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We Bought a Zoo Trailer: Cameron Crowe and Matt Damon Give You Their Hearts. Hold the Pen

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (32)

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Before the spectacular Elizabethtown flame-out (but dude! What a soundtrack), Cameron was nearly perfect as a director. He’d given us brilliant coming-of-age films for high-school, our 20s, and our 30s, with a bit of football and grunge mixed in between (I do understand I’m also in the minority on Vanilla Sky, but I loved even that film and that fantastic Beach Boys elevator sequence). He had combined his own personal experiences, a terrific love of great music, and that Billy Wilder brand of hope and romance into these brilliant films about troubled sensitive guys and dare to be great situations. That’s kind of what Crowe is: An earnest, dare-to-be-great filmmaker, a guy not afraid to express insecurity or take a risk on a line that might be perceived by some as corny but by others as romantic. He is an effusive filmmaker; that motherfucker goes for it, even if it means falling on his face.

Crowe’s next, We Bought a Zoo, moves the director into parenting territory (moreso than Jerry Maguire at least). He and Aline Brosh McKenna have adapted the novel, We Bought a Zoo and brought aboard Matt Damon to star a single father who wants to give his children the “authentic American experience.” So, they move into a zoo. Naturally.

The trailer is below, and it seems to suggest that — after a very long hiatus — Crowe has once again found his footing. It looks outstanding, with heart seeping out of the sleeves.









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Comments

Wow. Horrible. Fuck Cameron Crowe. Honestly. Fuck Him.

Posted by: The Alias at September 14, 2011 3:22 PM

I think it looks fantastic.

But I hate ScarJo so much. So, so much. You know who should have had that role? Kate Winslet. Can you imagine? You do that and this movie would have been Sparkle Pony all the way.

Posted by: Rob at September 14, 2011 3:22 PM

...record scratch? Really?

OK, I'll probably still see it. Though I gotta say, that's only because of Crowe. That, and I'm really into THC* ever since Sideways.

* - I didn't mean to do that, but I'm leavin' it.

Posted by: pissant at September 14, 2011 3:26 PM

I'm so excited for this that I don't even care about the annoying presence of Scarlett Johannson!

Cameron Crowe is definitely one of the best living directors. Huge fan.

Posted by: Mel C. at September 14, 2011 3:28 PM

Say Anything is exactly fine. After that I'm with Alias.

Posted by: seth at September 14, 2011 3:28 PM

word, Rob.

Why couldn't they have cast someone in the same relative age range as the delicious Matt Damon? I mean, c'mon.

Posted by: wsapnin at September 14, 2011 3:33 PM

They really amped up the schmaltz for that trailer. I hope the film itself is a little more Crowe.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 14, 2011 3:40 PM

I like THC too. I also like TP & the HBs. So does CC. WIN.

Posted by: JustaDude at September 14, 2011 3:57 PM

How does one liken watching a movie by favorable movie director with the casting of an aggravating "actress"...

"Hey, how would you like a Jim Dandy Sundae?"
"Okay, yeah that's sounds pretty good."
"One problem though..."
"What is it? Something wrong with the sundae?"
"No no, the sundae is exactly as advertised. But y'see, any time that waitress over there walks by she's gonna coldcock you in the jimmies."
"Jesus."
"Yeah, so if she walks by only once, it might not be so bad, even tolerable given the payoff. But if she keeps zipping back forth, no matter how sweet the sundae, you might not find it worth sitting through."
"I don't think I could finish it if she keeps ruining the experience. Couldn't you just tell her not to do that? Or better still fire her punchy ass and hire someone a little more gonad-friendly?"
"Sorry, she cannot be fired for the duration of you dessert."
"Bugger that. I'm going to Mrs. Fields."

Posted by: bleujayone at September 14, 2011 4:02 PM

Yes Rob. Yes! Why can't this be sparkle pony all the way? I was all in until stupid ol' ScarJo showed up. Damnit. I'll probably see it anyway. I am a sucker for all things Damon and Haydenchurch.

Posted by: JenVegas at September 14, 2011 4:02 PM

I kept waiting for JB Smoove to say "you get in that ass, Matt Damon!"

