Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
The Special Edition DVD
Directed by	Karl Geurs
Written by	Carter Crocker Karl Geurs
Produced by	Karl Geurs Gina Shay
Starring	Jim Cummings Brady Bluhm Paul Winchell
Music by	Alan Menken Tim Rice Stephen Schwartz
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Video
Release dates	August 5, 1997
Running time	70 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (also known as Winnie the Pooh's Most Grand Adventure in some countries) is Disney's second Winnie the Pooh animated feature.

Plot

The first day of Autumn has arrived; to Winnie-the-Pooh its another fun filled season to be with his very best friend Christopher Robin. However, he is no where to be found, which causes Pooh to worry what happened to him. After finding a (sticky) note revealing his wereabouts, Pooh and his friends misinterpret the note as a desprate cry for help, and set out on an adventurous journey to rescue their young friend.

Trivia

• This movie was one of the last times Paul Winchell would voice the character of Tigger.
• Although not part of the video series, the original 1997 video copies of this film feature the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo before the film, which might have been an editing mistake. However this could be wrong, as the cover for the European versions has the print logo too.
• When it came out, analysts and parents criticized the film, claiming that all of the mild horror content (such as the long fall into the muddy marsh, the biting plants in the forest of thorns, the monsters in the map/quest scene, and the spills and chills in the skull cave) was not suitable for young children.
• Kanga and Roo are absent in this film.
• What is questionable is why Owl did not join them on the quest, as he was the smartest.
• The note Christopher Robin wrties to Pooh on the Honey Pot reads: "Dear Pooh: Don't worry about me. I'm not going far away; just to school. Help yourself to this honey. Christopher Robin". Owl interprets the note like this: "Dear Pooh: Worry about Me. I'm going far away to skull. Help. Christopher Robin".
• The tree where Pooh sings Wherever You Are looks suspiciously like the same tree where he and Christopher Robin hang out at the beginning and the end of the film, as it overlooks a soil cliff.

Quotes

• Owl (gasps): He [Christopher Robin] has gone to S-C-H-O-O-L...skull!

Pooh: Skull?

• Tigger (as Piglet is hanging perilously from the top of a cracked limb on his beech tree): There's barely anyhting different between falling 10,000 feet to the jagged rocks below, and... tumblin' out of bed.

Piglet (opens his eyes and smiles in relief): Oh.
Tigger:...except for the splat at the end that's practically similar.
Piglet (becomes fearful again):CHRISTOPHER ROOOOOBINNNNNNNN!!!!!!

• Christopher Robin: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

• Tigger (as he is hanging for dear life on an unsteady tree limb wedged in a deep gorge, seeing Pooh dangling down to rescue him): Look at the biceps on that bear! I'm not worthy to hang from the same preceps!

External link

• Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin at IMDb
• Pooh's Grand Adventure DVD Review and Pictures at UltimateDisney.com