Piglet's Big Movie (2003)

Director:

Francis Glebas

Writers:

A.A. Milne (books)
Brian Hohlfeld (writer)

Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

A tale you'll never forget

Plot:

When Piglet comes up missing his Hundred Acre Wood friends use Piglet's own Book of Memories to find him, discovering along the way just how big a role he's played in their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Rabbit | Winnie The Pooh | Bear | Kangaroo | Friendship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Fiedler	...	Piglet (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Winnie the Pooh / Tigger (voice)
Andre Stojka	...	Owl (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Kanga (voice)
Nikita Hopkins	...	Roo (voice)
Peter Cullen	...	Eeyore (voice)
Ken Sansom	...	Rabbit (voice)
Tom Wheatley	...	Christopher Robin (voice)

Directed by
Francis Glebas

Writing credits
A.A. Milne		(books "Winnie the Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner")
Brian Hohlfeld		(writer)

Produced by
Ferrell Barron	....	associate producer
Yukari Kiso	....	associate producer
Michelle Pappalardo-Robinson	....	producer

Original Music by
Carl Johnson

Film Editing by
Ivan Bilancio

Art Direction by
Fred Warter

Production Management
Sheila Kelly	....	production supervisor
Craig Sawczuk	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fumio Maezono	....	assistant director
Yumiko Suzuki	....	assistant director

Art Department
Andrew Austin	....	storyboard artist
Peter Paul Bautista	....	storyboard clean-up
Keith Baxter	....	storyboard artist
Carolyn Gair	....	additional storyboard artist
Ben Gluck	....	storyboard artist
Carin-Anne Greco	....	additional storyboard artist
Arlan Jewell	....	key location designer
Rick Law	....	illustrator
David Prince	....	additional storyboard artist (as Dave Prince)
Debra Pugh	....	additional storyboard artist
Robert Sledge	....	storyboard artist
Kenny Thompkins	....	additional storyboard artist
Colette Van Mierlo	....	key location designer
Wallace Williamson	....	key location designer

Sound Department
Joseph Adorisio II	....	isdn recordist
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
G.W. Brown	....	dialogue editor
Jeanette Browning	....	adr recordist
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Doc Kane	....	adr engineer
Donald J. Malouf	....	supervising sound editor
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	adr engineer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	dialogue recordist
Todd Toon	....	sound effects editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	first assistant sound editor
Thomas Whiting	....	adr editor (as Thomas G. Whiting)
Thomas Whiting	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Thomas G. Whiting)
Dan Yale	....	supervising foley editor
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gina Di Bari	....	digital effects artist
Tetsuya Hasebe	....	digital effects assistant
Hiroyuki Hatada	....	digital effects artist
Mayumi Hiramatsu	....	digital effects assistant
Tohru Kobayashi	....	lead compositor
Masahisa Koyata	....	effects clean-up artist
Katsuya Kozutsumi	....	assistant lead compositor
Hock-Lian Law	....	digital effects artist
Douglas Little	....	digital producer (as Doug Little)
Yutaka Nishino	....	compositor
Kiyoteru Ogawa	....	digital effects artist
Kevin M. O'Neil	....	effects animator
Ryoko Seino	....	compositor
Youhei Seino	....	compositor
Michael Tyau	....	technical director
Madoka Yasue	....	supervising effects animation director (as Madoka Yasuet)

