The zoo staff, led by head keeper Kelly Foster, start making renovations to reopen the zoo to the public. Benjamin's brother, Duncan, tries to discourage him from the purchase, but he buys it anyway. Benjamin, seeing Rosie playing happily with the peacocks, resolves to buy the zoo.ĭylan, frustrated by the idea of moving away from his friends, retreats into his art. Stevens explains that if they want the house, then they must also buy the zoo on the property which closed several years before. Stevens tries to dissuade them from considering it, but as they tour the grounds, Benjamin declares that 'it's perfect'. Stevens, but find none to their liking until Rosie sees a listing for a large old house. He tours many homes with his 7-year-old daughter, Rosie, and their realtor, Mr. Benjamin decides to make a fresh start, starting with a new home.

When his 14-year-old son Dylan is expelled from school, Benjamin realizes that the family's current situation is not working, they are all grieving, and everything around them reminds them of Katherine. Dartmoor Zoological Park (originally Dartmoor Wildlife Park), on which the film is based, is a 33-acre zoological garden located near the village of Sparkwell, Devon, England.īenjamin Mee has been grieving the loss of his wife, Katherine, for seven months. We Bought a Zoo was released on DVD and Blu-ray on Apby 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

The film earned $120.1 million on a $50 million budget. We Bought A Zoo was released in the United States on Decemby 20th Century Fox.

The film also stars Scarlett Johansson, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, Colin Ford, and John Michael Higgins.

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. Urn:oclc:798993319 Republisher_date 20171219154119 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 910 Scandate 20171219001932 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Top_six true Tts_version v1.We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American biographical family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee. Urn:lcp:weboughtzooamazi00benj:lcpdf:32de5498-8007-444a-b3ca-df3a5bf6b053 Extramarc University of Michigan Foldoutcount 0 Identifier weboughtzooamazi00benj Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6546vc1d Invoice 1213 Isbn 9781602861572ġ602861579 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Containerid_2 X0008 Donorīurlingamepubliclibrary External-identifier Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:33:36 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1161602 Boxid_2 CH129925 City New York, N.Y.

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