Christopher Robin Dvd

Christopher Robin is a 2018 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Marc Forster and written by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, and Allison Schroeder, from a story by Greg Brooker and Mark Steven Johnson. The film is inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and is a live-action/CGI follow-up of the Disney franchise of the same name. The film stars Ewan McGregor as the title character, alongside Hayley Atwell as his wife Evelyn, Bronte Carmichael as their daughter Madeline Robin, and Mark Gatiss as his boss with the voices of Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, Sara Sheen, and Toby Jones. The story follows an adult Christopher Robin as he loses his sense of imagination, only to be reunited with his old stuffed bear friend, Winnie-the-Pooh.

Plans of a live-action Winnie the Pooh adaptation were announced in April 2015, and Forster was confirmed as director in November 2016. McGregor signed on as Christopher Robin in April 2017 and principal photography began in August of that year in the United Kingdom, lasting until November.

Christopher Robin had its premiere in Burbank, California on July 30, 2018. Released in the United States on August 3, 2018, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film grossed over $197 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film in Disney’s Winnie the Pooh franchise surpassing The Tigger Movie released in 2000, and received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised its performances, musical score, and visual effects. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 91st Academy Awards.

Plot

Christopher Robin is leaving for boarding school, so his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood – Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Rabbit – throw a goodbye party. Christopher comforts Pooh and tells him that he will never forget him.

Christopher goes to boarding school, where he is reprimanded for drawing pictures of Pooh in class. His experiences at boarding school and the death of his father force him to mature quickly and he forgets all about the Hundred Acre Wood and his friends there. He grows up, meets and marries architect Evelyn, with whom he has a daughter named Madeline. He serves in the British Army during World War II. After the war, he works as Director of Efficiency at Winslow Luggages. He neglects his family due to his demanding job and plans on sending Madeline to boarding school. With the company hitting hard times, Christopher’s superior, Giles Winslow Jr. tells him to decrease expenditures by 20%, largely by choosing which employees to lay off, and to present his plan on Monday. This causes Christopher to miss joining his family at their countryside cottage in Sussex for a summer-ending weekend.

When Pooh awakens the next morning and is unable to find his friends, he decides to travel through the door through which Christopher Robin is known to emerge and finds himself in London. He reunites with Christopher, who is shocked to see Pooh, but takes him back to his London home. After a night and morning of chaos, Christopher escorts Pooh back to Sussex on the next train.

After sneaking past Christopher’s cottage, the two enter the Hundred Acre Wood. Christopher becomes exasperated by Pooh’s absent-mindedness and fear of Heffalumps and Woozles. Pooh, in an attempt to return Christopher’s compass to him, trips into Christopher’s briefcase and his papers spill onto the ground. Christopher, enraged, yells at Pooh, declaring he is not a child any more, before the two get separated in the fog. He falls into a Heffalump and Woozle trap, which is flooded by rainfall, soaking him and his belongings.

Christopher discovers Eeyore and Piglet, who lead him to the others, hiding in a log out of fear of a Heffalump (revealed to be the squeaking of a rusty weathercock from Owl’s house after the wind made it fall from its tree while they were having tea). Unable to persuade his friends that he is truly Christopher Robin, he pretends to defeat the Heffalump to convince them. Having vanquished the Heffalump, Christopher finally convinces his friends that he is Christopher Robin, and they joyfully greet him. When they reunite with Pooh, Christopher apologizes for getting upset earlier. Christopher tells Pooh how lost he feels, but Pooh reminds him that they have found each other and comforts him with a hug. The next morning, Christopher rushes from the Hundred Acre Wood to make his presentation as Tigger gives him his briefcase. On the way, he encounters his family, but much to Madeline’s disappointment, he leaves to go to London.

Pooh realizes that Tigger removed Christopher’s paperwork when drying his briefcase, so Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore decide to return it. They meet Madeline, who recognizes them from her father’s drawings. Madeline joins them, wanting to dissuade her father about boarding school, and they board a train to London. Evelyn follows after discovering a note Madeline left. At his presentation, Christopher discovers that his briefcase contains items from the Wood that Tigger had given him (including Eeyore’s detachable tail). Evelyn arrives and Christopher joins her to search London for Madeline. Madeline’s group stow away in Winslow company crates, but Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet are accidentally thrown out, and they encounter Christopher and Evelyn in the process. Pooh and Madeline arrive near the Winslow building and reunite with Christopher and the others, but Madeline accidentally trips on the stairs and loses all but one of the papers, upsetting her and Pooh. Christopher assures Madeline of her importance to him and that he will not send her to boarding school.

Using the one paper Madeline saved, Christopher improvises a new plan involving reducing the prices of luggage, selling their luggage to everyday people to increase demand and giving employees paid leave. Winslow Jr., who was hoping to lay off some of the staff, dismisses the idea, but Winslow Sr. warms to it and agrees to the plan. Winslow Jr. is humiliated as Christopher points out that he contributed nothing to the plan, having been out golfing all weekend.