Animation Department
Mio Aihata	....	inbetween artist
Kazuho Ando	....	character clean-up artist
Kaori Anmi	....	background artist
Chie Arai	....	key animator
Rie Arai	....	key animator
Yoshiharu Ashino	....	key animator
Takeshi Atomura	....	animation director
Kimie Calvert	....	character clean-up artist
Genta Chiba	....	key animator
Ayako Fuji	....	inbetween artist
Kaori Fujii	....	clean-up artist
Nozomi Fujii	....	key animator
Akiko Fujimoto	....	clean-up artist
Miho Fujita	....	inbetween artist
Tsuyoshi Fukuyama	....	inbetween artist
Carin-Anne Greco	....	animation storyboard artist
Greg Guler	....	character designer
Shouko Hagiwara	....	inbetween artist
Yuri Hamaya	....	background artist
Atsuhiko Hara	....	key animator
Chiharu Haraguchi	....	inbetween artist
Willy Harber	....	character clean-up artist
Kyoko Haseyama	....	inbetween artist
Kazuyo Higashi	....	inbetween artist
Chiemi Hironaka	....	inbetween artist
Shunsuke Hirota	....	inbetween artist
Kiyoteru Hosoda	....	inbetween artist
Paro Hozumi	....	key background stylist
Kazuko Ike	....	inbetween artist
Takahiro Ikezoe	....	key animator
Hikari Ishiguro	....	inbetween artist
Sagako Itakura	....	background line artist
Yoshitake Iwakami	....	clean-up artist
Yukari Kaku	....	clean-up artist
Yukie Kaneko	....	clean-up artist
Mitsuko Kaneoka	....	clean-up artist
Isamitsu Kashima	....	key animator
Chiharu Katawaki	....	inbetween artist
Hiroshi Kawamata	....	lead animator
Hiroki Kawazoe	....	clean-up artist
Shizuka Kikuta	....	clean-up artist
Emi Kitahara	....	background artist
Seigo Kitazawa	....	clean-up artist
Yasuyuki Kitazawa	....	inbetween artist
Fumie Konno	....	inbetween artist
Madoka Koutou	....	inbetween artist
Hideaki Kurakawa	....	key animator
Ai Kuwabara	....	inbetween artist
Terry Lennon	....	sheet timer
Don MacKinnon	....	key animator
Tetsuya Maehana	....	inbetween artist
Terumichi Maguchi	....	clean-up artist
Kiyoko Makita	....	clean-up artist
Reiko Mano	....	character clean-up artist
Mircea Mantta	....	sheet timer
Masayo Matsumoto	....	key animator
Akiko Matsuo	....	clean-up artist
Shizuko Minami	....	inbetween artist
Jyunichi Mineta	....	clean-up artist
Hiroko Minowa	....	key animator
Kiyomi Miyakawa	....	lead animator
Tomoko Miyata	....	clean-up artist
Toshiharu Mizutani	....	background line artist
Mami Morikawa	....	inbetween artist
Masako Morimitsu	....	clean-up artist
Yufuki Morimoto	....	key animator
Kazuhiro Murase	....	key animator
Kazuo Nagai	....	background line artist
Tomokatsu Nagasaku	....	key animator
Rie Nakagome	....	clean-up artist
Hideo Nakamura	....	inbetween artist
Masami Nakanishi	....	inbetween artist
Yohei Nakano	....	inbetween artist
Hirofumi Nakata	....	key animator
Kazumi Nakata	....	clean-up artist
Mai Nakazato	....	inbetween artist
Tsuyoshi Nihei	....	inbetween artist
Daisuke Niinuma	....	inbetween artist
Masatsugu Nishida	....	inbetween artist
Sumie Nishido	....	clean-up artist
Maki Nishi	....	inbetween artist
Takayo Nishimura	....	key animator
Sachio Nishiyama	....	key animator
Emi Noguchi	....	key animator
Minori Noguchi	....	clean-up artist
Yuko Ohara	....	clean-up artist
Setsuko Ohashi	....	inbetween artist
Chie Ohkubo	....	background artist
Yukio Ohmori	....	clean-up artist
Mayumi Ohmura	....	clean-up artist
Hiroshi Ohno	....	background supervisor
Kumiko Ohno	....	background artist
Kumiko Ohta	....	inbetween artist
Kumiko Ohtani	....	clean-up artist
Maiko Okada	....	inbetween artist
Masaru Oshiro	....	key animator
Ernie Pava	....	key background color correction (as Ernest Pava)
Scott T. Petersen	....	key animator
David A. Rodriguez	....	key color stylist
Joanna Romersa	....	sheet timer
Shinobu Saeki	....	inbetween artist
Eri Sahara	....	inbetween artist
Masatomo Saito	....	key animator
Masako Sakano	....	clean-up artist
Hiromi Sasaki	....	inbetween artist
Yuuko Sasaki	....	inbetween artist
Jim Schlenker	....	background designer
Kazuko Shibata	....	key animator
Tsutomu Shibutani	....	clean-up artist
Ritsuko Shiina	....	inbetween artist
Keisuke Shimohira	....	clean-up artist
Fumihito Shiotsuka	....	inbetween artist
Takeo Shuto	....	key animator
Emil Simeonov	....	supervising animator
Robert Sledge	....	character designer
Chiaki Suda	....	inbetween artist
Koichi Suenaga	....	key animator
Takahito Sugawara	....	clean-up artist
Kaori Suzuki	....	clean-up artist
Makiko Suzuki	....	clean-up artist
Shinichi Suzuki	....	layout animator
Harumi Takagi	....	inbetween artist
Moyo Takahashi	....	inbetween artist
Daisuke Takashima	....	inbetween artist
Takahiro Takashima	....	inbetween checker
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi	....	layout director
Etsuko Tamakoshi	....	inbetween checker
Masaki Tamakoshi	....	inbetween artist
Yusuke Tanaka	....	inbetween artist
Hideaki Tanemura	....	inbetween artist
Masahiko Taniguchi	....	inbetween artist
Kumiko Tanihira	....	clean-up artist
Maki Tano	....	clean-up artist
Hyunpei Tatenaka	....	lead animator (as Junpei Tatenaka)
Akiko Teshima	....	clean-up artist
Kenny Thompkins	....	additional character designer
Yasuto Torii	....	key animator
Kenichi Tsuchiya	....	lead animator
Jinko Tsuji	....	clean-up artist
Takao Tsuji	....	inbetween artist
Yoshihiro Tsuji	....	key animator
Takenori Uchida	....	inbetween artist
Koji Ukai	....	key animator
Yukari Umebayashi	....	inbetween artist
Hisashi Wada	....	lead animator
Sachiko Wakabayashi	....	key animator
Fred Warter	....	key background stylist
Kenichi Watanabe	....	inbetween artist
Yuji Watanabe	....	lead animator
Alexandra Weihrauch	....	clean-up artist
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn	....	key animator
Alexander Williams	....	key animator
Theresa Wiseman	....	key animator
Hisako Yaji	....	clean-up artist
Shigeru Yamamoto	....	layout animator
Muneyuki Yamashita	....	clean-up artist
Yukari Yamaura	....	clean-up artist
Morihiko Yano	....	inbetween artist
Kazumi Yokoyama	....	clean-up artist
Terumi Yoshida	....	clean-up artist
Yasuyuki Yuzawa	....	background artist

