
Feature film — 2004
A Bear Named Winnie (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.
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A high-signal pick with 31 votes.
Power / Original Pictures
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Director: John Kent Harrison
On screen
Cast & crew

Michael Fassbender
Harry Colebourn

Gil Bellows
Colonel Barrett

Stephen Fry
Protheroe

David Suchet
General Hallholland

Aaron Ashmore
Corporal Randy Taylor

Ted Atherton
Captain Elliot

Robert Gauvin
Sgt. Major Picard

Miriam Smith
Timmy's Mother

Emma Campbell
Mrs. McGuiness

Rebecca Gibson
Nurse
Jonathon Young
Macray
Arne MacPherson
Wallace
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