The Tigger Movie#Music

{{Short description|2000 animated Disney film directed by Jun Falkenstein}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Tigger Movie

| image = The Tigger Movie film.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| alt =

| director = Jun Falkenstein

| producer = Cheryl Abood

| screenplay = Jun Falkenstein

| story = Eddie Guzelian

| based_on = {{based on|Characters|A. A. Milne}}

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| music = Harry Gregson-Williams

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Makoto Arai
Robert Fisher, Jr.

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| studio = {{Plainlist|

Walt Disney Television Animation{{cite news |last=Newman |first=Kim |author-link=Kim Newman |title=The Tigger Movie (2000) |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/559 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=Sight & Sound |publisher=British Film Institute |date=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208101535/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/559 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }}{{efn|Animation services handled by Walt Disney Animation Japan.}}
Walt Disney Pictures

}}

| distributor = Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2000|2|11|}}

| runtime = 77 minutes

| country = United States{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/61879-THE-TIGGER-MOVIE|title=The Tigger Movie (2000)|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|access-date=May 18, 2020}}

| language = English

| budget = $15 million{{cite web |title=The Tigger Movie (2000) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tigger-Movie-The#tab=summary |website=The Numbers |quote=$20 million}}–$30 million

| gross = $96.2 million

}}

The Tigger Movie is a 2000 American animated musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation with animation production by Walt Disney Animation Japan.{{cite news|last1=Ball|first1=Ryan|title=Pencils Down at Walt Disney Animation Japan|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/pencils-down-at-walt-disney-animation-japan/|access-date=September 8, 2015|work=Animation Magazine|date=September 23, 2003}} The film was written and directed by Jun Falkenstein from a story by Eddie Guzelian. It is the second theatrical Winnie the Pooh film, after The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). It features Pooh's sidekick Tigger searching for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself.

The film was the first feature-length theatrical Winnie the Pooh film that was not a collection of previously released shorts. It is also the first in the original films in which Tigger is voiced entirely by Jim Cummings (in addition to Pooh) following the retirement of Tigger's original voice actor Paul Winchell in 1999. Winchell was originally cast as Tigger but was dropped after the studio considered his voice to be too raspy. Cummings had previously shared the role with Winchell since 1989 and provided his singing voice in most later projects with Winchell as the character's speaking voice.

The film features original songs from the Sherman Brothers. Originally, the film was slated for a direct-to-video release in 2001, until then–Disney CEO Michael Eisner heard the Sherman Brothers' songs and decided to release the film in theaters worldwide a year early.

The Tigger Movie released in the United States on February 11, 2000, by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $96.2 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film in the Winnie the Pooh franchise until it was surpassed by Christopher Robin (2018).

The film received three nominations on the Annie Awards, including the Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production, the Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production, and the Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production.

Plot

As the narrator starts telling the story of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger pops up, being fed up and dismayed with most of the stories being about his good friend. After rearranging the title page to spell out the movie's title, the story resumes. In the Hundred Acre Wood, Tigger searches for someone to bounce with him, but finds that his friends are busy preparing for the upcoming winter. During his search for a playmate, Tigger inadvertently destroys Eeyore's house with a boulder. Tigger attempts to help his friends remove the boulder, but inadvertently destroys Rabbit's mechanical pulley system, a rock remover, in the process. Rabbit and the rest of Tigger's friends admonish him for his reckless nature, hurting his feelings. Tigger's closest friend Roo sees Tigger's sadness and asks him if he has any family members of his own. Tigger becomes fascinated by the concept and decides to search for his family, hoping to finally be within a similar company.

Misunderstanding advice from Owl, Tigger and Roo begin searching for his family tree, believing it to be a giant tree covered in stripes and with many Tiggers upon it. After the search fails, Roo suggests that Tigger write a letter to his family, and he does so. He lets the wind carry it away with hopes that it will reach his family but receives no response after days of waiting and begins to lose hope. Tigger's friends sympathetically decide to write him a letter and they sign it "your family". Upon receiving the letter, Tigger erroneously believes that his supposed family is intending to visit him and organizes a large party in preparation. Unable to tell Tigger the truth about the letter, Roo encourages his friends to disguise themselves as Tiggers and attend his party.

