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 ...

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We Bought a Zoo: Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford. Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

Bart the Bear 2, also called Bart the Bear II, Bart 2, Bart II, or Little Bart (January 20, 2000 – November 14, 2021) was a male interior Alaskan grizzly bear who appeared in several films and television series, including An Unfinished Life, Into the Wild, Evan Almighty, We Bought a Zoo, Game of Thrones, and most recently Into the Grizzly …

Nov 8, 2011 · We Bought a Zoo Release Date: When was the film released? We Bought a Zoo was a Nationwide release in 2011 on Friday, December 23, 2011 in around 3,000 theaters. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including Pina, In …

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Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

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Love, loss and ... zoo animals. This quirky drama looks at grief and healing with an earnest sentimentality—not in the goofy way the zebra posters make you think.

We Bought a Zoo is an American family comedy film directed by Cameron Crowe. The film stars Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, and John Michael Higgins. After his wife dies 6 months ago a single father …