The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart

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.

The Book of Pooh: The Stories from the Heart
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Directed by	Mitchell Kriegman Dean Gordon Additional material : Mitchell Kriegman
Written by	Mitchell Kriegman Andy Yerkes Jymn Magon Claudia Silver Mark Zaslove Additional material : Mitchell Kriegman Andy Yerkes
Based on	The Book of Pooh by A. A. Milne
Produced by	Robin Seidon
Starring	Jim Cummings John Fiedler Ken Sansom Peter Cullen Andre Stojka Stephanie D'Abruzzo Jeff Bennett Paul Tiesler Vicki Kenderes Eibner
Narrated by	Roger L. Jackson
Music by	Julian Harris
Production company	Shadow Projects
Distributed by	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release date	July 17, 2001 (2001-07-17)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Plot

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:

1. "Over the Hill" (Pooh's story)
2. "Tigger's Replacement" (Piglet's story)
3. "Kessie Wises Up" (Kessie's story)
4. "Greenhorn with a Green Thumb" (Rabbit's story)
5. "Night of the Waking Tigger" (Tigger's story)
6. "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

Voice cast

• 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

• Paul Tiesler as Christopher Robin
• Vicki Kenderes Eibner as Christopher Robin's Mom
• Roger L. Jackson as Narrator

Toys

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

• "Winnie the Pooh" (song)

External links

• The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart at IMDb
• The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart at MSN Movies