Summary:Animal collections requiring wild animal care takers or zookeepers have existed since about 3,000 B.C. originally this profession was not called a zookeeper and we may never know since terminology used to describe this such profession and ones of the same sort have been lost in many cases due to languages being lost throughout history.
Early civilizations in Mesopotamia (present day Iraq), Egypt, China and Pakistan / NW India allowed rulers and the wealthy classes citizens to keep collections of wild animals. These civilizations had individuals which caught and cared for wild animals such as fish and birds. These individuals took care of wild animals, and treated sick and injured animals.
King Hammurabi (Babylonia, 1728-1686 BC) established the first known Code of Laws, which included fees that could be charged by “ox and ass doctors” or we know today as veterinarians. There is also said to be a picture from the palace wall of King Ashurbanipal 627 B.C. showing a servant releasing a lion out of a crate into the King’s animal collection.
Some ancient collections or animals were very large and contained a wide variety of species, although specific details of these collections were not recorded. Many cultures such as the Chinese, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Arabian, and Indian collected. Little is known about how or where they kept these animals. Our knowledge comes from when these animals appeared in the processionals (parades) or in the arena fights. However there is proof that large elephant exhibits were maintained outside of Rome. There is also proof of people who cared for the sick animals (veterinarians).
On the other side of the world known as the New World, Aztec and Inca societies also maintained large animal collections. While these were only discovered in the early 16th century, they were much older than that. Montezuma (Mexico City) had the largest known collections. One collection consisted of birds and required some 300 keepers. Another collection consisted of mammals and reptiles requiring another 300 keepers. There were also fresh and salt water fish ponds. But up until this time period no known animal collections existed in North America.
Cast:Adam Sandler ... Monkey (voice)
Sylvester Stallone ... Lion (voice)
Rosario Dawson
Kevin James ... Griffin Keyes
Ken Jeong
Jon Favreau ... Bear (voice)
Leslie Bibb
Donnie Wahlberg
udd Apatow ... Elephant (voice)
Cher ... Giraffe (voice)
Faizon Love ... (voice)
Katrina Begin ... Sarah
Steffiana De La Cruz ... Robin
Jennifer Gjulameti ... Hip Friend
Nick Bakay ... Franky
Director:Frank Coraci
Writing :Nick Bakay (screenplay) &
Rock Reuben (screenplay) &
Kevin James (screenplay) and
Jay Scherick (screenplay) &
David Ronn (screenplay)
Jay Scherick (story) &
David Ronn (story)
Producers:Jennifer Eatz Executive Producer
Barry Bernardi Executive Producer
Charles J. Newirth Executive Producer
Jeff Sussman Executive Producer
Kevin James Producer
Todd Garner Producer
Jack Giarraputo Producer
Walt Becker Producer
Adam Sandler Producer
Original Music:Rupert Gregson-Williams
Sound Mix:SDDS,DTS,Dolby Digital
Cinematography:Michael Barrett
Film Editing:Scott Hill
Logline:After a lonely zookeeper decides to leave his job because he can't meet a woman, the animals intervene and teach him their mating habits.
Genres: Comedy and Romance
Release Date: July 8th, 2011 (wide)
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA):Rated PG for some rude and suggestive humor, and language.
Filming Locations:Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Special Effects:Creative Initiative Make-Up & FX Studio (airbrush artist)
Pixomondo
Language:English
Production Companies:Broken Road Productions
Columbia Pictures
Happy Madison Productions
Hey Eddie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Distributors:Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
Sony Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
Columbia Pictures
Country:USA
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