![]() ![]() ![]() Groundbreaking stuff with war veterans and kids excluded from mainstream education, connecting them with nature, real nature with lions and tigers in it and it seems to work. “I love how, as well as doing conservation work with endangered animals, they also help vulnerable people too. ![]() Since I adapted Benjamin Mee’s book for the screenplay and directed We Bought a Zoo, I’ve kept an eye on what they are doing. Mr Crowe said: “I’ve always been a fan of the incredible work the team does at Dartmoor Zoo. which Mr Crowe wrote and directed, and other notable successes include Say Anything…, Singles, Vanilla Sky, and Elizabethtown. His first major hit had been Jerry Maguire (1996). He won an Academy Award for the screenplay. In April 2020 an appeal for help netted it £40,000 and saw it through the first lockdown.īorn and bred in California, Mr Crowe started his career as a journalist, acting as a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine before moving into the film industry, where his rock journo experiences helped form the basis for 2000’s Almost Famous. The zoo, which has had to close during the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns, has suffered financially as it costs £11,500 a week to look after its 250 animals. ![]()
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