Tigger's friends later arrive at his house. He falls for his friends' disguises until Roo's mask falls off after an attempt to imitate a complex bounce that Tigger had taught him earlier fails. Feeling betrayed by his friends' deception, Tigger sets out into a blizzard in search of his real family, prompting the group to pursue him. Tigger eventually finds an immense tree that the snow has whitened with stripes, convincing him that it is the family tree he had sought, but he is saddened to find no one there. Tigger's friends try persuading him to come home, but an argument between them causes an avalanche to occur. Tigger brings his friends to higher ground but fails to save himself before the snow sweeps him away. Remembering Tigger's complex bounce, Roo successfully performs it and rescues Tigger. After the avalanche subsides, the group reveal their authorship of the letter, causing Tigger to realize that his friends are his real family, and he later throws a new party in honor of them.

Cast

Jim Cummings as Tigger and Winnie the Pooh
Nikita Hopkins as Roo
Ken Sansom as Rabbit
John Fiedler as Piglet
Peter Cullen as Eeyore
Andre Stojka as Owl
Kath Soucie as Kanga
Tom Attenborough as Christopher Robin
John Hurt as The Narrator

Production

Jun Falkenstein directed the film, in her own feature length debut, following her work on A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving.{{Cite book |title=The Tigger Movie Press Kit Handbook |publisher=Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |year=2000 |pages=18, 20, 30 |language=en}} The film began production in April 1998. Many scenes, totaling up to 60% of the film, were completed by Walt Disney Animation Japan. Drawing inspiration from the end of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too when Tigger agrees to not bounce anymore, the film crafted a fuller character arc that "[showed] a range of emotions" for Tigger.

= Voice cast =

Paul Winchell, the original voice of Tigger, was originally cast to voice Tigger for the film, which was then titled Winnie the Pooh and the Family Tree. During Spring 1998, Winchell participated in a single recording session for the film. However, he was dropped from the project after the studio found his voice too raspy.{{cite news|last1=Graham|first1=Jefferson|title=Original Tigger voice bounced from 'Pooh'|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/408808525|access-date=July 19, 2015|work=USA Today|date=November 25, 1998|quote=Fiedler completed that movie, but Disney let Winchell go after his first day, telling the actor's representative that Winchell's voice was now too "raspy."|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113023/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/doc/408808525.html|archive-date=December 8, 2015|id={{ProQuest|408808525}} }} The role was given to Jim Cummings, who was already voicing Winnie the Pooh for the film, and had voiced Tigger on various Disney television shows and for Disney consumer products.{{cite web|last1=Hill|first1=Jim|title=Remembering John Fiedler (1925-2005)|url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/06/28/638.aspx|publisher=Jim Hill Media|access-date=July 19, 2015|date=June 27, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719102634/http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/06/28/638.aspx|archive-date=July 19, 2015}} When the Disney Imagineers heard about Winchell's dismissal, they hired him to perform the voice of Tigger for The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh attraction at the Magic Kingdom, which opened a year before The Tigger Movie's release; it was Winchell's final performance before his retirement from acting in 1999 and his death in 2005.

= Music =

The songs for The Tigger Movie were written by Robert and Richard Sherman who had not written a feature for Disney in over 28 years. Their last fully original feature film score was for the Oscar nominated film, Bedknobs and Broomsticks which was released in 1971. The Tigger Movie would also be the last film work for the Sherman Brothers. Robert B. Sherman died in London on March 6, 2012 at the age of 86 and Richard M. Sherman died of "age-related illness" at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on May 25, 2024 at the age of 95. Originally slated for video or television release, the demo cut of the score was so well received by then Disney CEO, Michael Eisner, that the project's priority level moved up to feature theatrical release. The score of the film is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams with additional music by Klaus Badelt and Steve Jablonsky and the score was conducted by Nick Glennie-Smith.

All the songs were original ones created for the film except for "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" which was originally written in 1968 for the featurette, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (released in 1968). That song was also by the Sherman Brothers. The "punch line" of the song: "But the most wonderful Thing About Tiggers is I'm the only one..." provides the basis of The Tigger Movie{{'}}s storyline. The vast majority of the songs, including "Someone Like Me", "Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce", "Pooh's Lullabee", and "Round My Family Tree" were performed by Jim Cummings, while "How to Be a Tigger" was performed by the cast.

