Friday, December 28, 2018

Piglet's Big Movie (2003), 6

G | 1h 15min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 21 March 2003
When Piglet comes up missing his Hundred Acre Wood, friends use Piglet's own Book of Memories to find him, discovering along the way just how big a role he's played in their lives.
Director: Francis Glebas
Stars: John Fiedler, Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/
Watched online, good print.

11 songs in the Soundtracks, 7 with Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon.

Very young-minded stuff, but this one had a good message: pay attention to your friends so you make sure to give them credit for the good they do, especially the small quiet ones.

Amazing that John Fiedler voiced Piglet; he's the only original cast member utilized. The IMDb Connections page lists the first short from '66, the first film from '77. Fiedler/Piglet was first in a '68 short. Fiedler dies in '05 at age 80.

This is a sequence of stories about Piglet recounted while the gang is trying to find him. Because I didn't watch any of the half-hour Pooh shows, I don't know if this was a compilation of prior animation, or all/mostly original. The IMDb trivia page mentions only 1 of the stories being in a prior episode, and that the animation was done in Japan & Philippines.

Rated 6.1 (5,906)

Disney, dir. Glebas; 6