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Do you have an emotional attachment to a stuffed animal that you grew up with?
Does it hold a special place in your heart? I have a stuffed bunny from when I was 2 years old that no matter how old I am, I will never get rid of it. Seeing my bunny now brings back a flood of memories, some good and some not so good.
I’m sure this is the exact feeling that Christopher Robin has felt with his beloved Winnie the Pooh. A bond that is unbreakable. The film is the story of how Winnie the Pooh came to be. This childhood classic has been welcomed into homes for years but now knowing the importance of the storyline makes it that much more intriguing to see. The relationship between father and son as a young boy and how their lives change during the whirlwind popularity of Winnie the Pooh and how it truly evolves as he comes to be a young man.
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?
Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Domhnall Gleeson and Richard Clifford in the film GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. Photo by David Appleby. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Did you know that in the film many of the scenes were filmed in the original locations that A.A. Milne visited and called home? The Director Simon Curtis says “I think it’s kind of moving that we were thinking that if they would have sat on that actual rough footbridge, the bridge, the pooh sticks bridge, is the bridge that the father and son would have invented that game on. It was meaningful for us to go back.”
The Director Simon Curtis says “I think it’s kind of moving that we were thinking that if they would have sat on that actual rough footbridge, the bridge, the pooh sticks bridge, is the bridge that the father and son would have invented that game on. It was meaningful for us to go back.”
Kelly Macdonald and Will Tilston in the film GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. Photo by David Appleby. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
If you are interested in seeing all of the artifacts like the bear and all the stuffed animals you can head right to NYC. They are in the 42nd Street NY Public Library in a glass case in the Children’s Section. The Director Simon Curtis says they are worth seeing. But in the film, he also wanted to recreate them, because they were basically just toys that were bought in a toyshop that became these famous toys.
Will Tilston in the film GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. Photo by David Appleby. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Will Tilston in the film GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. Photo by David Appleby. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
In this scene, the actors are looking out onto a picturesque view of England. We as readers and fans of Winnie the Pooh know it as the 100-acre wood.
Domhnall Gleeson and Will Tilston in the film GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. Photo by David Appleby. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
I hope you are able to see the movie and enjoy it as much as I did.
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I remember watching Winnie the Pooh specials on tv. I love how Tigger is so bouncy and I love Eeyore, he is so serious, you just have to feel sorry for him sometimes.
Reading Winnie the Pooh to my daughter. She’s passed away now, so I have no idea how I will be able to watch this without tears- but I just know I HAVE to watch it.
I just love watching winnie the Pooh specials so wonderful to watch love Tigger
My favorite memory is Winnie finding and eating the honey.
I remember my mom reading the chapter books of Winnie the Pooh to me every night.
We call my brother POOH because he loved Winnie so much when we were young.
I’d love to win this!
My favorite memory is reading the books.
beside reading the books but being one of the first kids to ever get to see the movie when it first came out i got to see it for free at the Golding roundel that is here in my city its a place that is owned by s.c. Johnson wax any how they had the movies and played it at there building back when i was a little girl in the 70’s and well that was one of the big things i recall about seeing pooh bear and well i also had the books and a stuff bear just like pooh.
I remember watching Winnie the poo with my brother after school
I am so looking forward to seeing this movie! <3 <3
Piglet! He is too cute 😀
I watched winnie the pooh as a child and my kids still watch today.
I really want to see this movie. I love Winnie, thank you so much!
My favorite Winnie the Pooh memory would be when my mother used to read to me those stories and I’d always feel bad for the gloomy Eyeore
I remember watching it and feeling like I could relate to Eeyore. For years I carried a keychain with him on it to remind me that I wasn’t the only one feeling alone.
Reading the books with my mom and by myself, the movies, having a favorite stuffed animal of Winnie the Pooh toy.
I remember watching the shows.
pretty cool stuff..being a christopher and all
Reading the books as a kid.
My brother and I used to love watching him together when we were young
We grew up with barely any money and a big family. One of my cousins gave us a vhs tape of Winnie the Pooh and my favorite episode was “the skies the limit” They think they break the sky so they move underground and the gopher 🙂 doesnt like this lol He tells them if they broke the sky they need to fix it. They all build a ladder and stand on top of one another and go up in the clouds. They find the Faucet cloud and turn it off !! That was my favorite and I watched it probably to many times if I can remember it that well. LOL
My girls love Winnie The Pooh when they were little, they still do now that they’re grown. I remember singing the “Winnie The Pooh” theme song to them. 🙂
Watching Winnie the Poo with our daughter when she was little.
Watching Winnie the Pooh movies with my 2 little girls!
My favorite Winnie the Pooh memory is of my daughter’s baby bed. I bought a bed to refurbish and the ends of it had Pooh on it. I worked hard on that bed….and we got a lot of use out of it.
When piglet asked,” How do you spell love?” Pooh replied, ” You don’t spell it you feel it.”
So many memories!
My favorite Winnie the Pooh memory is when I gave my son his first stuffed animal, which was a Winnie plush from the Disney store.
I love that you can see the actual toys that inspired the stories. This looks like a really interesting film.