Winnie the Pooh & Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue (2011)

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Winnie the Pooh & Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue

Directed by: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
Produced by: Peter Del Vecho, Clark Spencer
Written by: Stephen J. Anderson, Clio Chiang, Don Dougherty, Don Hall, Kendelle Hoyer, Brian Kesinger, Nicole Mitchell, Jeremy Spears
Story by: Stephen J. Anderson, Clio Chiang, Don Dougherty, Don Hall, Kendelle Hoyer, Brian Kesinger, Nicole Mitchell, Jeremy Spears
Based on: Classic Winnie-the-Pooh stories by A. A. Milne
Starring: Pamela Adlon, Angela Bartys, Eric Bauza, Jeff Bennett, Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Jocelyn Blue, Jack Boulter, Kristin Chenoweth, Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Hale, Wyatt Hall, Georgie Henley, Huell Howser, Charity James, Michael Jordan, Tom Kenny, Wayne Knight, Lucy Liu, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Bud Luckey, Burny Mattinson, Jesse McCartney, June Melby, Lauren Mote, Travis Oates, Rob Paulsen, Faith Prince, Theresa Randle, Catherine Reitman, Michael Sheen, Kelly Sheridan, Raven-Symoné, Colleen Wainwright, Mia Wasikowska, Mae Whitman, Olivia Williams
Narrated by: John Cleese, Cara Dillion
Music by: Henry Jackman, Joel McNeely, Randy Newman, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Zooey Deschanel
Cinematography: Julio Macat
Edited by: Lisa Linder
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates: April 15, 2011 (United Kingdom / Ireland), July 15, 2011 (United States)
DVD/Blu-Ray release date: October 25, 2011
Running time: 247 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $30 million
Box office: $50.1 million
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Winnie the Pooh & Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue is a 2011 American 3D traditionally animated/computer-animated musical fantasy buddy comedy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Inspired by A. A. Milne's stories of the same name, it is the 51st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, along with the 13th and 24th features, Alice in Wonderland and The Fox and the Hound (as both summer anniversary films). It shares with Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Disney/Pixar's Cars 2 as Disney's summer anniversary films. The film is directed by Stephen J. Anderson (Meet the Robinsons) and Don Hall (Big Hero 6), written by A. A. Milne and Burny Mattinson (The Great Mouse Detective, Mickey's Christmas Carol), and produced by Peter Del Vecho (Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog & Tinker Bell's Springtime Belief) and Clark Spencer (Lilo & Stitch, Wreck-It Ralph w/ The Pixie Olympics Arcade). The film is part of Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, the fifth theatrical Winnie the Pooh film released, and Walt Disney Animation Studios' second adaptation of Winnie the Pooh stories. In the film, the aforementioned residents of the Hundred Acre Wood embark on a quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit while Pooh deals with a hunger for honey. Tinker Bell get kidnapped by Lizzy, a little girl with a steadfast belief in the power of pixie dust and the magic land of fairies, oblivious of her father scientist, Dr. Griffiths as Michael Jordan get stolen by a greedy cartoon owner named Al. Two very different worlds unite for the first time and Tinker Bell develops a special bond with a curious child in need of a friend. As their fellow Looney Tunes and fairies launch a daring rescue and go around the streets of London to save them, Tinker Bell takes a huge risk, putting her own safety and the future of all fairy-kind in jeopardy while Jordan is tempted by the idea of immortality in a Japanese museum.
Production for the film with the third installment began in September 2009 with John Lasseter announcing that they wanted to create a film that would "transcend generations." The cast from the previous films returned, consisting of Mae Whitman, Michael Jordan, Pamela Adlon, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné, Kristin Chenoweth, Angela Bartys, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Bennett, Bob Bergen, Theresa Randle, and Jesse McCartney. Jim Cummings and Wayne Knight, who voiced Ray and Stan Podolak in The Princess and the Frog & Tinker Bell's Springtime Belief will voice new characters and several newcomers are introduced, consisting of Lauren Mote, Jeff Bergman, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Sheen, Kelsey Grammer, Travis Oates, Tom Kenny, Craig Ferguson, Bud Luckey, Eric Bauza, and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Joel McNeely and Randy Newman return to compose the film's orchestral score with Henry Jackman, Robert Lopez and his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez joining in. The film also features six songs by the Lopezes, two performances by Cara Dillion and Bridgit Mendler, as well as actress and musician Zooey Deschanel.
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue premiered at London, the United Kingdom and Dublin, Ireland on April 15, 2011 and went into general theatrical release at the United States on July 15, 2011. Unlike the other predecessors, the film was a modest box office success, but received very positive reviews. The film is dedicated to Dan Read, who had working on Disney films including The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little, and died on May 25, 2010. This was also Huell Howser's (who voices the Backson in the epilogue) only film role before his death in January 6, 2013. Its Blu-ray and DVD is released on October 25, 2011. It was accompanied in theaters by a short film, The Ballad of Nessie. Unlike the other films in the series, it takes place entirely away from Pixie Hollow.
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Plot
Like the other fairies, Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman) attends fairy camp. Michael Jordan (Himself), Bugs Bunny (Jeff Bergman), and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang attended the English Festival in the estate to celebrate the arrival of Wendy (Georgie Henley). They prepare for summer camp, but failed when Jordan stumbles and hurts his arm. Wendy's mother, Mrs. Darling (Olivia Williams) decides to leave Jordan behind. Winnie the Pooh (Jim Cummings) wakes up one day to find that he is out of honey. While out searching for more, Pooh discovers that Eeyore (Bud Luckey) has lost his tail.
The next day, Jordan discovers Wheezy (Jerome Ranft), a penguin, has been in the patient room next door due to his sore throat. When Tink attempts to go find some lost things, Vidia (Pamela Adlon) asks her if she's going to the human house, which isn't far from camp. The question makes Tink curious and eventually sneaks off. Vidia follows behind to watch over her. When she reaches the house, she is amazed by their "horseless carriage". She takes the time to flitter around under the car, while Vidia tries to get her to leave. When Mrs. Darling takes Wheezy to the yard sale, Jordan rescues him, only to be stolen by a greedy cartoon collector, who takes him to his apartment.
Eventually they do, but on their way back to camp, Tink and Vidia stumble upon a fairy-sized house made by Lizzy (Lauren Mote), a human girl who wishes to meet a real fairy. Tink immediately heads in to investigate, despite Vidia's constant warnings. Tink claims it to be perfectly safe, so Vidia slams the door shut in an attempt to scare her but unintentionally locks Tink inside. When Lizzy begins to approach the house, Vidia tries to free Tink to no avail. Lizzy discovers Tink inside and takes her to her home. She prepares to show Tink to her father, Dr. Griffiths (Michael Sheen), a very busy and serious scientist, but upon seeing all the butterflies he has pinned in display for research, she decides to keep Tink a secret.
