A Bear Named Winnie

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2004 · 90 min · Drama · Family · TV Movie · TMDB 6.6/10

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.

Directed by John Kent Harrison

Cast

• Michael Fassbender — Harry Colebourn
• Gil Bellows — Colonel Barrett
• Stephen Fry — Protheroe
• David Suchet — General Hallholland
• Aaron Ashmore — Corporal Randy Taylor