Posted by: Snrub at September 14, 2011 4:22 PM

That entire trailer was a little too Hallmark movie for me. Hopefully it's not really that sappy

Posted by: THRILLHO at September 14, 2011 4:37 PM

Dear god, every line in that trailer had me retching. "Thank you... I think." "I like the animals, but I love the humans." "You don't need any special knowledge to run a zoo, you just need a lot of heart." (Which is only true if the animals, in fact, eat heart.)

Posted by: The Wandering Parakeet at September 14, 2011 4:39 PM

I propose a moratorium on the use of this Sigur Ros song in movie trailers.

Posted by: sheshakes at September 14, 2011 5:30 PM

As a HUGE Crowe fan whose favourite movie is the Untitled cut of Almost Famous and is even capable of saying nice things about Elizabethtown, I am...trepidatious. It does not look great. I'm hoping like hell that, at worst, it turns out to be a cliched film that still has the trademark Crowe heart and smarts bleeding from the edges.

Posted by: Arran at September 14, 2011 7:19 PM

Gosh I'm shocked that Dustin likes a Cameron "Almost Famous" Crowe film! Shocked!

Posted by: logan at September 14, 2011 7:27 PM

Can't believe this, but I only now on IMDB learned that it wasn't Cameron Crowe who co-wrote the screenplay for Last of the Mohicans with Michael Mann.

It was some guy named Christopher Crowe.

Crowe the Cameron is now diminished in my view, so I'll pass on this one.

Posted by: Johnnyboy at September 14, 2011 9:45 PM

Is it just me or does Scarjo look way too young to be the love interest?

I recall Amy Adams was up for this. Oh what could have been.

Posted by: junierizzle at September 14, 2011 9:51 PM

I am so surprised that no one mentioned the Fugit appearance. Aah... Fugit.

Posted by: Jess at September 14, 2011 9:52 PM

Patrick Fugit!!!

Posted by: happy diaz at September 14, 2011 9:58 PM

You beat me to the punch Jess....

Posted by: happy diaz at September 14, 2011 10:01 PM

I was all set to puke, but then I saw Scarlett Johannson and my ass decided to start bleeding instead.

Posted by: AM at September 14, 2011 11:01 PM

Can't ... handle...cheesy...family...movies...
The lil girls line about the hair was the best one in the trailer and that, my friend, does not bode well.

Posted by: jjrox at September 15, 2011 12:52 AM

Dustin...you're kidding...right?

I guess we all have our weakness.

Posted by: OldSchool60 at September 15, 2011 9:28 AM

I would go see that movie, mostly because I love Matt Damon, but also because I'm not averse to schmaltz. ScarJo is not my cup of tea, but I won't refuse to see a movie because she's in it. She does seem a bit young to be the love interest, but Hollywood doesn't believe that even women in their late 30s can be sexy (with a couple notable exceptions). It looks like a nice family movie.

I may just buy the book instead.

Posted by: Reba at September 15, 2011 11:20 AM

Matt Damon can buy a zoo if he wants to.

Posted by: kirbyjay at September 15, 2011 11:20 AM

Is it me, or is Damon starting to look like Jack Black's brother?

I might end up seeing this for one reason: Ever since Pap died, the MiL has had little to do but sit at home by herself and be bored out of her mind. She's past 75 and has trouble keeping a thought in her head. Mrs. , keeps asking me, "Isn't there a movie we could take her to?"

You've seen what's been in theaters all summer, right? Right.

So maybe this is something we can take here to see and get her out of the house for a couple hours, and I'll get to be a hero for a little while.

*crosses fingers*

Posted by: , at September 15, 2011 11:32 AM

aww man swap out ScarJo for say Jennifer Connelly and that would have been great.

Posted by: bananapanda at September 15, 2011 3:29 PM

FuckyeahFugit.

Posted by: Sarz at September 15, 2011 9:47 PM

Am I the only one concerned about the more than likely under-fed wild carnivores around small children? I was just waiting for a very different kind of twist the entire trailer.

Posted by: Austin at September 17, 2011 11:39 AM

Yessss Patrick Fugit!

This looks cheesy and I love it. Thomas Hayden Church is taking the Philip Seymour Hoffman role and running with it.

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