But what really interested me in the aftertaste was the career/work of the protagonist in the real story. Is this really a story about finding a career for a lifetime?
Because this film is an adaptation of a real-life story. So to explore this point, it will not be too traceless.
Let’s retell the true version of this story first: The
following is an excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor_Zoological_Park#Future_plans
Dartmoor Wildlife Park This zoo was established in 1968 by Ellis Daw on his 18-acre (72843 square meter) On the land. In 2001, because he did not comply with the supervision, he was required to suspend business for rectification (the supervision department is the official master who appeared twice in the movie). Ellis refused, and as a result, the zoo license was revoked on April 23, 2006. In August of the same year, Benjamin Mee and his wife (sorry to those love fan, her wife died of a brain tumor only 4 months after buying the zoo), two babies bought and moved into the zoo. On July 7, 2007, after the renovation, the zoo was renamed Dartmoor Zoological Park and reopened.
Here comes the point.
Benjamin used to be a columnist for Gardener Magazine. After taking over the zoo, he himself repaired the zoo’s fences and other facilities, as well as his life experience in the zoo, into a book, which is the blueprint for this movie. This book was published in 2008.
In 2006, the BBC filmed 4 episodes of the documentary Ben's Zoo, telling the story of this Ben and his zoo employees. In November and December 2006, this documentary was broadcast on BBC 2.
The film will be released on December 23, 2011, Christmas file:)
In 2013, the zoo will continue to receive a charity fund of 6 million pounds in the next 5 years, and many universities will carry out animal research here. Various expansion plans are in progress.
The movie exaggerated Ben's changes and described him buying the zoo as an adventure, a circus play, a mindless cross-border adventure. Through the blessing of the soul of his deceased wife, he was affirmed by the staff and passed the difficulties. Does it feel very mysterious, like the side where the dice stops.
In fact, if you take a closer look at this original story, you will find that in the whole thing, Ben uses his own profession and of course his attitude towards life, which affects the development of things.
As a media person’s self-promotion, as a gardener’s country in the United Kingdom (this film was changed to the United States), he found a fit between the zoo and his own expertise, using gardening and farming as a fulcrum, which attracted the attention of the public. Before the zoo opened, the ads were done all over the UK for free. This is all because of his own profession, gardening.
Furthermore, the continuous record of writing and consolidating these further into a book to expand the audience. The script was adapted until I, thousands of miles away, curiously went to the wiki to find out and care about the past, present and future of this zoo. At this time, it relied on Hollywood's warm and inspiring packaging, but the core and the touch were still the core of the story in Ben's original work, or his original record of moving the screenwriter.
In contrast, we look at the former owner of this zoo, Ellis Daw, who is the opposite of ben.
This person is also present in the movie, split into two parts, one is the homeowner who does not appear but has set strange additional conditions for buying a house, plus the bearded zoo gardener who is always drinking and clamoring to kill the zoo inspector.
In the true story, Ellis Daw is a hundred times more powerful than the employee named Chacha. In the corner of the zoo, there is a sign that still stands up to this day. You can get a glimpse of his bullishness: here is to commemorate the zoo founded by Ellis Daw in 1968, for those who love me and go to hell if I don’t have a bird. This zoo, the first animal cage environment model, was imitated by most zoos afterwards. When he was punished in 2001, Ellis refused to obey the rectification opinions. He argued that in the past 30 years, there has never been a safety incident with these devices, but the exposure of the brown bear living environment has greatly criticized the public. The license was finally revoked. Had to sell the cherished zoo. In 2012, after the film was published, he wrote an autobiography, From Sheep to Lion. Ha ha.
Challenge the media, boycott the system, as an operator, he is too unqualified. He is good at taking good care of the zoo, so after the adaptation, it is a good choice to make this part of him an employee.
So, you really don't know what adventure will be in the next second, but you will spend it in the way you are good at.
You are the hand that throws the dice, and career is just one side of the dice.
Endless life is the real good fruit, happy ending.
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