Winnie the Pooh (2011)

PatrickvD · Post by **PatrickvD** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:01 am

Combined with nessie it'll come close to 70 minutes. Considering it's for the little ones, that's perfect.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:08 am

A new clip has been released.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:47 am

PatrickvD wrote:Combined with nessie it'll come close to 70 minutes. Considering it's for the little ones, that's perfect.

BBFC classified the movie at 1:13:14. It doesn't mention if "The Ballad of Nessie" is included in that running time, though. So Nessie is either an 11-minute short or 62 was a typo.

albert

cms382 · Post by **cms382** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:04 am

Or maybe someone was attempting an April Fools' joke.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:04 am

Escapay wrote:BBFC classified the movie at 1:13:14. It doesn't mention if "The Ballad of Nessie" is included in that running time, though. So Nessie is either an 11-minute short or 62 was a typo.

Well, another review states that it's 69 min. with the credits included:

It's 69 minutes long, including 10 devoted to the credits, meaning that 14.5 per cent of the running time details who worked on the film, including production babies (arguable feature length for the program is reached by tacking on a six-minute opening cartoon, The Ballad of Nessie).

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review ... iew-173002

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:07 am

BURBANK, Calif. (March 31, 2011) – He’s a bear of very little brain. She’s half of the acclaimed band She & Him. This year, they come together on the big screen in “Winnie the Pooh,” which hits theaters in select international markets in Spring 2011, and in the U.S. on July 15, 2011. Actress/Musician/Singer/Songwriter Zooey Deschanel (“Almost Famous,” “(500) Days of Summer”) joins Winnie the Pooh and all of his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, performing three songs for the film, including her own take on the classic “Winnie the Pooh” theme song, “A Very Important Thing to Do” and the original end-credit song “So Long,” which was written by Deschanel and performed with She & Him bandmate M. Ward.

“This has been one of the most fun experiences I’ve ever had,” says Deschanel. “And I’ve just been thanking my lucky stars that I was able to work on this movie, because it’s delightful.”

Filmmakers were drawn to Deschanel’s signature style. “She was the perfect choice to do the ‘Winnie the Pooh’ song—a classic theme from the Sherman Brothers,” says director Don Hall. “Her music actually embodies the underlying spirit of the movie. We’re taking something that has vintage roots in the sixties, but spinning it in our own way and updating it. If you listen to Zooey’s music with She & Him—that’s their sound to a tee.”

Adds director Stephen Anderson, “It’s a perfect way to start the movie, letting the audience know right off the bat that this is Winnie the Pooh like you know him, but it’s something for today. We wanted to keep the same charm as the original, but give it a fresh spin, a contemporary feel, and she opens the movie with so much freshness, so much energy.”

“It’s always fun to have a contemporary artist rediscover a classic and that’s exactly what Zooey did,” says producer Peter Del Vecho. “She brought her own personality to the song—when she sings about introducing the individual characters, it’s as though she’s known them her whole life—and she has.”

“I’m a big fan of Winnie the Pooh and all his friends,” says Deschanel, who also plays the ukulele in the song. “It’s really hard to pick a favorite: Winnie the Pooh is so special, he loves honey and he’s just cool. Eeyore is amazing, I love Eeyore. And Piglet is so small. It’s really a four-way tie between Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet and Tigger.”

Among the songs Deschanel performed for the film is “A Very Important Thing to Do”—a song that helps illustrate the contest the friends from the Hundred Acre Wood take on to find Eeyore a new tail. She also lent her voice to “Everything is Honey” and “Pooh’s Finale,” joining Jim Cummings (the voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger), Tony Award®-winning songwriter Robert Lopez (“Avenue Q”) and other cast members.

For the end-credit song, Deschanel teamed up with Ward to perform “So Long,” a song Deschanel wrote. “When I was writing ‘So Long,’ I just held the images for the end credits in my mind,” she says. “I spent a number of days tinkering with ideas, melodies and chord progressions that I thought would fit the images, the new music being written and the original Sherman Brothers stuff-- but still be my own thing. The song definitely has its own feel, but also pays respect to the original.”

Deschanel plays piano for “So Long” and turned to the instrument when it came time to write the song. “I usually write on piano because that's the first instrument that I learned when I was a little kid,” she says. “All of my musical theory knowledge is in linear piano form.”

Her heart, however, is in the vocals. “I’m always thinking in terms of vocals, and arranging a fabric of vocals is the most exciting part. I love to sing backup parts—I always try to squeeze in as many as possible,” she says. “It’s fun; it’s my style.”

