Connections
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show focuses on the making of this movie and includes multiple segments from it
References
An item in the "travel scrapbook" includes lyrics from a fictitious song, "The Road," by J. Bebe and R. Hammond. This is a reference to another Crowe film, Almost Famous. Jeff Bebe and Russell Hammond were members of Stillwater, the band William Miller toured with.
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Christy mentions that "We Bought a Zoo" is Cameron Crowe's first film since "Elizabethtown"
Brenda and Thomas sitting on a stone wall watching the underneath valley, like Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom characters in the 2005 movie from director Cameron Crowe. There are other two references to this movie, that inspired a lot the director Emanuele Valla. Brenda in the epilogue wears a wool bonnet similar to the one worn by Kirsten Dunst. Always in the epilogue when Thomas mobile phone rings there's a ringtone referring to the one Orlando Bloom had in the movie.
Features
When Claire leaves Drew after their night together, she is looking for her shoes like Audrey Hepburn does in Roman Holiday, which is conveniently playing on the TV set.
Short clip can be seen on TV during channel surfing
In the scene of the memorial Susan Sarandon's character tap dances to "Moon River"
Short clip can be seen on TV during channel surfing
footage from airport 1975 is used in this movie
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"Screenplay Cliché: Not Part of the Plan" segment