returns!

I don’t know about you, but I really missed Winnie the Pooh. Not the commercialized image of that ‘silly old bear’ that adorned diapers, onesies and toasters, but the Winnie the Pooh as A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard intended – the real Winnie. Now, thanks to the new Disney feature film coming out Friday, July 15th, Winnie the Pooh – at the ripe old age of 90-  is back and he’s as adorable, ageless and timeless as ever.

Much care, thought, craftsmanship, humor and love was poured into the making of Winnie the Pooh. It’s a lovely gem of a film; one you just want to hug, to hold, and share with your children, but a film that they’ll enjoy as much as you (even though it really was made for them).

If you aren’t sold already, here are ten reasons to go see Winnie the Pooh this weekend.

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The Return of the Real Winnie the Pooh
“When we came on to the project there was a very strong mandate to return Pooh to its roots,” said co-director Don Hall. This mandate came from Disney CEO Bob Iger to the Chief Creative Officer of Disney, the one and only John Lasseter. The first thing the directors did was to go back to the books noting that, “reading them cover to cover we were more than confident that there was really broad audience potential in Winnie the Pooh.” They also studied the original films. The new Winnie the Pooh harkens back to the Academy Award winning The Honey Tree from 1963 with the “real” room shots of Christopher Robin’s adobe and opening of the animation of E.H. Shepard’s map coming to life. It pays tribute to Winnie-the-Pooh while bringing the bear into this day and age.
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Full Disclosure: The author participated in a press junket for the above coverage and was the guest of the Walt Disney Company while attending. Any opinions presented here are purely held by its author and do not reflect those held by Pixar Animation Studios or the Walt Disney Company.

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