Bugs and all of the Looney Tunes identify the thief from a commercial as Al McWhiggin (Wayne Knight), the owner of an acme store called Al's Toon Barn. Bugs, Daffy Duck (Jeff Bergman), Porky Pig (Bob Bergen), Sylvester (Jeff Bergman), and Tweety Bird (Jeff Bergman) all set out to rescue Michael. Meanwhile, Vidia rallies Rosetta (Kristin Chenoweth), Iridessa (Raven-Symoné), Fawn (Angela Bartys), Silvermist (Lucy Liu), Clank (Jeff Bennett) and Bobble (Rob Paulsen) to rescue Tink. They try to sail on a stream which would take them straight to the Griffiths' house.
At Al's apartment, Michael learns that he is a valuable collectable based on a Lewis Carroll and A. A. Milne tales, Alice in Wonderland and Winnie the Pooh and is set to be sold to a cartoon museum in Tokyo, Japan. Pooh, Piglet (Travis Oates), Rabbit (Tom Kenny), Owl (Craig Ferguson), Kanga (Kristen Anderson-Lopez), and Roo (Wyatt Hall) come to the rescue while Tigger (Jim Cummings) has his bouncing fun, and Christopher Robin (Jack Boulter) decides to hold a contest to see who can find a replacement for Eeyore's tail. The prize for the winner is a fresh pot of honey. After many failed attempts for what would replace Eeyore's tail (such as a cuckoo clock), Kanga suggests they use a scarf, but it unravels.
Back at the human house, Lizzy reveals her fascination of fairies. Tink is flattered by her obsession and since Tink can't leave the house because it's raining outside, she decides to teach her nearly everything about fairies. They record their information in a new research book given to Lizzy by her father. During this time, they have grown a great friendship. While the other characters from the tale—Alice (Mia Wasikowska), his kitten Dinah, and Stinky Pete (Kelsey Grammer) the Prospector—are excited about going, Jordan wants to return home because he is still one of the Looney Tune colleagues. Alice is upset because the museum is only interested in the collection if Jordan is in it since they will return to storage if he is absent from the collection. When his arm is injured accidentally, Jordan attempts to retrieve the healing medicine and escape but is foiled by someone mysteriously turning on Al's television set. When their ship goes over a waterfall, Silvermist manipulates the water to create a mid-air stream. While this does save their lives, the boat is wrecked.
The next day, Pooh goes to visit Christopher Robin and he finds a note that says "Gon Out Bizy Back Soon". Because Pooh is unable to read the note, he asks for Owl's help. Owl's poor reading comprehension skills lead Pooh and his friends to believe that Christopher Robin has been abducted by a ruthless and mischievous monster they call the "Backson" and Owl describes it in a song that is shown in a chalk-drawn scene. The next morning, a doctor (Burny Mattinson) fixes Jordan's arm and he learns that Alice was once the beloved daughter of a mother named Lady Ascot, who eventually outgrew her and gave her away. Pete warns him that the same fate awaits him when Wendy grows up, whereas he will last forever in the museum. This convinces Jordan to stay, now believing that all toons eventually get discarded by their owners.
Meanwhile, Bugs and the other Tunes reach Al's Toon Barn, having travelled 20 blocks. While searching for Jordan, Bugs is imprisoned into a cardboard box by his dead ringer of Bunny Dodgers with a utility belt, who thinks he is a real space hero. Bunny Dodgers joins the other Tunes, who mistake him as their Bugs. Rabbit plans to trap the Backson in a pit, which they think he'll fall into after following a trail of items leading to it. Meanwhile, Tigger, wanting a sidekick to help him defeat the Backson, recruits Eeyore to be a second Tigger. He dresses up like the Backson and tries to teach Eeyore how to fight. Eeyore, who is doing this against his will, escapes from Tigger and hides underwater. The fairies continue on foot but upon crossing a mudbank, Vidia gets stuck waist deep. While Clank and Bobble try to find something to pull her out, the other fairies are nearly run over by a car but are saved when Iridessa blinds the driver (Jeff Bennett), who then vacates the car, giving the girls a chance to get Vidia out by grabbing onto the driver's shoelace.
After a while, the rain dies down, and Tink is able to return to camp. She gives Lizzy a hug and makes her way out but before she leaves, she watches Lizzy attempt to show her father the research. Unfortunately, Dr. Griffiths is too busy fixing the house's leaks to pay her any mind, so Tink returns and fixes the leaks, saving Lizzy's father from the burden. Afterwards, she makes the choice to release a captive butterfly Dr. Griffiths was planning on showing to a group of scientists. Thinking that his daughter was the one who set free the butterfly free, he sends her to her room. Meanwhile, Vidia confesses to the rescue team that it was her fault that Tink has been captured. They comfort Vidia about the situation, informing her that it could have been worse without her presence.
After discovering Al's plan, the troops arrive his apartment while Bugs escapes and pursues them, accidentally freeing Marvin the Martian (Eric Bauza), who immediately goes after him, intent on destroying him. Back in the tale, after a failed attempt to get honey from a bee hive, Pooh's imagination combined with his hunger get the better of him which has end up eating some mud and later, accidentally falls into the pit meant for the Backson. Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Piglet, and Eeyore (who had found an anchor whilst he was hiding to replace his own tail) try to get him out, but fall in themselves.
Back at the house, Tink shows Lizzy how to fly in her room with pixie dust. Piglet, who didn't fell in, attempts to get Pooh and friends out of the trap (though continuously irritating Rabbit with over-interpretations of his instructions), but he runs into Tigger, still in his Backson outfit, and mistakes him for the actual monster. Piglet escapes from Tigger on a red balloon, which knocks some of the storybook's letters into the pit. After the chase, Tigger and Piglet fall into the trap as well, where Eeyore reminds Tigger that he, being "the only one," is "the most wonderful thing about Tiggers". Once the rescue team finally reaches the human house, they are attacked by Lizzy's pet cat, Mr. Twitches. Despite being an animal fairy, Fawn is unable to immediately tame a cat under pressure. A chase ensues before she is able to find catnip, eventually taming the cat.
After the Tunes find Jordan, Bugs rejoins them and proves that he is the real Bugs, but Jordan refuses to go home. Bugs reminds Jordan of a toon's "true purpose" and warns him that in the museum, he will only be able to watch children from behind glass and never be played with again. Eventually, Pooh figures out to use the fallen letters to form a ladder, and the animals are able to escape the pit. They soon find Christopher Robin, and tell him about the Backson, but he clarifies, saying he meant to be "back soon." The hunny pot prize was given to the red balloon from earlier, much to Pooh's dismay.
However, Jordan changes his mind and asks the storybook characters to come with him, but Pete prevents their escape. Having foiled Jordan's escape the previous night, he reveals that he wants to go to Japan because he was never sold to cartoon lovers, allowing Al to take the storybook character with him. Then her father walks in, forcing Tink to hide in the fairy house. He finds footprints on the ceiling and sternly demands the truth. Lizzy tells him about Tink and shows him the research she and the fairy did in the book he gave her. Her father, however, still refuses to believe in fairies, and he and his daughter get into a disagreement. Angered by Dr. Griffiths' stubbornness, Tink reveals herself and chides him. The sight of the fairy astonishes the scientist and prompts him to capture Tink so that he could take her to London for research, but Vidia arrives just in time and pushes her out the way. Vidia is instead captured by Dr. Griffiths, but Lizzy and the fairies are able to convince him to think otherwise.
