A Bear Named Winnie (2004)

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  Michael as: Lt. Harry Colebourn
  Cast: Stephen Fry, Gil Bellows, Aaron Ashmore
  Director: John Kent Harrison
  Written by: John Goldsmith, John Kent Harrison, Simon Vaughan
  Release Date: December 12, 2004
  Genre: Drama / War
  Language: English
  Rated: PG
  Runtime: 90 min.

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 named 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.

Trivia & Facts

- At White River Ontario (on the north shore of Lake Superior) there is a park and a large monument to Winnie the bear who became Winnie The Pooh.

- To avoid infringing on Disney’s copyright and trademark of Milne’s work, the phrase “Winnie the Pooh” was never mentioned throughout the movie.

Goofs and Errors

Factual errors: The troop train is a CPR train yet the coaches are green. CP’s passenger coaches were always maroon.

Continuity: The conductor announces arrival at White River while it is dark outside the train yet when the passengers debark, it is sunny.

Continuity: World War I started in August 1914. The Canadian Expeditionary Force wouldn’t have embarked until many weeks later. Yet all the scenes are in bright and warm summer weather.