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Dec 12, 2004 · A Bear Named Winnie: Directed by John Kent Harrison. With Michael Fassbender, Gil Bellows, David Suchet, Stephen Fry. The extraordinary veritable story of the black bear who would become the inspiration for the stories of A.A. Milne, and the heroic man who saved her life.
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- Drama, War
- John Kent Harrison
- 2004-12-12
A Bear Named Winnie is a 2004 made-for-television drama film directed by John Kent Harrison. It stars Michael Fassbender and David Suchet. It concerns one of the real-life inspirations behind A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
In White River, Ontario, en route to a training camp in Valcartier, Québec, with the Winnipeg section of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps, Army Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, who has a natural rapport with animals, saves a black bear cub from being killed by a hunter, who killed the cub's mother.
However, it is the based on a true story of a Canadian Black Bear, who ended up being snuck aboard a military ship to England during World War I that ended up at the London Zoo and A.A....
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- Richard Propes
- PG
- John Kent Harrison
The true tale of an orphaned bear, adopted by a soldier on his way to fight in WW1, tracks the path of the cub that became A.A. Milne’s inspiration. Subtitles: English. Starring: Michael Fassbender Gil Bellows David Suchet. Directed by: John Kent Harrison.
- John Kent Harrison
- January 1, 2004
- 94 min
Dec 12, 2004 · Based on the true story of a Canadian soldier, enroute to World War I from Winnipeg, who adopts an orphaned bear cub at White River Ontario. It is namned Winnie (for Winnipeg) and eventually ends up at the London Zoo where it became the inspiration for A.A.Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories.
A Bear Named Winnie. The extraordinary true story of the black bear who would become the inspiration for the stories of A.A. Milne, and the heroic man who saved her life. 144 IMDb 6.8 1 h 30 min 2004. X-Ray PG.
