Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
1983 theatrical release poster with The Sword in the Stone (1963); Winnie the Pooh is featured at the bottom.
Directed byRick Reinert
Story by
  • Peter Young
  • Steve Hulett
  • Tony L. Marino
Based onStories written
by A. A. Milne
Produced byRick Reinert
Starring
Narrated byLaurie Main
Music bySteve Zuckerman
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution Company
Release dates
  • March 11, 1983 (1983-03-11)
(limited)
  • March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25)
(with The Sword in the Stone)
Running time
25 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a 1983 American animated featurette based on the sixth chapter of both books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne. Produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, the short initially received limited release on March 11, 1983,[1] before expanding to a wide release on March 25 as part of a double feature with the re-issue of The Sword in the Stone (1963),[2] which it accompanied in most countries except Australia where it accompanied a reissue of Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Directed by Rick Reinert, the featurette featured the voices of Hal Smith, John Fiedler, Will Ryan, Ralph Wright, and Paul Winchell.

Additionally, the animation was produced by Rick Reinert Productions, which went uncredited. It would be the first Disney animated film since the 1938 Silly Symphonies short Merbabies to be produced by an outside studio.[3] The company had also previously produced the educational Disney short Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons in 1981.

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore was the fourth and final animated featurette in the Winnie the Pooh film series and one of Disney's original theatrical featurettes adapted from the Pooh books by A.A. Milne.

  1. ^ "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1983) - Release History". IMDb. Archived from the original on May 14, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Jones, Edward (April 7, 1983). "'The Sword in the Stone' boasts magical moments". The Free Lance-Star. p. 34. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "March 11". This Day in Disney History.