That’s right,there will be additional We Bought A Zoo sneak preview screenings in North America tomorrow. For theaters and times in your area, please check out Fandango.
That’s right,there will be additional We Bought A Zoo sneak preview screenings in North America tomorrow. For theaters and times in your area, please check out Fandango.
If you want to hear the principals speak about We Bought A Zoo, there will be quite a few opportunities in the coming weeks. The film will have its world premiere in New York on Monday, December 12th. In addition, here’s some of the other notable press:
Two new clips from We Bought A Zoo have emerged (courtesy of Yahoo! Movies and Moviefone). The first clip (above) is between Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) and his brother, Duncan Mee (Thomas Haden Church). The second is Benjamin in a somewhat heated discussion with Kelly Foster (Scarlett Johansson). They aren’t spoilery, so check them out if you dare…
Cameron personally invited everyone in the U.S. to attend the We Bought A Zoo screenings this past Saturday, November 26th via this special Tout video message. After you see the film, you are encouraged to share your “20 seconds of courage” video via Tout .
Update: Share your thoughts. What did you think of the film?
We are pleased to share the theaters and cities where you can see We Bought A Zoo this Saturday, November 26th. Just follow this Fandango link or Movietickets.com link and make sure you have chosen November 26th from the drop down list. You can then purchase your tickets online via Fandango or by going to your local theater box office. All screenings will be held at 7pm. Hope you can make it!
Kim Masters profiles and interviews Cameron for the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter. In addition to talking about We Bought A Zoo in-depth, topics include Elizabethtown, the out of print Fast Times book (again), My Name is Marvin, his five favorite films and much more. Head over there to read it all, but here’s a taste (the track listing of the infamous mix CD that Cameron made for Matt Damon).
20th Century Fox has announced that We Bought A Zoo will receive special sneak preview screening on Saturday, November 26th on more than 800 screens across the USA.
“Once in a while, we’re lucky enough to have a picture to which audiences of all kinds and all ages respond so strongly that it demands a big and unexpected event,” said Fox President and marketing chief Oren Aviv. “‘We Bought a Zoo’ is that kind of picture — and Thanksgiving is a great time to share it via this special, very early preview.”
Cameron is equally excited. “I think I’m the one getting the early holiday gift,” Crowe said. “Holding previews so far ahead of our opening is a bold movie — but that’s one of the many reasons I like it.”
There will be an online chat with Cameron that evening and chances for viewers to share their experiences with the film via Twitter and Facebook. More details on that in the coming weeks.
NPR premiered the brand new song from We Bought A Zoo entitled “Gathering Stories”. The song is a collaboration from both Jónsi and Cameron. Have a listen, we hope you like it.Here’s Cameron discussing how Jónsi and his music inspired the film and how he ultimately became involved. These are part of the liner notes for the soundtrack which will be released on December 13th. (Amazon.com or iTunes)
Both with Sigur Rós, and in his solo work, Jónsi has always made music that captured the human adventure. Early on, it was obvious that this music would have a profound effect on the making of “We Bought A Zoo.” In preparation for making the movie, we gave all the actors and crew members a copy of Sigur Rós transcendent documentary, “Heima,” (Icelandic for “home”). We all watched the film and listened to the music, and it quickly seeped into our own journey in filming the real-life story of Benjamin Mee’s book. The actors listened to the music during their takes; it was immediately part of the film’s DNA. Even the signs guiding our crew members to the set revealed our inspiration “Heima.” During filming, I sent Jónsi a photo of one of the signs. He wrote back with characteristic enthusiasm. On our last day of shooting in April, I contacted Jónsi again and asked him if he was interested in scoring the film. I sent him a copy of the script, and a Quicktime of one of the scenes. The story affected him. He’d already begun composing new music for the film when he arrived from Iceland with his toy sampler keyboard and a headful of ideas.
His first theme for the movie fit perfectly. Within a week, Jónsi had composed a series of themes that would reflect everything we’d hoped for. In his music were all the highs and lows and passionate in-betweens of the film itself. Over the course of several visits to Los Angeles, Jónsi sculpted and orchestrated a soundscape with elements I’d never had in a movie before: bells, strings, cymbals, toy pianos, even melodies played through a small Dictaphone. The instinct that began the movie had come full circle. On a warm fall night in October, we finished. The e-mail he sent last night before boarding the plane back to his home in Iceland says it all: “It was such a blast.” And so it was. Here, with thanks from an inspired director, and special gratitude to Alex Somers, who helped shine it through a prism of love and wonder, is Jónsi’s first score for film. This is his music for “We Bought A Zoo.”
Cameron Crowe
October 2011