Bugs and the gang prepare to save Jordan, but are caught by Marvin, who wants to destroy Bugs, but Daffy knocks him down Al's building. The Looney Tunes follow Al while Bunny Dodgers chooses to remain behind with an injured Marvin. Accompanied by the Nerdlucks, they steal a delivery truck and follow Al to an airport, where they enter the baggage handling system and free Jordan. Pete injures Jordan's arm again while preventing his escape, but is stuffed into a crate by the Looney Tunes to teach him a lesson of what it is like to be loved. They free Dinah, only for Alice to end up on the plane bound for Japan. Assisted by Bugs and Dinah, Jordan frees Alice and the Tunes find their way home. Dr. Griffiths apologizes to his daughter for not believing her. Vidia is then freed. Later, Pooh visits Owl only to find that Owl was the one that took Eeyore's tail, not realizing it belonged to Eeyore. Owl had been using Eeyore's tail as a bell-pull for his door. Pooh chooses to leave. In the end, Pooh returns the tail to Eeyore instead of sharing a pot of honey with Owl. Christopher Robin is proud of Pooh's selflessness and rewards him with a large pot of honey.
Wendy returns from the summer vacation, she accepts Alice, Dinah, and the Nerdlucks as his new colleagues, thinking Mrs. Darling bought them, and cures Jordan's injured arm. Meanwhile, Al's business has suffered due to his failure to sell the storybook characters. Jordan tells Bugs that he is not worried about Wendy discarding him because, when he does, they will still have each other for company. Wheezy's throat has been fixed. Lizzy and her father are now closer than ever. Vidia and Tink form a friendship.
In a epilogue scene, it is revealed that the rumored Backson (Huell Howser) actually exists deep in the woods, but is much friendlier than imagined. He discovers the trail of objects that the animals left, and picks up each one, planning to return them to whoever owns them. He ends up falling into the pit that was originally meant for him and waits for someone to arrive and help him out. He adds, "I sure hope that fellow will be back soon."
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Scenes
1. Opening Titles
2. Bugs' Mission
3. Opening Credits
4. Michael's Last Tank Top
5. It's Nana!
6. The Tummy Song
7. The Nightmare
8. Wheezy
9. Lizzy's Cottage
10. Yard Sale
11. Kidnapped!
12. The Fairy House
13. Tink in a Cage
14. Who Stole Michael?
15. The Kingsleigh Family
16. A Very Important Thing to Do
17. Operation Rescue Michael
18. Tink and Lizzy Get to Know Each Other
19. Fairies to the Rescue
20. "Michael's Roundup"
21. Michael Hurts His Arm
22. Bugs' Speech
23. Getting the Arm
24. A Note from Christopher Robin
25. The Backson Song
26. Crossing the Road
27. The Cleaner
28. Al's Toon Barn
29. Michael's Restoration
30. Bugs Switch
31. The Barbie Aisle
32. It's Gonna Be Great
33. Alice's Story
34. Tink Stays the Night
35. Rain and Work
36. Everything is Honey
37. The Tunes Find Al
38. Piglet to the Rescue
39. Into the Vents
40. Lizzy Flies
41. Backson Attack
42. The Great Michael Jordan
43. To the Rescue!
44. Michael Stays
45. Christopher Robin Returns
46. Stinky Pete
47. Tink Meets Lizzy's Dad
48. Marvin Battle
49. Flying to London
50. To the Airport
51. Michael Jordan vs. Prospector
52. Saving Alice
53. Takeoff!
54. A Visit to Owl's
55. Pooh's Grand Prize
56. Welcome Home
57. A Picnic Tea Party
58. End Credits
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Dialogues
Main article: Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue - Subtitles (en)
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Cast (in credits order)
Mae Whitman – Tinker Bell
Jim Cummings – Winnie the Pooh / Tigger
Michael Jordan – Himself
Lauren Mote – Lizzy
Jeff Bergman – Bugs Bunny / Daffy Duck / Sylvester / Tweety / Foghorn Leghorn
Mia Wasikowska – Alice
Travis Oates – Piglet
Michael Sheen – Dr. Griffiths
Kelsey Grammer – Stinky Pete
Pamela Adlon – Vidia
Lucy Liu – Silvermist
Raven-Symoné – Iridessa
Kristin Chenoweth – Rosetta
Angela Bartys – Fawn
Bob Bergen – Porky Pig / Various
Rob Paulsen – Bobble
Jeff Bennett – Clank
Tom Kenny – Rabbit
Craig Ferguson – Owl
Bud Luckey – Eeyore
Eric Bauza – Marvin the Martian
John Cleese – Narrator
Jack Boulter – Christopher Robin
Kristen Anderson-Lopez – Kanga
Wyatt Hall – Roo
Jesse McCartney – Terence
Theresa Randle – Juanita Jordan
Wayne Knight – Al McWhiggin
Georgie Henley – Wendy
Olivia Williams – Mrs. Darling
Jennifer Hale – Mrs. Pussycat
Kelly Sheridan – Barbie
Jerome Ranft – Wheezy
Burny Mattinson – Geri the Cleaner
Jocelyn Blue – Pound
Charity James – Blanko
June Melby – Bang
Catherine Reitman – Bupkus
Colleen Wainwright – Nawt
Huell Howser – Backson
Cara Dillion – Prologue Narrator
Faith Prince – Mrs. Perkins
Jeff Bennett – Driver
Additional Voices: Steve Alterman, Charles Bartlett, Ashley Boettcher, Jillian Bowen, Johanna Braddy, Corey Burton, Cathy Cavadini, Will Collyer, Peter Del Vecho, John DeMita, Terri Douglas, Courtnee Draper, Judi Durand, Aaron Fors, Pat Fraley, Willow Geer, Daniel Gerson, Aaron Hendry, Barbara Iley, Forrest Iwaszewski, Carlyle King, Daamen Krall, Lisa Linder Silver, Robert Lopez, Christina MacGregor, Lewis Macleod, Mona Marshall, Jeremy Maxwell, Daniel Mora, Tim Mertens, Nolan North, Jason Pace, Paige Pollack, Alex Puccinelli, Moira Quirk, David Randolph, Noreen Reardon, Aurian Redson, Darren Richardson, Shane Sweet, Regina Taufen, Nancy Truman, William Vanderpuye, Diz White, James Daniel Wilson, Ruth Zalduondo
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Birthdays (2011)
Mae Whitman: Date of Birth: June 9, 1988 [age 23] at California, USA
Jim Cummings: Date of Birth: November 3, 1952 [age 58] at Ohio, USA
Michael Jordan: Date of Birth: February 17, 1963 [age 48] at New York, USA
Lauren Mote: Date of Birth: February 10, 1997 [age 14] at Sunderland, England
Jeff Bergman: Date of Birth: July 10, 1960 [age 51] at Pennsylvania, USA
