On April 3rd ia movie I loved is coming out on DVD...We Bought a Zoo! It is a movie about a life transformation and I am excited to tell you more about it later in the week. For now, check out the a little more information on this upcoming release plus read about some of movies most memorable transformations over the years!
FROM DIRECTOR CAMERON CROWE COMES THE UPLIFTING TALE
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Featuring
Family Friendly Audio Track The Whole Family Will Go Wild for this Heartwarming
Adventure Starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson On Blu-ray, DVD and
Digital Download April 3
This Easter,
be unpredictable, do something crazy and embrace your wild side! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
presents an inspiring adventure based on a true story of one man who brought a
zoo back to life and family back together in WE BOUGHT A ZOO, arriving
on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download April 3.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire)
and starring Matt Damon (Contagion, True Grit), Scarlett Johansson (Iron Man 2, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) and Thomas Haden Church (Easy A, Sideways), WE BOUGHT A ZOO is “a sweet-natured
tale…that you’ll want to see with your kids” (Liz Braun, Jam! Movies).
Benjamin Mee
(Damon) is a Los Angeles newspaper columnist and adventure writer who, as a
single father, faces the challenges of raising his two young children. Hoping that a fresh start and a new life will
restore their family spirit, Mee quits his job and buys an old rural house
outside the city with a unique bonus feature: a zoo named the Rosemoor Animal
Park, where dozens of animals reside under the care of head zookeeper Kelly
Foster (Johansson) and her dedicated team.
With no experience, limited time and a shoestring budget, Mee sets out
with the support of his family and the local community to reopen the zoo. Now, Benjamin is no longer reporting an
adventure story; he’s living it in his own backyard.
Fresh Starts, Transformations and a Little Magic!
After he loses his wife, Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon)
decides he and his kids need a fresh start and he finds it in the most
unconventional way: buying a zoo!
Based on a true story, We Bought a Zoo warms the heart with the promise of change for the
better, and reminds us that transformation is possible. Take a look at this
list of other movies to teach us about a clean slates and do-overs.
GROUNDHOG DAY
Weatherman
Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is miserable
in his career and expresses as much at every turn. When he has to embark on his
annual assignment in Punxsutawney, PA, to cover their annual Groundhog Day
festivities, he is quick to offer his disdain. Then ironically, through some
strange magic, Phil is sentenced to live out February 2nd in
Punxsutawney over and over again. According to writer/director Harold Ramis,
Phil spends 10 years reliving the day over and over again until he gets it
right.
THE FAMILY
MAN
Nicolas Cage is Jack Campbell, an investment broker on the fast track to
corporate stardom when he is offered the opportunity to see how the other half
lives. Suddenly Jack’s time-consuming career, sports car and girlfriend have
become a job he finds gratifying, a mini-van and wife. Ultimately happier than
he’s ever been in his new life, he is panicked when he has to return to the old
one.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
When his guardian angel intervenes on Christmas Eve, George
Bailey’s (James Stewart) plan to kill himself is thwarted and he finds himself
visiting all the people whose lives he has touched and seeing all of the
contributions he has made to his community. As it turns out, George’s life was
quite wonderful after all. Who knows what would have been had he never been
born.
HOOK
Robin
Williams stars as Peter Banning, a practically unfeeling corporate attorney who
has completely forgotten his childhood in Neverland as the infamous Peter
Pan. Little does he know that Captain Hook has long been plotting his
revenge! When Hook kidnaps Peter’s
children and hides them in Neverland, Peter has no choice but to join the Lost
Boys and reclaim a life he’s totally suppressed. When he finds out what kind of
success really matters in life, he is able to save his children, Neverland and
ultimately, himself.
BEETHOVEN
George Newton (Charles Grodin) is quite comfortable in his
organized, quaint family life. He certainly doesn't want the responsibility of
owning a dog, but when Beethoven, a loveable St. Bernard, sneaks into their
lives, he can’t say no to his wife and children who immediately become attached
to the gigantic pooch. George resists Beethoven at every turn but when an
unethical veterinarian puts both the dog and the family’s lives in danger,
George must reevaluate what matters to him most.
MR. DESTINY
Larry (James Belushi) blames all of his problems on the fact
that he struck out during a key moment of a high school baseball game and wishes
he had done things differently. When his wish is magically granted, Larry is
sent to an alternate reality in which he had won the pivotal high
school game. But Larry, now rich and powerful, soon begins to miss parts of his
former life, like his best friend and his wife. Ultimately, Larry’s realizes no
life is perfect and knows now that despite losing the game, he’d hit the
jackpot.
TEEN WOLF
17-year-old Scott Howard is sick of being average. He’s an
average student in an average town on the school’s average basketball team. And
though Scott wishes he were more special, his expectations might be beyond exceeded
when he finds out he’s inherited the ability to transform into a werewolf. As
the wolf, Scott is charming, athletic, talented and magnetic. But now he
doesn’t know whom to trust and he’s afraid of his new, burgeoning temper. Sometimes
it takes the monster inside to make a person realize being average can still be
special.
CITY SLICKERS
Finally! A
movie that uncover the meaning of life! New Yorker Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) has just turned 39,
and is thick in the middle of a midlife crisis, so his two best friends
take him on a two-week southwestern cattle drive adventure. Battling corrupt
ranch hands, delivering a baby calf, surviving a life-threatening storm and
cracking the tough exterior of a surly cowboy inspires Mitch to return home,
happy to know the meaning of HIS
life is family.
THE SANDLOT
It’s the
summer of 1962. Scotty Smalls is the neighborhood new-kid that no one wants
around; least of all to play baseball – a sport which Scotty has no discernable
skill for. But under the tutelage of Benny “the Jet” Rodriguez, the
neighborhood cool-kid, he eventually finds his throwing arm and a whole team of
best friends. By the time the summer ends, Scotty has a newfound confidence
that prepares him for a life of lasting bonds and big opportunities.
VICE VERSA
After divorced work-a-holic Marshall Seymour
(Judge
Reinhold)
returns from a business trip, he discovers he has accidentally acquired a
strange ornamental skull that had belonged to a pair of doddering smugglers.
When Marshall’s son Charlie (Fred Savage) comes to visit, tensions are clearly
high between them and during a fight; the skull turns out to be an enchanted
artifact that makes their personalities swap bodies. Marshall has to go back to
high school and Charlie must survive a treacherous corporate world. But maybe
stepping into each other’s shoes – literally – is just the thing to make them
grateful for one another and what they have.
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