Description |
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Based on the book by Benjamin Mee. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. |
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Special features: It's a zoo : behind the scenes with the animals; Audio commentary with director Cameron Crowe, actor JB Smoove and editor Mark Livolsi. |
Credits |
Music by Jonsi ; film editor: Mark Livolsi. |
Cast |
Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, John Michael Higgins. |
Summary |
Tells the true account of how author Benjamin Mee and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. Mee, along with his children, had to balance caring for his wife, who was dying of brain cancer, with dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for language and some thematic elements. |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby surround (French, Spanish). |
Language |
English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned; optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Zoos -- England -- Drama.
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Zoo directors -- England -- Drama.
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Brain -- Tumors -- Patients -- Drama.
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Zoos -- Drama.
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Zoo directors -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Added Author |
Crowe, Cameron, 1957-
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Yorn, Julie, 1969-
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Yorn, Rick.
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McKenna, Aline Brosh.
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Damon, Matt.
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Johansson, Scarlett, 1984-
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Church, Thomas Haden.
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Fugit, Patrick, 1982-
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Fanning, Elle, 1998-
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Higgins, John Michael.
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Mee, Benjamin.
We bought a zoo.
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Vinyl Films (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Standard No. |
024543751694 |
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024543751700 |
Music No. |
2275169 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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2275170 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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2301654 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment |
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