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who is we bought a zoo based on?
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we bought a zoo is a 2011 american family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by benjamin mee. it was 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. the film also stars scarlett johansson, maggie elizabeth jones, thomas haden church, patrick fugit, elle fanning, colin ford, and john michael higgins. the film was released in the united states on december 23, 2011 by 20th century fox. the film earned $120.1 million on a $50 million budget. "we bought a zoo" was released on dvd and blu-ray on april 3, 2012 by 20th century fox home entertainment. dartmoor zoological park (originally dartmoor wildlife park), on which the film is based, is a 33-acre zoological garden located near the village of sparkwell, devon, england.
we bought a zoo
the royal zoological society of new south wales opened the first public zoo in new south wales in 1884 at billy goat swamp in moore park, on a site now occupied by sydney boys high school and sydney girls high school. inspired by a 1908 visit to the hamburg zoo, the secretary of the zoo, albert sherbourne le souef, envisioned a new zoo based on the bar-less concept. after realising that the moore park site was too small, the nsw government granted of land north of sydney harbour. a further were later granted in 1916.
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