Winnie the Pooh is a 2011 American film inspired by three A. A. Milne stories. The film is a reboot of Disney’s Winnie the Pooh franchise, and it marks the first time a Winnie the Pooh film will hit theaters since the 2005 film Pooh’s Heffalump Movie. In the film, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga, and Roo embark on a quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. The movie is directed by Stephen Anderson and Don Hall, written by A. A. Milne and Burny Mattinson, produced by Peter Del Vecho, Clark Spencer, John Lasseter, and Craig Sost, and narrated by John Cleese.T he film is based on three stories found in the Milne books. Two stories are from Winnie-the-Pooh, while the other story is found in The House at Pooh Corner. The film was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and was released on April 15, 2011 in the UK, with a United States release date set for July 15, 2011.