Mia Wasikowska: Date of Birth: October 14, 1989 [age 21] at Canberra, Australia
Michael Sheen: Date of Birth: February 5, 1969 [age 42] at Newport, Wales
Kelsey Grammer: Date of Birth: February 21, 1955 [age 56] at USA Virgin Islands
Pamela Adlon: Date of Birth: July 9, 1966 [age 45] at New York, USA
Lucy Liu: Date of Birth: December 2, 1968 [age 42] at New York, USA
Raven-Symoné: Date of Birth: December 10, 1985 [age 25] at Georgia, USA
Kristin Chenoweth: Date of Birth: July 24, 1968 [age 42] at Oklahoma, USA
Angela Bartys
Travis Oates
Bob Bergen: Date of Birth: March 8, 1964 [age 47] at Missouri, USA
Rob Paulsen: Date of Birth: March 11, 1956 [age 55] at Michigan, USA
Jeff Bennett: Date of Birth: October 2, 1962 [age 48] at Texas, USA
Tom Kenny: Date of Birth: July 13, 1962 [age 49] at New York, USA
Craig Ferguson: Date of Birth: May 17, 1962 [age 49] at Glasgow, Scotland
Bud Luckey: Date of Birth: July 28, 1934 [age 76] at Montana, USA
Eric Bauza: Date of Birth: December 7, 1979 [age 31] at Ontario, Canada
John Cleese: Date of Birth: October 27, 1939 [age 71] at Somerset, England
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Wyatt Dean Hall
Jack Boulter
Jesse McCartney: Date of Birth: April 9, 1987 [age 24] at New York, USA
Theresa Randle: Date of Birth: December 27, 1964 [age 46] at Michigan, USA
Wayne Knight: Date of Birth: August 7, 1955 [age 55] at New York, USA
Georgie Henley: Date of Birth: July 9, 1995 [age 16] at Yorkshire, England
Olivia Williams: Date of Birth: July 26, 1968 [age 42] at London, England
Jennifer Hale: Date of Birth: January 30, 1972 [age 39] at Newfoundland, Canada
Kelly Sheridan: Date of Birth: May 19, 1977 [age 34] at Ontario, Canada
Jerome Ranft
Burny Mattinson: Date of Birth: May 13, 1935 [age 76] at California, USA
Jocelyn Blue: Date of Birth: December 30, 1966 [age 44] at California, USA
Charity James: Date of Birth: October 13, 1958 [age 52] at USA
June Melby
Catherine Reitman: Date of Birth: April 28, 1981 [age 30] at California, USA
Colleen Wainwright: Date of Birth: February 9, 1965 [age 46] at California, USA
Huell Howser: Date of Birth: October 18, 1945 [age 65] at Tennessee, USA
Cara Dillion: Date of Birth: July 21, 1975 [age 35] at County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Faith Prince: Date of Birth: August 6, 1957 [age 53] at Georgia, USA
Cars 2 (2011)
Larry the Cable Guy: Date of Birth: February 17, 1963 [age 48] at Nebraska, USA
Owen Wilson: Date of Birth: November 18, 1968 [age 42] at Texas, USA
Michael Caine: Date of Birth: March 14, 1933 [age 78] at London, England
Emily Mortimer: Date of Birth: December 1, 1971 [age 39] at London, England
Eddie Izzard: Date of Birth: February 7, 1962 [age 49] at Wiltshire, England
John Turturro: Date of Birth: February 28, 1957 [age 54] at New York, USA
Brent Musburger: Date of Birth: May 26, 1939 [age 72] at Oregon, USA
Joe Mantegna: Date of Birth: November 13, 1947 [age 63] at Illinois, USA
Thomas Kretschmann: Date of Birth: September 8, 1962 [age 48] at Dessau, Germany
Peter Jacobson: Date of Birth: March 24, 1965 [age 46] at Illinois, USA
Bonnie Hunt: Date of Birth: September 22, 1961 [age 49] at Illinois, USA
Darrell Waltrip: Date of Birth: February 5, 1947 [age 64] at Kentucky, USA
Franco Nero: Date of Birth: November 23, 1941 [age 69] at Parma, Italy
David Hobbs: Date of Birth: June 9, 1939 [age 72] at Warwickshire, England
Patrick Walker
Tony Shalhoub: Date of Birth: October 9, 1953 [age 57] at Wisconsin, USA
Jeff Garlin: Date of Birth: June 5, 1962 [age 49] at Illinois, USA
Michel Michelis: Place of Birth: at Montpellier, France
Jason Issacs: Date of Birth: June 6, 1963 [age 48] at Liverpool, England
Lloyd Sherr: Date of Birth: March 24, 1959 [age 52] at California, USA
Bruce Campbell: Date of Birth: June 22, 1958 [age 53] at Michigan, USA
Teresa Gallagher
Jenifer Lewis: Date of Birth: January 25, 1957 [age 54] at Missouri, USA
Stanley Townsend: Place of Birth: at Dublin, Ireland
Velibor Topic: Date of Birth: 1970 [age 40-41] at Mostar, Yugoslavia
Sig Hansen: Date of Birth: April 28, 1966 [age 45] at Washington, USA
Guido Quaroni: Date of Birth: November 9, 1967 [age 43] at Pavia, Italy
Vanessa Redgrave: Date of Birth: January 30, 1937 [age 74] at London, England
John Mainieri
Brad Lewis: Date of Birth: 1958 [age 52-53] at California, USA
Cheech Marin: Date of Birth: July 13, 1946 [age 64] at California, USA
Jeff Gordon: Date of Birth: August 4, 1971 [age 39] at California, USA
Lewis Hamilton: Date of Birth: January 7, 1985 [age 26] at Hertfordshire, England
Paul Dooley: Date of Birth: February 22, 1928 [age 83] at West Virginia, USA
Edie McClurg: Date of Birth: July 23, 1951 [age 59] at Missouri, USA
Richard Kind: Date of Birth: November 22, 1956 [age 54] at New Jersey, USA
Katherine Helmond: Date of Birth: July 5, 1928 [age 82] at Texas, USA
John Ratzenberger: Date of Birth: April 6, 1947 [age 64] at Connecticut, USA
Michael Wallis: Date of Birth: October 7, 1945 [age 65] at Missouri, USA
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Angela Lansbury: Date of Birth: October 16, 1925 [age 46] at London, England
David Tomlinson: Date of Birth: May 7, 1917 [age 54] at Oxfordshire, England
Cindy O'Callaghan: Date of Birth: October 18, 1956 [age 15] at Ireland
Roy Snart: Date of Birth: 1962 [age 8-9]
Ian Weighill
Roddy McDowall: Date of Birth: September 17, 1928 [age 43] at London, England
Sam Jaffe: Date of Birth: March 10, 1891 [age 80] at New York, USA
Lennie Weinrib: Date of Birth: April 29, 1935 [age 36] at New York, USA
Bob Holt: Date of Birth: December 28, 1928 [age 42] at Missouri, USA
Dallas McKennon: Date of Birth: July 19, 1919 [age 52] at Oregon, USA
John Ericson: Date of Birth: September 23, 1926 [age 45] at Düsseldorf, Germany
Bruce Forsyth: Date of Birth: February 22, 1928 [age 43] at London, England
Tessie O'Shea: Date of Birth: March 13, 1913 [age 58] at Cardiff, Wales
Arthur Gould-Porter: Date of Birth: January 4, 1905 [age 66] at Cornwall, England