Christopher, along with Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet, finally takes his family into the Hundred Acre Wood to meet the rest of his friends. As everyone relaxes at a picnic, Pooh and Christopher Robin both share a tender moment together.

In a mid-credits scene, the employees of Winslow’s are seen having fun at the beach while Richard M. Sherman performs “Busy Doing Nothing” on a piano. Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore are relaxing on beach chairs with Eeyore saying “Thank you for noticing me”.

Cast

Live-action cast
Ewan McGregor as Christopher Robin:
A businessman working as an efficiency expert at Winslow Luggages who was once an imaginative boy. McGregor said that “[he] was very charmed by the script and the fact that they take Christopher Robin as a man [of his] age and that Winnie the Pooh comes back to him in a difficult time in his life. [McGregor found] it really moving”, and said that “[Christopher] recognizes that he would like to be closer to [his daughter]”, and said that “there was something of coming together as a father and a daughter” that appealed to him as a father of 4 daughters. McGregor said that “[the actors’ performances] wouldn’t be nearly as effective, wouldn’t feel as real and good, if it wasn’t for [the voice cast]”, as he has someone he can play opposite to. McGregor stated that “[he] really [likes] playing [Christopher Robin], and [he] really [felt] like [he] wanted to play” the character. Atwell said that McGregor’s performance can let people see “the Man, but underneath [the audience] see the boy that he was”. Director Marc Foster said that McGregor was “the perfect Christopher Robin”, as he felt he “was able to capture [the] spirit that was needed to portray Christopher Robin as an adult person”.
Orton O’Brien as Young Christopher Robin.
Hayley Atwell as Evelyn Robin:
Christopher’s wife who works as an architect. Foster said that “it was important for [him] to find” in Atwell “a very strong woman” that also is relatable and “can stand up for herself and doesn’t play a victim or play into that because ultimately when [Christopher Robin] denies his love to [Evelyn], she’s still a woman who believes in him, but also strong enough to stand up for herself”. McGregor was happy when he was told that Hayley Atwell was also cast for the film, having previously worked together on Cassandra’s Dream. Atwell said that the film’s story is “a charming one, and a funny one, and ultimately a story about a man coming back to his family” which she felt will appeal audiences.
Bronte Carmichael as Madeline Robin:
Christopher’s daughter. McGregor said that Bronte’s performance “is so natural” and “really really good”, a sentiment which Atwell shared, stating that she was “sweet”, and felt that “[her performance] was really moving to watch” and that she “embodied the character of Madeline with the same feel that the books had with Christoper Robin”. Carmichael called the film something “good for adults and for children”, with adults finding it “emotional and moving”, while the film’s humor will make audiences “smile and really enjoy it”. She also hoped adult audiences “will reconnect with children and have more family trips, and maybe play a few more games with the kids” after watching the film, and felt it has “a really special message”. Foster called Carmichael “one of the very most gifted children actor [he] ever worked with”.
Elsa Minell Solak as 3-year-old Madeline Robin.
Mark Gatiss as Giles Winslow:
Christopher’s boss at Winslow Luggages.
Oliver Ford Davies as Old Man Winslow:
The father of Giles Winslow.
Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo as Katherine Dane
Adrian Scarborough as Hal Gallsworthy
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Ralph Butterworth
Ken Nwosu as Paul Hastings
John Dagleish as Matthew Leadbetter
Amanda Lawrence as Joan MacMillan
Katy Carmichael as Christopher Robin’s mother (Daphne de Sélincourt)
Tristan Sturrock as Christopher Robin’s father (A. A. Milne)
Paul Chahidi as Cecil Hungerford
Matt Berry as a policeman bobby
Simon Farnaby as a Taxi driver
Mackenzie Crook as a newspaper seller
Clara McGregor as a girl in aircraft office
Voice cast
Jim Cummings as:
Winnie the Pooh:
A honey-loving teddy bear who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood. Atwell said that many of Pooh’s lines were taken from A. A. Milne’s original books, which she felt it managed to capture “the wisdom of Pooh” whom she said is “a bear of very little brain, but also a bear of very big heart”. Kristen Burr felt that “They were so lucky to get Jim [Cummings], as soon as the audience hear[s] him read his lines, a feeling of nostalgia washes over the audience and makes them smile”.
Tigger:
A free-spirited, goofy toy tiger who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood who loves to bounce around on his tail like a spring.
Brad Garrett as Eeyore:
A pessimistic toy donkey in the Hundred Acre Wood who always loses his tail and talks with a deep depressing voice and tone. Garrett previously voiced the character in the 1995 video game Disney’s Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.
Nick Mohammed as Piglet:
A diminutive toy pig in the Hundred Acre Wood who is afraid of everything but has a big heart.
Peter Capaldi as Rabbit:
A rabbit who is obsessive-compulsive and a vegetable farmer in the Hundred Acre Wood.
Sophie Okonedo as Kanga:
A toy kangaroo in the Hundred Acre Wood who is the mother of Roo.
Sara Sheen as Roo:
A toy joey in the Hundred Acre Wood who is the child of Kanga.
Toby Jones as Owl:
The wise owl of the Hundred Acre Wood.