We bought a zoo
2012
Blu-ray
A memoir by Benjamin Mee, tells the true account of how the author 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.
Item Details
Description:
- 2 videodiscs (124 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
- polychrome
- digital
- optical
- Dolby digital 5.1
- video file
- Blu-ray disc
- region A
Target Audience Note: CHVR: PG.
Notes:
- Title from container.
- Based on the book by Benjamin Mee.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
- Bonus features: deleted & extended scenes ; gag reel ; We shot a zoo ; Their happy is too loud ; The real mee ; gallery by still photographer Neal Preston ; audio commentary ; sneak peek ; theatrical trailer.
- Music by Jonsi; film editor, Mark Livolsi.
- Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, John Michael Higgins.
- Blu-ray Disc, region A, widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (English), 5.1 Dolby Digital (French, Spanish) ; requires Blu-ray player.
- English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles.
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio for people with visual disabilities.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 2275179
Control Number: 862698
UPC:
- 024543751793
- 024543018803
Subjects:
Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Authors:
- Church, Thomas Haden.
- Crowe, Cameron, 1957-
- Damon, Matt.
- Fanning, Elle, 1998-
- Fugit, Patrick, 1982-
- Higgins, John Michael.
- Johansson, Scarlett, 1984-
- LBI Entertainment (Firm)
- McKenna, Aline Brosh.
- Mee, Benjamin. We bought a zoo.
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
- Vinyl Films (Firm)
- Yorn, Julie, 1969-
- Yorn, Rick.