Kangaroo – ZooScope

Emily Finan
20th January 2021
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Crocodile Dundee. Dir. Peter Faiman. Paramount Pictures. 1986

Crocodile Dundee. Dir. Peter Faiman. Paramount Pictures. 1986 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Emily Finan Emily Finan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f3003dbd631d64981689174c28ee6f10?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2021 25th May 2021

“A city girl like you? You wouldn’t last five minutes, love. This is a man’s country out here.”– Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) Theatrical Poster for Crocodile Dundee (1986) Crocodile Dundee…

Alison Madin
22nd January 2017
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The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006.

The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Alison Madin Alison Madin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/447e7cc9422d72365a90ac4319077df1?s=96&d=mm&r=g 22nd January 2017 25th May 2021

The Wild YouTube video of the film’s theatrical trailer: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE3mEgqqlCM> ‘Start spreading the newspaper.’ Disney’s 2006 animation, The Wild, by first-time director and ex-special effects artist Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, is a family…

Alison Madin
22nd January 2017
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The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006.

The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Alison Madin Alison Madin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/447e7cc9422d72365a90ac4319077df1?s=96&d=mm&r=g 22nd January 2017 25th May 2021

ZooScope ZOOM: The Wild Above: ‘This isn’t Happiness’ – 07/04/2014 front cover illustration of The New Yorker by Peter DeSeve shows a vegetarian lion eating salad whilst looking distractedly at a…

Jessica Walton
30th December 2015
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We Bought a Zoo. Dir. Cameron Crowe. 20th Century Fox. 2011.

We Bought a Zoo. Dir. Cameron Crowe. 20th Century Fox. 2011. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Jessica Walton Jessica Walton https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b0c09a7be6b55c405bca2e2b074bfe3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g 30th December 2015 25th May 2021

We Bought a Zoo is a film loosely based on a memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee which describes his purchase and restoration of the failing Dartmoor Wildlife…

Christian Tuckell
6th February 2015
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Earthlings. Dir. Shaun Monson. Nation Earth. 2005.

Earthlings. Dir. Shaun Monson. Nation Earth. 2005. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Christian Tuckell Christian Tuckell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f00fff70fad33aff7bf98c9fcffc63e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 6th February 2015 25th May 2021

Fig. 1 The original release poster for Earthlings, the film’s oft repeated challenge to the viewer to ‘make the connection’ features prominently alongside pictures of plants, animals and the evil emperor…

Jack Collier
20th January 2015
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Wake in Fright. Dir. Ted Kotcheff. United Artists. 1971.

Wake in Fright. Dir. Ted Kotcheff. United Artists. 1971. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Jack Collier Jack Collier https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a720a45f9995532a05363d10012e4448?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2015 25th May 2021

Having been lost for decades following its 1971 release, Wake in Fright was restored to considerable acclaim in 2009. Its aesthetic, screenplay and portrayal of the culture clash between outsiders and the…