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Dec 12, 2004 · A 2004 TV movie that tells the true story of how a Canadian soldier named Harry Colebourn rescued a black bear cub and named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg. The movie follows Winnie's journey from the Canadian wilderness to the battlefields of WWI and beyond, and how she inspired the stories of A.A. Milne.
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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.
A TV movie based on the true story of a Canadian soldier who rescued a black bear cub and named her Winnie in 1914. The movie follows Winnie's journey from Canada to England, where she became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie The Pooh stories.
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.
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.
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. 308 IMDb 6.8 1 h 30 min 2004. X-Ray PG.
