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We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American biographical comedy drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee.It was co-written and directed by Cameron Crowe and stars Matt Damon as widowed father Benjamin Mee, who purchases a dilapidated zoo with his family and takes on the challenge of preparing the zoo for its reopening to the public.
A four part television documentary entitled Ben's Zoo was broadcast in 2006. It followed the story of Mee and his staff as they worked to rebuild the park. In 2008 Benjamin Mee published a book titled We Bought a Zoo, about his and his family's experiences within the zoo. The book was loosely adapted into a 2011 film, We Bought a Zoo.
We Bought a Zoo is a book published in 2008 by Benjamin Mee about his experiences in purchasing the Dartmoor Wildlife Park in Devon, England in 2006. Renamed the Dartmoor Zoological Park, it was reopened to the public the following year. The book was loosely adapted into a film of the same name that was released in 2011.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. American filmmaker and journalist (born 1957) Cameron Crowe Crowe in 2022 Born Cameron Bruce Crowe (1957-07-13) July 13, 1957 (age 67) Palm Springs, California, U.S. Occupation(s) Journalist, author, writer, producer, director, actor, lyricist, playwright Years active 1972–present ...
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Shooting on 35mm film, Green clearly wants to reconnect with a time when movies let kids go rogue, though the result lands closer to Cameron Crowe’s sappy crowd-pleaser “We Bought a Zoo ...