Casting Department
Daniel J. Soulsby	....	casting coordinator
Jamie Thomason	....	voice casting
David Wright	....	casting manager (as David H. Wright III)

Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Barbara Gerety	....	additional assistant editor
Christine Lojko Haslett	....	first assistant editor
Karen Hathaway	....	assistant editor
Brian Master	....	additional assistant editor
Tony Mizgalski	....	additional editor
Takahiko Narita	....	production editor
Alex Nikolic	....	tvc editor: Serbia, Montenegro
Susan Odjakjian	....	additional assistant editor
Ken Poteat	....	post-production coordinator
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Doug Besterman	....	music arranger: songs
Dominick Certo	....	music editor
Christine Cholvin	....	assistant music editor
Clint W. Heidorn	....	music coordinator
Jason Henkel	....	music administrator
Tommy Holmes	....	assistant music editor
Kimberly Oliver	....	music supervisor
Cameron Patrick	....	orchestrator: score
John Richards	....	score recordist
J. Eric Schmidt	....	orchestrator: score
Gary K. Thomas	....	orchestrator
Booker White	....	music preparation
Jason Arnold	....	music editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Dennis Adams	....	production coordinator
Andres Alvarez	....	production associate
Andres Alvarez	....	production associate
Jim Cotton	....	production accountant
Barbara Donatelli	....	continuity checker
Nancy Frazen	....	storyreel editor
Christopher Gandara	....	production accountant
Brian King	....	title designer
Charles Luce	....	technical director
Takaaki Matsudaira	....	production assistant
Gary Miereanu	....	film publicist
Marilyn Munro	....	production coordinator
Kazutaka Nagasawa	....	production assistant
Kohei Nakagawa	....	production assistant
Steven Neibert	....	talent coordinator
Makoto Neishi	....	production assistant
Elen Orson	....	storyreel editor
Allison Roth	....	production associate
Lynn Singer	....	continuity checker
Satomi Takahashi	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bandur Film (2003) (Serbia and Montenegro) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Net5 (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Eastwood Scoring Stage  score recorded at
• O'Henry Sound Studios  score mixed at
• Skylark Sound Studios  voice recording (recording for DVD bonus material)
• Sony Studios  songs recorded at
• Studios  media production (Serbia) (Montenegro)
• Todd-AO Studios  songs recorded at

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Denmark:A | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Philippines:G | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The story of Kanga and Roo coming to the forest was previously used for an episode of "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (1988) television series.

Goofs:

Continuity: The lengths of the sticks that Pooh, Piglet and Tigger carry to make Eeyore's house change from shot to shot.

Quotes:

Rabbit: Pooh! What are you doing?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Samba in Mettmann (2004)

Soundtrack:

With a Few Good Friends

As Winnie-the-Pooh would say, Ho Hum.

I took a 5 year old to this and she liked the songs, she said but she wiggled and squirmed the whole time because the film drags along going over former tales about the friends of piglet. Cute but for 5 and under for sure.