Ben Wrigley: Date of Birth: March 12, 1903 [age 68] at London, England
Reginald Owen: Date of Birth: August 5, 1887 [age 84] at Hertfordshire, England
Cyril Delevanti: Date of Birth: February 23, 1889 [age 82] at London, England
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Jim Henson: Date of Birth: September 24, 1936 [age 42] at Mississippi, USA
Frank Oz: Date of Birth: May 25, 1944 [age 35] at Hereford, England
Jerry Nelson: Date of Birth: July 10, 1934 [age 44] at Oklahoma, USA
Richard Hunt: Date of Birth: August 16, 1951 [age 27] at New York, USA
Dave Goelz: Date of Birth: July 16, 1946 [age 32] at California, USA
Charles Durning: Date of Birth: February 28, 1923 [age 56] at New York, USA
Austin Pendleton: Date of Birth: March 27, 1940 [age 39] at Ohio, USA
Edgar Bergen: Date of Birth: February 16, 1903 [aged 75] at Illinois, USA
Milton Berle: Date of Birth: July 12, 1908 [age 70] at New York, USA
Mel Brooks: Date of Birth: June 28, 1926 [age 52] at New York, USA
James Coburn: Date of Birth: August 31, 1928 [age 50] at Nebraska, USA
Dom DeLuise: Date of Birth: August 1, 1933 [age 45] at New York, USA
Elliott Gould: Date of Birth: August 29, 1938 [age 40] at New York, USA
Bob Hope: Date of Birth: May 29, 1903 [age 76] at London, England
Madeline Kahn: Date of Birth: September 29, 1942 [age 36] at Massachusetts, USA
Carol Kane: Date of Birth: June 18, 1952 [age 27] at Ohio, USA
Cloris Leachman: Date of Birth: April 30, 1926 [age 53] at Iowa, USA
Steve Martin: Date of Birth: August 14, 1945 [age 33] at Texas, USA
Richard Pryor: Date of Birth: December 1, 1940 [age 38] at Illinois, USA
Telly Savalas: Date of Birth: January 21, 1922 [age 57] at New York, USA
Orson Welles: Date of Birth: May 6, 1915 [age 64] at Wisconsin, USA
Paul Williams: Date of Birth: September 19, 1940 [age 38] at Nebraska, USA
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
James MacDonald: Date of Birth: May 19, 1906 [age 41] at Cheshire, England
Clarence Nash: Date of Birth: December 7, 1904 [age 42] at Oklahoma, USA
Pinto Colvig: Date of Birth: September 11, 1892 [age 55] at Oregon, USA
Cliff Edwards: Date of Birth: June 14, 1895 [age 52] at Missouri, USA
Billy Gilbert: Date of Birth: September 12, 1894 [age 53] at Kentucky, USA
Edgar Bergen: Date of Birth: February 16, 1903 [age 44] at Illinois, USA
Dinah Shore: Date of Birth: February 29, 1916 [age 31] at Tennessee, USA
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Barbara Luddy: Date of Birth: May 25, 1908 [age 47] at Montana, USA
Larry Roberts: Date of Birth: September 28, 1926 [age 28] at Ohio, USA
Bill Thompson: Date of Birth: July 8, 1913 [age 41] at Indiana, USA
Bill Baucom: Date of Birth: May 5, 1910 [age 45] at Kentucky, USA
Peggy Lee: Date of Birth: May 26, 1920 [age 35] at North Dakota, USA
Lee Millar: Date of Birth: June 13, 1924 [age 31] at British Columbia, Canada
Verna Felton: Date of Birth: July 20, 1890 [age 64] at California, USA
George Givot: Date of Birth: February 18, 1903 [age 52] at Nebraska, USA
Dallas McKennon: Date of Birth: July 19, 1919 [age 35] at Oregon, USA
Alan Reed: Date of Birth: August 20, 1907 [age 47] at New York, USA
Stan Freberg: Date of Birth: August 7, 1926 [age 28] at California, USA
Thurl Ravenscroft: Date of Birth: February 6, 1914 [age 41] at Nebraska, USA
Pocahontas (1995)
Irene Bedard: Date of Birth: July 22, 1967 [age 27] at Alaska, USA
Mel Gibson: Date of Birth: January 3, 1956 [age 39] at New York, USA
David Ogden Stiers: Date of Birth: October 31, 1942 [age 52] at Illinois, USA
John Kassir: Date of Birth: October 24, 1957 [age 37] at Maryland, USA
Frank Welker: Date of Birth: March 12, 1946 [age 49] at Colorado, USA
Russell Means: Date of Birth: November 10, 1939 [age 55] at South Dakota, USA
Christian Bale: Date of Birth: January 30, 1974 [age 21] at Pembrokeshire, Wales
Linda Hunt: Date of Birth: April 2, 1945 [age 50] at New Jersey, USA
Danny Mann: Date of Birth: July 28, 1951 [age 43] at Tennessee, USA
Billy Connolly: Date of Birth: November 24, 1942 [age 52] at Glasgow, Scotland
Joe Baker: Date of Birth: December 14, 1928 [age 66] at London, England
Michelle St. John
James Apaument Fall
Gordon Tootoosis: Date of Birth: October 25, 1941 [age 53] at Saskatchewan, Canada
Toy Story (1995)
Tom Hanks: Date of Birth: July 9, 1956 [age 39] at California, USA
Tim Allen: Date of Birth: June 13, 1953 [age 42] at Colorado, USA
Don Rickles: Date of Birth: May 8, 1926 [age 69] at New York, USA
Jim Varney: Date of Birth: June 15, 1949 [age 46] at Kentucky, USA
Wallace Shawn: Date of Birth: November 12, 1943 [age 52] at New York, USA
John Ratzenberger: Date of Birth: April 6, 1947 [age 48] at Connecticut, USA
Annie Potts: Date of Birth: October 28, 1952 [age 43] at Tennessee, USA
John Morris: Date of Birth: October 2, 1984 [age 11] at Texas, USA
Erik von Detten: Date of Birth: October 3, 1982 [age 13] at California, USA
Laurie Metcalf: Date of Birth: June 16, 1955 [age 40] at Illinois, USA
R. Lee Ermey: Date of Birth: March 24, 1944 [age 51] at Kansas, USA
Sarah Freeman: Date of Birth: September 26, 1986 [age 9] at California, USA
Penn Jillette: Date of Birth: March 5, 1955 [age 40] at Massachusetts, USA
Finding Nemo (2003)
Albert Brooks: Date of Birth: July 22, 1947 [age 55] at California, USA
Ellen DeGeneres: Date of Birth: January 26, 1958 [age 45] at Louisiana, USA
Alexander Gould: Date of Birth: May 4, 1994 [age 9] at California, USA
Willem Dafoe: Date of Birth: July 22, 1955 [age 47] at Wisconsin, USA
Brad Garrett: Date of Birth: April 14, 1960 [age 43] at California, USA
Allison Janney: Date of Birth: November 19, 1959 [age 43] at Ohio, USA
Austin Pendleton: Date of Birth: March 27, 1940 [age 63] at Ohio, USA
Stephen Root: Date of Birth: November 17, 1951 [age 51] at Florida, USA
Vicki Lewis: Date of Birth: March 17, 1960 [age 43] at Ohio, USA
Joe Ranft: Date of Birth: March 13, 1960 [age 43] at California, USA
