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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. [1] [2] It concerns one of the real-life inspirations behind A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. [3]
A TV movie based on the true story of a Canadian soldier who adopts a black bear cub during WWI and brings her to London Zoo. The bear inspires A.A. Milne to write Winnie The Pooh stories.
A soldier develops a strong bond with a cub before he is sent to fight in World War I. Prime Video. Watch A Bear Named Winnie with a subscription on Prime Video. The film's script is...
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- Richard Propes
- PG
- John Kent Harrison
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. 2004 · 1 hr 34 min. PG. Drama · War. 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.
This film focuses almost entirely upon the original Winnipeg Bear ('Winnie'), not the war, or A.A. Milne. Ten years later, in 1926, A.A. Milne visited the London Zoo, to create the now legendary, Winnie-the Pooh character.
