The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Sebastian Cabot, Junius Matthews | Return to the 100-Acre Wood

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highly recommended

Same content as the 2002 release -- and that's good!

Despite new packaging and a hokey new subtitle, this release of Disney's original three Winnie the Pooh featurettes is actually identical to the 2002 "25th Anniversary Edition" -- same video, same audio, same bonus features. And for once, that's good! That earlier DVD transfer was already digitally restored and had some good extras, including "A Day for Eeyore" and one of Disney's better making-of documentaries, but was pulled off the shelves early last year. Now, however, it's back, with the same vibrant colors, sharp focus and near-perfect 5.1 soundtrack.

In other words, this is Disney at its best. "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" is a charming, gentle, quality film that hasn't aged a bit and looks and sounds terrific. Unless you already own the "25th Anniversary Edition," this new release is a must.

Actually, there is one new bonus feature: an episode of the computer-animated Disney Channel series, "My Friends Tigger and Pooh." In case you haven't seen it, it adds two new characters to the story: Darby, a 6-year-old girl, and her dog Buster.

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Winnie-the-Pooh is an old childhood favorite of mine. From seeing cartoons on TV to keeping only two of my old childhood toys (a Pooh bear that had lost it's shirt and a tiger that reminded one of Tigger) to "The House At Pooh Corner" being the first full-length book I read, the bear with very little brain was a large influence on my early life.

Disney's adaptation of Pooh was my introduction, and I have Walt Disney to thank for that. I wanted to own all of the adaptations (just as I quickly collected all four of Milne's books) on video. There were "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree," "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Blustery Day," and "Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger, Too." There was also another cartoon called "Winnie-the-Pooh and a Day for Eeyore."

My first Pooh video was "Winnie-the-Pooh and the Blustery Day," which is, to this day, stuck in a defective VCR which we later disposed of. Later, shortly after my 17th birthday, I bought the VHS of the 25th anniversary edition of "The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh," the feature film compilation of the features. After about 3 viewings, the tape refused to play.

Shortly afterward, I switched to DVD, but goodness! There were so many titles that I wanted to get that Pooh fell far behind.

Today, however, I now own this new DVD edition. It has everything I loved about the old VHS tapes, and more. Included from the "Many Adventures" tape is "The Story Behind the Masterpiece" featurette, originally made for the film's first VHS release, "Winnie-the-Pooh and a Day for Eeyore," and Carly Simon's music video for "Winnie-the-Pooh." There are more features, including all the still relevant features from the 25th Anniversary DVD, and a couple new ones, including the first episode of "My Friends Tigger & Pooh."

Today, it makes me sad that Disney has relegated Pooh to preschool entertainment and cheesy family films. Probably the best thing they did since the cartoons' releases was the animated TV series "The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh," which they should release a complete collection to DVD...

I feel that the DVD could have used 2 discs. There could be three ways to watch the film, all possible with branching techniques. How about being able to watch the original shorts seperately, or together in the film, and being able to see the film's TV version with "A Day For Eeyore" included? (See, I have ideas!) The first disc could have the film, the viewing options (with extra bits of footage), and "A Day For Eeyore," and the pop-up trivia track (which should be replaced with an audio commentary... too bad Christopher Robin Milne has passed away). The second disc would have all the features.

When Disney releases the title again in 2012, maybe they should take my advice. (Of course, by that time, they'll probably be phasing out regular DVDs for Blu-Ray or something else...)

Anyways, even though the DVD doesn't quite meet my fondest wishes, it is still delightful and I am glad to have it in my DVD collection at last.

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Delightful!

I purchased this dvd for my 19 month old daughter and she simply loves it! There are several timeless classic stories all containing fun, happy music.
The stories are right out of the original books so you can read each story before watching the dvd.
I also enjoyed watching this delightful dvd with my daughter!

Winnie the Pooh lover

I really enjoyed watching this it still is such a good dvd to watch even at 27 years old! Anyone can watch this dvd and it definitely keeps your interest. Super fast shipping also!

Winnie the Pooh (The Friendship Edition)

Great movie for all ages. I like to see them bring back the old Disney movies for the young children.

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