Geoffrey Rush: Date of Birth: July 6, 1951 [age 51] at Queensland, Australia
Andrew Stanton: Date of Birth: December 3, 1965 [age 37] at Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Perkins: Date of Birth: November 18, 1960 [age 42] at New York, USA
Nicholas Bird: Date of Birth: October 28, 1994 [age 8] at California, USA
Bob Peterson: Date of Birth: January 18, 1961 [age 42] at Ohio, USA
Barry Humphries: Date of Birth: February 17, 1934 [age 69] at Melbourne, Australia
Eric Bana: Date of Birth: August 9, 1968 [age 34] at Melbourne, Australia
Bruce Spence: Date of Birth: September 17, 1945 [age 57] at Auckland, New Zealand
Bill Hunter: Date of Birth: February 27, 1940 [age 63] at Victoria, Australia
LuLu Ebeling
Jordy Ranft: Date of Birth: December 24, 1991 [age 11] at California, USA
Erica Beck: Date of Birth: June 5, 1992 [age 10] at California, USA
Erik Per Sullivan: Date of Birth: July 12, 1991 [age 11] at Massachusetts, USA
John Ratzenberger: Date of Birth: April 6, 1947 [age 56] at Connecticut, USA
Brother Bear (2003)
Joaquin Phoenix: Date of Birth: October 28, 1974 [age 29] at San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jeremy Suarez: Date of Birth: July 6, 1990 [age 13] at California, USA
Jason Raize: Date of Birth: July 20, 1975 [age 28] at New York, USA
Rick Moranis: Date of Birth: April 18, 1953 [age 50] at Ontario, Canada
Dave Thomas: Date of Birth: May 20, 1949 [age 54] at Ontario, Canada
D.B. Sweeney: Date of Birth: November 14, 1961 [age 41] at New York, USA
Joan Copeland: Date of Birth: June 1, 1922 [age 81] at New York, USA
Michael Clarke Duncan: Date of Birth: December 10, 1957 [age 45] at Illinois, USA
Harold Gould: Date of Birth: December 10, 1923 [age 79] at New York, USA
Paul Christie
Danny Mastrogiorgio
Estelle Harris: Date of Birth: April 4, 1928 [age 75] at New York, USA
Greg Proops: Date of Birth: October 3, 1959 [age 44] at Arizona, USA
Pauley Perrette: Date of Birth: March 27, 1969 [age 34] at Louisiana, USA
Darko Cesar
Bumper Robinson: Date of Birth: June 19, 1974 [age 29] at Ohio, USA
Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley: Date of Birth: November 8, 1934 [age 68] at Alaska, USA
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Rickie Sorensen: Date of Birth: August 26, 1946 [age 17] at California, USA
Karl Swenson: Date of Birth: July 23, 1908 [age 55] at New York, USA
Junius Matthews: Date of Birth: June 12, 1890 [age 73] at Illinois, USA
Martha Wentworth: Date of Birth: June 2, 1889 [age 74] at New York, USA
Sebastian Cabot: Date of Birth: July 6, 1918 [age 45] at London, England
Norman Alden: Date of Birth: September 13, 1924 [age 39] at Texas, USA
Alan Napier: Date of Birth: January 7, 1903 [age 60] at West Midlands, England
James MacDonald: Date of Birth: May 19, 1906 [age 57] at Cheshire, England
Thurl Ravenscroft: Date of Birth: February 6, 1914 [age 49] at Nebraska, USA
Ginny Tyler: Date of Birth: August 8, 1925 [age 38] at Washington, USA
Barbara Jo Allen: Date of Birth: September 2, 1906 [age 57] at New York, USA
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Birthday Months + Death Months
Pete Postlethwaite (February 7, 1946 — January 2, 2011) (In the Name of the Father, Inception, The Usual Suspects)
Charlie Callas (December 20, 1924 — January 27, 2011) (Pete's Dragon, Silent Movie, Switch)
Bill Justice (February 9, 1914 — February 10, 2011) (Peter Pan, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland)
Kenneth Mars (April 4, 1935 — February 12, 2011) (The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein, The Producers)
Peter Alexander (June 30, 1926 — February 12, 2011)
Eugenia Dinning (March 29, 1924 — February 22, 2011)
Michael Gough (November 23, 1916 — March 17, 2011) (Sleepy Hollow, Batman)
Wayne Robson (April 29, 1946 — April 4, 2011) (The Rescuers Down Under, The Red Green Show)
Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley (November 8, 1934 — April 24, 2011)
Jackie Cooper (September 15, 1922 — May 3, 2011) (Skippy, Our Gang, Superman)
Norma Zimmer (July 13, 1923 — May 10, 2011) (The Lawrence Welk Show)
Bill Skiles (July 5, 1931 — May 16, 2011)
Randy Savage (November 15, 1952 — May 20, 2011)
Bill Hunter (February 27, 1940 — May 21, 2011) (Finding Nemo, Muriel's Wedding)
Jeff Conaway (October 5, 1950 — May 27, 2011) (Grease, Taxi, Babylon 5)
Wally Boag (September 9, 1920 — June 3, 2011) (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue)
Betty Taylor (October 7, 1919 — June 4, 2011) (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue)
Don Diamond (June 4, 1921 — June 19, 2011) (F Troop, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Zorro)
Peter Falk (September 16, 1927 — June 23, 2011) (Columbo, Pocketful of Miracles, The Princess Bride)
Gordon Tootoosis (October 25, 1941 — July 5, 2011) (Pocahontas, Legends of the Fall)
Joan Gerber (July 29, 1935 — August 22, 2011)
Frances Bay (January 23, 1919 — September 15, 2011) (Happy Gilmore, Blue Velvet, The Middle)
Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 — October 5, 2011)
Barbara Kent (December 16, 1907 — October 13, 2011)
Harry Morgan (April 10, 1915 — December 7, 2011) (M*A*S*H, Dragnet)
Nicol Williamson (September 14, 1936 — December 16, 2011) (Inadmissible Evidence, Spawn, Excalibur)
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Cars 2
100+ matches: Mater, Lightning McQueen, Finn McMissile, Holley Shiftwell
45 matches: Francesco Bernoulli
36 matches: Brent Mustangburger
35 matches: Professor Zündapp
32 matches: Grem
28 matches: Sir Miles Axlerod
24 matches: Acer
18 matches: David Hobbscap
17 matches: Sally Carrera
16 matches: Mater's Computer
15 matches: Darrell Cartrip, Uncle Topolino, Luigi
12 matches: Tombér
11 matches: Mel Dorado, Otis
9 matches: Rod "Torque" Redline
8 matches: Fillmore, Sarge, Vladmir Trunkov
7 matches: Flo, Guido
6 matches: Siddeley, Victor Hugo, Crabby, Tubbs Pacer, J. Curby Gremlin
5 matches: Leland Turbo, Lewis Hamilton, Ivan the Tow Truck
