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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 brought her to the war front. The movie stars Michael Fassbender, David Suchet and Stephen Fry, and is rated PG for mild thematic material and brief language.
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- John Kent Harrison
- PG
- Michael Fassbender, Gil Bellows, David Suchet
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.
- Original Pictures, PowerCorp
- John Kent Harrison
- John Kent Harrison, John Goldsmith, Simon Vaughan (story)
- Charlie Mole
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. Miline's...
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- Richard Propes
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- John Kent Harrison
YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribe. Subscribed. 21. The extraordinary true story of the black bear who would become the inspiration for the stories of A.A. Milne, and the...
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. 304 IMDb 6.8 1 h 30 min 2004. X-Ray PG. Drama · Military and War · Heartwarming · Joyous. Freevee (with ads)
Dec 12, 2004 · Overview. 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.
