Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story
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| Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story | |
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| Directed by | Stefan Scaini |
| Written by | Kent Staines |
| Starring | Mark Rendall Graham Greene Katie Stuart Ed Begley Jr. |
| Distributed by | Echo Bridge |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country |  Canada |
| Language | English |
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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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[edit] Plot
Simon Jackson is an awkward high school teeanger 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.
[edit] Awards
The movie won the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
[edit] Trivia
- The film features the rock band the Trews, who are supporters of the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition.[1]
[edit] External links
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