Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story
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Director Stefan Scaini First episode date 2005 Duration Country Canada | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, Family Initial DVD release February 21, 2006 Writer Kent Staines Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2005 (2005) Cast Similar movies The Edge , The Grey , The Martian , Into the Grizzly Maze , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story is a 2005 independent Canadian film based on the real life campaign by Spirit Bear Youth Coalition founder Simon Jackson to save the habitat of the Kermode bear. It stars Mark Rendall as Jackson, Katie Stuart as his love interest, Graham Greene, and Ed Begley, Jr..
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Plot
Simon Jackson is an awkward high school teenager who befriends a white bear that saves his life. He learns that the bear is endangered by the destruction of its habitat from logging and grows out of his shell to launch a campaign to the government to protect the bear. He then learns about the hardships of a campaign but succeeds with the help of his friend, Lloyd Blackburn, and his supporters. The movie is based on Simon Jackson and his help with protecting the spirit bear in real life then dies.
Awards
The movie won the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival
Trivia
During the press conference scene at the end of the film, the character Simon shakes hands with the real Simon Jackson.
References
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story WikipediaSpirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story IMDb Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story themoviedb.org