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Dec 12, 2023 · December 12, 2023. Image Credit: The Biome Project/YouTube. Cameron Crowe’s 2011 drama film ‘We Bought a Zoo’ chronicles Benjamin Mee’s efforts to reopen Dartmoor Wildlife Park, a nearly abandoned zoo located in the English county of Devon.
Dec 24, 2017 · The heartbreaking true-life story of love, loss and cancer behind Dartmoor Zoo. Benjamin Mee of Dartmoor Zoo tells how his wife's terminal cancer and becoming a single dad led to a Hollywood...
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It was opened in 1968 by Ellis Daw who ran it until its licence was revoked and it was forced to close in 2006. 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.
- 80,000 (2016)
- 33 acres (13 ha)
- 1968
- Dartmoor, England
Dec 11, 2023 · December 11, 2023. 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.
Jan 6, 2023 · News. By. Shannon Brown Reporter. Benjamin Mee met Matt Damon on the Hollywood set of We Bought a Zoo, the film based on his life story. The story of Dartmoor Zoo might be a familiar one, but...
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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 ...
We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American biographical family 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 ...
