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The Resource We bought a zoo, LBI Entertainment / Vinyl Films production ; produced by Julie Yorn, Cameron Crowe, Rick Yorn ; screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe ; directed by Cameron Crowe

We bought a zoo, LBI Entertainment / Vinyl Films production ; produced by Julie Yorn, Cameron Crowe, Rick Yorn ; screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe ; directed by Cameron Crowe

Contributor
Summary
Adapted from the memoir by Benjamin Mee, the film tells how the author used his life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. In the film version, Mee is a widower who must deal with raising not only his children but also endangered animals, all while working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the book by Benjamin Mee
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2011
Instance
Label
We bought a zoo
Title
We bought a zoo
Statement of responsibility
LBI Entertainment / Vinyl Films production ; produced by Julie Yorn, Cameron Crowe, Rick Yorn ; screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe ; directed by Cameron Crowe
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Adapted from the memoir by Benjamin Mee, the film tells how the author used his life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. In the film version, Mee is a widower who must deal with raising not only his children but also endangered animals, all while working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening
Cataloging source
LPU
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music by Jonsi; film editor, Mark Livolsi
Intended audience
  • MPAA rating: PG; for language and some thematic elements
  • CHV rating: PG; for coarse language
  • OFRB rating: PG; for language
Language note
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio for people with visual disabilities; closed-captioned
  • English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.W4 2012
PerformerNote
Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, John Michael Higgins
Runtime
124
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
We bought a zoo, LBI Entertainment / Vinyl Films production ; produced by Julie Yorn, Cameron Crowe, Rick Yorn ; screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe ; directed by Cameron Crowe
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the book by Benjamin Mee
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2011
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 024543751694
  • 024543751700
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 2275169
  • 2275170
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
ocn773416021
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby surround (French, Spanish)
Video recording format
DVD
Label
We bought a zoo, LBI Entertainment / Vinyl Films production ; produced by Julie Yorn, Cameron Crowe, Rick Yorn ; screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna and Cameron Crowe ; directed by Cameron Crowe
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the book by Benjamin Mee
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2011
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (124 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 024543751694
  • 024543751700
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 2275169
  • 2275170
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
ocn773416021
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby surround (French, Spanish)
Video recording format
DVD

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