"Your Heart Will Lead You Home" was the last song written for the film and is a collaborative effort between the Sherman Brothers and singer Kenny Loggins. Richard Sherman described the song as "a song about the picture, as opposed to songs of the picture." It marks the only time the trio worked together on a song.Susan King, [https://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/11/entertainment/ca-63175/2 The Pair Who Write Songs for Nannies and Pooh Bears"] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20121128073120/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/11/entertainment/ca-63175/2 |date=2012-11-28}}, Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2000.

The original theatrical trailer for the film featured the song "Semi-Charmed Life" by alternative band Third Eye Blind. A Disney spokeswoman said that she was not aware of the sexual content within the song's lyrics.{{cite news|last1=Kim|first1=Ellen|title=NEWSMAKERS: 'Veronica's Closet' star offers settlement|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/newsmakers-veronica-s-closet-star-offers-settlement-57159122/|work=Hollywood.com|access-date=August 10, 2015|orig-year=1999|year=2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061225/http://www.hollywood.com/general/newsmakers-veronica-s-closet-star-offers-settlement-57159122/|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}

=Songs=

Original songs performed in the film include:

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| all_lyrics =

| all_music =

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title1 = The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers

| extra1 = Jim Cummings

| title2 = Someone Like Me

| extra2 = Jim Cummings

| title3 = Whoop-De-Dooper Bounce

| extra3 = Jim Cummings & Nikita Hopkins

| length3 = 2:09

| title4 = Pooh's Lullabee

| extra4 = Jim Cummings

| length4 = 1:36

| title5 = Round My Family Tree

| extra5 = Jim Cummings

| length5 = 2:50

| title6 = How to Be a Tigger

| extra6 = Cast

| title7 = Your Heart Will Lead You Home

| extra7 = Kenny Loggins

| length7 = 4:22

}}

Release

The film was originally intended to be released straight-to-video, akin to most Disney spin-offs and sequels, but was instead bumped up to a theatrical release.{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/peter-pan-vid-grows-up-1117794882/ | title='Peter Pan' vid grows up | date=March 7, 2001 }}

= Marketing =

Disney released a teaser trailer for The Tigger Movie in August 1999, during theatrical screenings of The Iron Giant. The teaser was later attached to theatrical screenings of The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Toy Story 2 and Stuart Little. The teaser trailer was included on the Winnie the Pooh Seasons of Giving home video release.

= Theatrical =

After a Hollywood red carpet premiere on February 6, 2000 at El Capitan Theatre,{{cite news|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title=Review: 'The Tigger Movie'|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-tigger-movie-1117778670/|access-date=September 17, 2015|work=Variety|date=February 10, 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305063246/http://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-tigger-movie-1117778670/|archive-date=March 5, 2016}} the film was released theatrically on February 11, 2000. The movie was on screens for 23 weeks.

= Home media =

The Tigger Movie was originally released on August 22, 2000, on both VHS and DVD. The film was later re-released on a 2-disc DVD edition on August 4, 2009 to coincide with its 10th anniversary and includes two bonus episodes of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh "King of the Beasties" and "Tigger’s Houseguest." The 2-disc release includes a DVD and a digital copy. The film was also re-released as a Bounce-a-rrrific special edition on Blu-ray on August 21, 2012.{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.com/Tigger-Movie-Bounce-Rrrific-Packaging/dp/B0081VMW0G|title= Amazon.com: The Tigger Movie: Bounce-A-Rrrific Special Edition (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack in Blu-ray Packaging): Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Samson, John Fielder, Peter Cullen, Andrew Stojka, Kath Soucie, Tom Attenborough, Jun Falkenstein: Movies & TV|website= Amazon|date= August 21, 2012|access-date= March 9, 2016|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160412134223/http://www.amazon.com/Tigger-Movie-Bounce-Rrrific-Packaging/dp/B0081VMW0G|archive-date= April 12, 2016}}