4 matches: Tony Trihull, Jeff Gordon, Alexander Hugo, Ramone, the Queen
3 matches: Mama Topolino, Van, Sheriff
2 matches: Lizzie, Mack, Minny

24 matches: Mater
23 matches: Brent Mustangburger
13 matches: Finn McMissile, Holley Shiftwell
11 matches: Lightning McQueen, Darrell Cartrip
9 matches: Mater's Computer
6 matches: Professor Zündapp, David Hobbscap
2 matches: Grem, Acer, Lemon Kingpin, Tannoy, Italian Announcer, Automated Voice
1 match: Francesco Bernoulli, Sally Carrera, Uncle Topolino, Luigi, Tony Trihull, PA, Reporter, Airport PA
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Winnie the Pooh
100+ matches: Winnie the Pooh, Lizzy, Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny
100 matches: Dr. Griffiths
79 matches: Tinker Bell
76 matches: Vidia
73 matches: Daffy Duck
67 matches: Alice
?? matches: Piglet
55 matches: Porky Pig
?? matches: Tigger
53 matches: Al McWhiggin
?? matches: Rabbit
49 matches: Stinky Pete
?? matches: Owl
47 matches: Sylvester
?? matches: Christopher Robin
44 matches: Tweety
43 matches: Bobble
42 matches: Clank
?? matches: Narrator
33 matches: Rosetta
25 matches: Fawn, Wendy
?? matches: Eeyore
21 matches: Silvermist
19 matches: Iridessa
?? matches: Kanga, Roo
14 matches: Juanita Jordan, Mrs. Darling
11 matches: Wheezy
9 matches: Terence, Barbie
8 matches: Marvin the Martian
5 matches: Miranda Pussycat
4 matches: Geri the Cleaner
? matches: Backson
3 matches: Foghorn Leghorn
2 matches: Driver
1 match: Narrator, Mrs. Perkins

16 matches: Bobble, Narrator
15 matches: Bugs Bunny, Lizzy
14 matches: Winnie the Pooh, Dr. Griffiths
11 matches: Daffy Duck, Clank
10 matches: Tweety
7 matches: Piglet, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Owl
6 matches: Stinky Pete, Rosetta, Rabbit
5 matches: Michael Jordan, Tigger
4 matches: Tinker Bell, Alice, Silvermist, Christopher Robin
3 matches: Vidia, Iridessa, Kanga, Mrs. Darling, Announcer
2 matches: Fawn, Juanita Jordan, Foghorn Leghorn, Mother, Female Airport PA
1 match: Roo, Wendy, Barbie, Prologue Narrator, Male Fairy, Male Garden Fairy, Male Airport PA, Amy
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Production
In 2009, John Lasseter, Stephen J. Anderson, and Don Hall viewed the classic Winnie the Pooh feature shorts and films to figure out how to make the title character culturally relevant. Following a trip to Ashdown Forest in Sussex, South East England to explore the location of A.A. Milne's original stories, the filmmakers enlisted Burny Mattinson, a Disney veteran who worked as the key animator on Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, to serve as lead storyboard artist for the film, with Anderson and Hall directing. Director Stephen Anderson is best known for his effort on Meet the Robinsons, Journey Beneath the Sea, Brother Bear, The Emperor's New Groove, and Bolt. Director Don Hall also has veteran status at Walt Disney Animation Studios, significantly contributing to The Princess and the Frog, Meet the Robinsons, Brother Bear, Home on the Range, The Emperor's New Groove, and Tarzan. Supervising animators for the film included Mark Henn (Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin), Andreas Deja (Tigger), Bruce W. Smith (Piglet, Kanga, Roo), Randy Haycock (Eeyore), Eric Goldberg (Rabbit and the Backson) and Dale Baer (Owl). Similar to The Princess and the Frog & Tinker Bell's Springtime Belief, the film also uses Toon Boom Animation's Harmony software.
Originally, the film was supposed to feature five stories from the A. A. Milne books, but the final version ended up drawing inspiration from three stories. Executive producer John Lasseter had also announced that Rabbit's friends and relatives would be in the film, but their scene was ultimately deleted.
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Release
Short films
The film was preceded by the animated short The Ballad of Nessie, which was about a friendly Loch Ness Monster named Nessie and how she and her best friend MacQuack, the rubber duck, came to live in the moor they now call home. In some international screenings, the episode "Cubby's Goldfish" from the Disney Junior series Jake and the Never Land Pirates also appeared.
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Home media
The film was first released on DVD only on August 22, 2011 in the UK, where it does not fall under the numbered Animated Classic branding. In the US, it was released as number 51 in the Animated Classics range on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on October 25, 2011. The releases included animated shorts The Ballad of Nessie and Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: "Pooh's Balloon", as well as deleted scenes.
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Soundtrack (July 12, 2011)
The score to Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue was composed and conducted by Henry Jackman (Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph), Joel McNeely, who scored the first two Disney Revival-themed films; and Randy Newman (Toy Story 3, Monsters University). Hoping to find the right songwriters for their third film, the directors Anderson and Hall sent visuals to five songwriting teams. The duo instantly fell in love with the demos returned by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who had previously worked with executive producer Lasseter and music executive Chris Montan on the theme park musical version of Finding Nemo. The first song which the songwriting candidates were asked to write was the one which became "Everything Is Honey", in which Pooh undergoes a wild hallucination in his desperate hunger for honey. The Lopezes' inspiration for writing their successful demo was their desperate lack of sleep at the time because of the restlessness of their then-newborn younger daughter, Annie. The Lopezes wrote seven songs for the film. Zooey Deschanel performed three songs for the film.
