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After re-opening Dartmoor Zoo, Benjamin Mee committed himself to sharing his inspiring story with the world. As a journalist and writer, Mee knew how to craft an emotionally charged memoir, which paved the way for the creation of ‘We Bought a Zoo.’
Cameron Crowe’s 2011 comedy-drama film ‘We Bought a Zoo’ depicts the affecting true story of Benjamin Mee, who bought a 30-acre zoo located in Dartmoor, England. Ben’s search for a house for his family to stay in ended when he learned about Dartmoor Wildlife Park.
Benjamin Mee of Dartmoor Zoo tells how his wife's terminal cancer and becoming a single dad led to a Hollywood film - and much more...
The zoo was bought in August 2006 by Benjamin Mee, who reopened the zoo in July 2007, later writing a book about his experiences called We Bought a Zoo (2008). A 2011 film of the same title was loosely based on the book.
Along came Benjamin Mee, who with his family bought the site and set about creating the Zoo we have today. His story, and that of his family, both humans and animals, is portrayed in his best-selling book ‘We Bought a Zoo’, which was also turned into a hit movie by Cameron Crowe, starring Matt Damon as Benjamin Mee and a host of other stars ...
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.
Benjamin Mee is a very persuasive man. After his father died in early 2005 Mee had convinced his 76-year-old mother to sell the Surrey home in which he and his three brothers and sister had...
When Benjamin Mee decided to uproot his family and move them to an unlikely new home a dilapidated zoo where more than 200 exotic animals would be their new neighbors his friends and colleagues thought he was crazy.
Matt Damon might star as the main man in We Bought a Zoo, but Benjamin Mee really did it. Find out the sad inspiration behind the wild purchase.
Matt Damon makes a sturdy and likable Benjamin Mee, and Scarlett Johansson, as the head of the zoo’s animal keepers, seems adamantly unaware that she’s in a script that requires her to sooner or later kiss the hero.