Deschanel’s songs, plus the Sherman Brothers classic and a host of original songs by Robert Lopez and wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez (“The Wonder Pets”), as well as original score from composer Henry Jackman (“The Da Vinci Code,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”), will be included on the “Winnie the Pooh” soundtrack (available Spring 2011 in select international markets, and in the U.S. on July 12, 2011) from Walt Disney Records.

Source: http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/3 ... -acre-wood

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:11 am

Sotiris wrote:
Escapay wrote:BBFC classified the movie at 1:13:14. It doesn't mention if "The Ballad of Nessie" is included in that running time, though. So Nessie is either an 11-minute short or 62 was a typo.
Well, another review states that it's 69 min. with the credits included:

It's 69 minutes long, including 10 devoted to the credits, meaning that 14.5 per cent of the running time details who worked on the film, including production babies (arguable feature length for the program is reached by tacking on a six-minute opening cartoon, The Ballad of Nessie).
Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review ... iew-173002

Ah, that makes more sense, then.

So the actual content of the film (the story it's telling) is actually 59 minutes long. Then again, we've had Winnie the Pooh in smaller doses before, so this seems natural. I wouldn't expect a 2.5 hour epic all about Winnie the Pooh searching around the world for hunny.

albert

cms382 · Post by **cms382** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:20 am

So it is shorter than Dumbo without credits.

jpanimation · Post by **jpanimation** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:55 pm

Reviews aren't looking good which I was kind of expecting. They say it's too short and that there isn't enough story to even justify what little runtime there is (I think it may even be shorter then the DTV ones that they were giving limited theatrical runs). Anyways, at least they all seem to be liking The Ballad of Nessie.

Flanger-Hanger · Post by **Flanger-Hanger** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:23 pm

Escapay wrote:I wouldn't expect a 2.5 hour epic all about Winnie the Pooh searching around the world for hunny.

albert

But I really wanna see a 4 hour roadshow epic, shot in 70mm Pooh movie! Think of the possibilities!For extreme boredome due to overlength

The more I hear about this movie the less I get excited for it.

Escapay · Post by **Escapay** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:06 pm

Flanger-Hanger wrote:
Escapay wrote:I wouldn't expect a 2.5 hour epic all about Winnie the Pooh searching around the world for hunny.

albert
But I really wanna see a 4 hour roadshow epic, shot in 70mm Pooh movie! Think of the possibilities!For extreme boredome due to overlength

I expect such a film would include a mish-mash of spectacular sequences. Pooh searching for honey deep in the Amazon. Pooh searching for honey deep in the Gobi Desert. Pooh searching for honey deep in Aisle 3 of the local Wegman's. Along the way he meets a host of new and wacky characters to the Pooh-iverse, each one cast by a well-known celebrity who's just excited to take part in such an epic undertaking.

albert

Toky · Post by **Toky** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:14 am

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:01 am

Super Aurora · Post by **Super Aurora** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:05 pm

jpanimation wrote:Reviews aren't looking good which I was kind of expecting. They say it's too short and that there isn't enough story to even justify what little runtime there is (I think it may even be shorter then the DTV ones that they were giving limited theatrical runs).

Ha! I knew this will happen the moment they announce that the next film is a Pooh movie.

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:27 pm

God, the animation looks gorgeous. I'm not expecting the film to be phenomenal, but I'll be seeing this in cinemas just the same.

Also, I feel that once this film comes and goes we'll be witnessing the true end of the Michael Eisner era at WDAS.

estefan · Post by **estefan** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:10 pm

Nice updating of the opening, though I kind of miss Pooh jumping on top of the letters.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:44 am

Another clip in English:

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janesjubilee · Post by **janesjubilee** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:58 pm

http://home.disney.fr/musique/artistes/ ... bum=winnie

You can listen to the full songs here!
Don't worry, the songs are in English, even though the website is in French. :)

P.S. Is there any way to get the music onto MP3?

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:46 pm

I still think there's no way I'm gonna be able to convince anyone to go see this with me.

Goliath · Post by **Goliath** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:13 pm

ajmrowland wrote:I still think there's no way I'm gonna be able to convince anyone to go see this with me.

I hear ya. I had trouble getting my girlfriend to see Rapunzel with me! And she's a girl! (Not to mention she's my girlfirend and I had to convince her to see a movie with me... you know, because it was a 'Disney Princess' movie!)

Luckily, I have zero interest in Pooh-installement no. 72582563.

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