We Bought a Zoo

- Movie Trailer for Cameron Crowe’s We Bought a Zoo. Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church and Elle Fanning star in the true life drama directed by Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Say Anything). See the movie photos for ‘We Bought a Zoo’ in the photo gallery. The film tells the true story of how a widower (Damon) and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo and restore it to its former glory. Based on the autobiographical memoir “We Bought a Zoo” by Benjamin Mee. we bought a zoo movie poster * Release Date: December 23, 2011 * Studio: 20th Century Fox * Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Adaptation * Director: Cameron Crowe * Screenwriter: Aline Brosh McKenna, Cameron Crowe * Official Website: WeBoughtAZooMovie.com * Starring: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, John Michael Higgins, Angus Macfadyen, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, J.B. Smoove * Running Time: Unknown * MPAA Rating: Not yet rated Plot Details This holiday season, acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory.