Winnie the Pooh (2001 film)

Winnie the Pooh is a 2001 British/American live-action/animated fantasy comedy-drama film based on the beloved stories by A.A. Milne. The film stars child actor Ben Tipper as Christopher Robin and Colin Firth as A.A. Milne, with the voices of Matthew Broderick, Robin Williams, John Fiedler, Matt Frewer, Tony Jay, Gary Oldman, Miriam Margolyes, Thomas Sharkey, and Frank Oz. The film was released by Touchstone Pictures on October 14, 2001, the 75th anniversary of the first Winnie-the-Pooh book.

Grover from Sesame Street narrates the story of a boy named Christopher Robin (Tipper), who spends his childhood in the Hundred Acre Wood with his animal friends, most notably a stuffed teddy bear named Winnie the Pooh (Broderick). However, a tragedy in Christopher Robin's life causes the poor boy to change the way he sees the world around him and himself, a problem that is exacerbated by his deadbeat dad, Pooh author A.A. Milne (Frith), who has become so focused on his future as a writer that he finds himself never making time to spend with his son.

The fictional Pooh characters were designed, constructed and operated by Stan Winston Studio, combining elements of E.H. Shepard's original illustrations and Disney's animated interpretations. Grover, meanwhile, was refurbished for this film by The Jim Henson Company, with deeper, blue fur and a magenta nose; a team of five puppeteers operated the Grover puppet on-set, while Frank Oz dubbed the character's voice in post-production (since he was busy directing The Score at the time).

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Matthew Broderick as voice of Winnie the Pooh Clancy Brown as voice of Stan Woozle John Fiedler as voice of Piglet Colin Firth as A.A. Milne Stan Freberg as voice of Heff Heffalump Matt Frewer as voice of Rabbit Tony Jay as voice of Eeyore Miriam Margolyes as voice of Kanga Gary Oldman as voice of Owl Frank Oz as voice of Grover Thomas Sharkey as voice of Roo Lynne Thigpen as voice of Sylvia Woozle Ben Tipper as Christopher Robin Frank Welker as additional vocal effects Robin Williams as voice of Tigger

Supervising Puppeteer: J. Alan Scott Grover Lead Puppeteer: Eric Jacobson Puppeteers: Tamara Carlson-Woodard, David Covarrubias, Mike Elizalde, Richard Galinson, David Grasso, Richard Haugen, Matt Heimlich, Jimmy Hirahara, Hiroshi "Kan" Ikeuchi, Richard Landon, Bob Mano, Mark "Crash" McCreery, Kevin McTurk, Robert Ramsdell, John Rosengrant, Christopher Swift, Leslie Carrara, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Alice Dinnean-Vernon, Carmen Osbahr