Reception

= Box office =

The film opened at number 4 at the US box office making $9.4 million in its opening weekend. The film was a box office success, earning $45,554,533 in the United States and Canada and a further $50,605,267 overseas, resulting in a worldwide gross of $96,159,800.{{cite web | title=The Tigger Movie Summary | website=Box Office Mojo | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tiggermovie.htm | access-date=July 2, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630232554/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tiggermovie.htm | archive-date=June 30, 2012 }} Its budget is estimated at between $15 million{{cite news|last1=Orwall|first1=Bruce|title=Disney Hopes to Get Its 'Groove' Back in Suffering Family Films|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB976751561781373735|access-date=September 11, 2015|work=The Walt Street Journal|date=December 14, 2000|quote=February's "The Tigger Movie," produced for a bargain-basement $15 million,...|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705095316/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB976751561781373735|archive-date=July 5, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Natale|first1=Richard|title=Moviegoing's Much More Than a 'Scream'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-14-ca-64124-story.html|access-date=September 11, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 14, 2000|quote=The low-budget ($15-million) "Tigger"...|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20150911125005/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/14/entertainment/ca-64124|archive-date=September 11, 2015}} and $30 million. On its initial release on home video, it earned $90 million.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=January 8, 2001|page=79|title=Top 2000 Homevideo titles}}

= Critical reception =

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 72 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The site's consensus states, "The Tigger Movie may lack the technological flash and underlying adult sophistication of other recent animated movies, but it's fun and charming."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-tigger-movie/ |title=The Tigger Movie - Rotten Tomatoes |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=July 2, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005743/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-tigger-movie/ |archive-date=August 3, 2012 }} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-tigger-movie/critic-reviews|title = The Tigger Movie|website = Metacritic}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=CinemaScore |language=en-US}}

William Thomas of Empire gave the film a three out of four stars, saying: "And while the one-dimensional nature of the plot is unlikely to entertain anyone over the age of 11, the end result certainly includes enough pre-pubescent prerequisites to ensure that the furry fella will never bounce alone."{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/tigger-movie-review/|title = The Tigger Movie| date=August 28, 2023 }} Common Sense Media gave the film a three out of five stars and said: "Tigger's bouncy quest will appeal to younger viewers."{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-tigger-movie|title=The Tigger Movie - Movie Review|date=May 19, 2003}}

= Accolades =

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Award	Category	Recipient	Result
rowspan=3\|Annie Awards{{Cite web \|url=https://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards \|title= 28th Annual Annie - Award Nominees and Winners (2000) \|access-date=June 14, 2022 \|publisher= Annie Awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102053351/https://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards \|archive-date=January 2, 2013 }} \| Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production \| Jun Falkenstein \| rowspan=4 {{nom}}
Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production \| Nikita Hopkins as Roo
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production \| Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman for the song "Round My Family Tree"
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards \| Best Family Film \| Jun Falkenstein and Cheryl Abood
Golden Tomato Awards 2011{{cite web\|last1=Tapley\|first1=Kristopher\|title=2nd Annual Golden Tomato Awards\|website=Rotten Tomatoes\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/golden-tomato-awards-2000/genre/animation/\|date=March 2018\|access-date=March 28, 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202040148/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/golden-tomato-awards-2000/genre/animation/\|archive-date=December 2, 2017}} \| Best Animated Film \| The Tigger Movie \| {{draw\|4th Place}}
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award{{Cite web \|url=http://www.toyportfolio.com/Awards_Results.php?pageNum_Product=1&ProductType=Videos&Age=Early%20School%20Years&Category=Feature-Length%20Films \|title=Early School Years: Feature-Length Films \|access-date=April 22, 2009 \|publisher=Oppenheim Toy Portfolio \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026035313/http://toyportfolio.com/Awards_Results.php?pageNum_Product=1&ProductType=Videos&Age=Early%20School%20Years&Category=Feature-Length%20Films \|archive-date=October 26, 2011 }} \| Best Animated Feature \| Jun Falkenstein \| {{nom}}

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Award

In other media

= Sequels =

Disney released various theatrical and direct-to-videos in the years that followed. There were two theatrical animated films: Piglet's Big Movie in 2003 and Pooh's Heffalump Movie in 2005. Two direct-to-video animated films also followed, Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo in 2004 and Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie in 2005.