Tinker Bell's third installment adventure featuring Joel McNeely music gets premiere CD soundtrack release! "The majestic countryside of England meets the magical world of Pixie Hollow" is vivid description of score in booklet introduction by directors Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall. As with two previous Tinker Bell scores, McNeely creates magical, magnificent musical portrait of Tink's world of wonder, adventure with full orchestral assist courtney finest musicians in Los Angeles. Moments of magical melody trade with powerful episodes of action. In between are rich bars of sentiment, warmth, wonder. This time Tinker Bell attends English fairy camp, befriends human child Lizzy, gets trapped in fairy house. Rescue plans are soon underway. McNeely keeps pace with every moment of action and adventure with his array of orchestral color ranging from delicate celeste, flute and shimmering strings to pulse-racing flurishes for his entire orchestra. Dazzling music! Just two of many highlights: Rousing action of "We're Going To Build A Boat", gentle Vaughn Williams-style modality "Tink And Lizzy Meet". Deserving extra spotlight is masterful "Tink Wants To Leave/Lauching The Boat", which melds vernacular of above two highlights in one great sequence. In addition to McNeely score, CD also offers key songs "Summer's Just Begun", "How To Believe", "Come Flying With Me".
Tracks
So Long – Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward
How to Believe – Bridgit Mendler
Winnie the Pooh Theme Song – Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward
Summer's Just Begun – Cara Dillion
The Tummy Song – Winnie the Pooh & Robert Lopez
A Very Important Thing to Do – Zooey Deschanel
The Winner Song – The Cast - Winnie the Pooh
How to Believe (Fairy Field Guide) – Holly Brook
The Backson Song – The Cast - Winnie the Pooh
It's Gonna Be Great – Tigger & Eeyore
Everything Is Honey – Pooh, Zooey Deschanel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Robert Lopez
Pooh's Finale – Zooey Deschanel, Robert Lopez, and the Cast - Winnie the Pooh
Summer's Just Begun (Reprise) – Cara Dillion
Come Flying with Me – Cara Dillion
Introduction
Main Title Sequence
Marvin's Planet
Fairy Camp!
Michael's Dream
Pooh Greets the Day
The Horseless Carriage
Curious Tink
Wheezy and the Yard Sale
Lizzy Builds Her Fairy House
Michael's Been Stolen
Tink and Vidia Discover the Fairy House
Tink Is Captured
Trying to Escape
We're Going to Build a Boat
Chicken Man
Meeting Alice
Michael's a Star
Eeyore Needs His Tail
Let's Save Michael
Tink and Lizzy Meet
Tink Wants to Leave / Launching the Boat
Off to the Museum
Riding the Rapids
The Cleaner
Al's Toon Barn
Hundred Acre Spy Game
Get You Tiggerized!
Woods and Words / Backson Tracks
Talk to Alice
I'll Never Forget You
Tink Returns
Fixing Leaks
Father Never Has Time for Me
Picnic and Beehive Chase
Stuck in the Pit / Balloon Chase
Use Your Head
Lizzy Flies!
Father Discovers Tink / Vidia Is Captured
Marvin vs. Bugs
Flying to London
Race to Save Vidia
Alice's in Trouble
Ride Like the Wind
Father Believes
A Fairy Tea Party
A Honey Happy Ending
Winnie the Pooh Suite
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Books
The books based on the new movie comes to stores (Barnes & Noble, Borders, Powell's Books) on June 7, 2011. It includes:
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: Little Golden Book
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: The Junior Novelization
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: Read-Along Storybook and CD
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: Look and Find
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: Movie Storybook
The Art of Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: The Essential Guide
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: Ultimate Sticker Book
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue: Reusable Sticker Book
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Toys
The merchandise is also in stores (Disney Store, Disney Parks, Target, Fred Meyer's, Toys R Us, Barnes & Noble)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive Figurine Playset (Tinker Bell, Winnie the Pooh, Michael Jordan, Piglet, Lizzy, Vidia, Bugs Bunny, Alice, Tigger, Dinah, Stinky Pete, Silvermist, Rosetta, Iridessa, Fawn, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga & Roo, Marvin the Martian, Mr. Twitches, Backson)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Tinker Bell, Michael Jordan, and Winnie the Pooh (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Vidia, Alice, and Bugs Bunny (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Stinky Pete & Dinah (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Silvermist, Piglet, and Daffy Duck (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Iridessa, Tigger, and Porky Pig (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Rosetta, Eeyore, and Tweety Bird (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Fawn, Rabbit, and Sylvester (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue Exclusive 6 Inch Action Figure 3-Pack Owl, Marvin the Martian, and Backson (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tinker Bell Plush Doll - Pixie Fairies - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Lizzy Plush Doll - Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Winnie the Pooh Plush - Winnie the Pooh (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Vidia Plush Doll - Pixie Fairies - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Bugs Bunny (Bugs Dodgers) Plush - The Toons - 16" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Alice Plush Doll - Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Dinah Plush Doll - Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue - 13" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Piglet Plush - Winnie the Pooh (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Silvermist Plush Doll - Pixie Fairies - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Daffy Duck Plush - The Toons - 15" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tigger Plush - Winnie the Pooh (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Iridessa Plush Doll - Pixie Fairies - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Porky Pig Plush - The Toons - 15" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Rabbit Plush - Winnie the Pooh (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Rosetta Plush Doll - Pixie Fairies - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Tweety Bird Plush - The Toons - 12" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Eeyore Plush - Winnie the Pooh (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Fawn Plush Doll - Pixie Fairies - 18" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Sylvester Plush - The Toons - 16" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Owl Plush - Winnie the Pooh (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Marvin the Martian Plush - The Toons - 15" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
Stinky Pete Plush - Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue - 15" (Disney Store, Disney Parks)
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Reception
Box office
Winnie the Pooh & Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue only found modest success at the American box office, mainly because it opened on the same weekend as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. It earned $7,857,076 in its opening weekend from 2,405 single-screen locations, averaging about $3,267 per venue, and ranking No.6 for the weekend. The film closed on September 22, 2011, with a final domestic gross of $26,692,846, with the opening weekend making up 29.44% of the final gross. It also made $18,000,000 overseas, bringing its worldwide gross to $44,692,846, according to BoxOffice.com, making it a box office disappointment, considering its $30 million budget. The international grosses include $4.13 million in Japan, $1.33 million in Germany, $1.29 million in Poland, $1.18 million in the UK and $1.14 million in Russia.
Critical response
Winnie the Pooh & Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue received near-unanimous positive reviews, with some critics praising the animation, voicing, script, and the musical numbers (notably "The Backson Song" and "Everything Is Honey"). Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 90% "Certified Fresh" of 126 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.2 out of 10. Its consensus states "Endearingly lovely, short, nostalgic, and gently whimsical, Tinker Bell's Midsummer Rescue uses a sweetly traditional family treat, inventive storytelling, gorgeous animation, and a talented cast to deliver another rich moviegoing experience to friendship tale." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 74 based on 26 reviews. CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film an A- on an A+ to F scale.
Rating
The film was rated G: "General Audiences-All Ages Admitted." by the Motion Picture Association of America.
This is a film which contains nothing in theme, language, nudity and sex, violence, etc. which would, in the view of the Rating Board, be offensive to parents whose younger children view the film. The G rating is not a "certificate of approval," nor does it signify a children's film. Some snippets of language may go beyond polite conversation but they are common everyday expressions. No stronger words are present in G-rated films. The violence is at a minimum. Nudity and sex scenes are not present; nor is there any drug use content.