Loading ...Frank Coraci, a known screenwriter and director, born in New York, and graduated high school in 1984 at William Floyd H.S. and graduated college in 1988 at the Tisch School of Arts in New York University, is the director of the upcoming movie “Zookeeper” which will be in cinemas this coming July 8, 2011. Before [...]
Frank Coraci, a known screenwriter and director, born in New York, and graduated high school in 1984 at William Floyd H.S. and graduated college in 1988 at the Tisch School of Arts in New York University, is the director of the upcoming movie “Zookeeper” which will be in cinemas this coming July 8, 2011. Before this animal masterpiece, he already established his name as a director in the movies “Click”, “The Waterboy”, and the “Wedding Singer” which all starred Adam Sandler. But his relationship with Sandler doesn’t end there because it was known to many that Coraci also directed most of the music videos of Sandler. Due to this bond they shared, Sandler invited Coraci to be the title character in his video “The Lonesome Kicker”. Aside from his successful projects with Sandler, Coraci was also able to work with Jackie Chan when he directed the movie “Around the World in 80 Days” where Chan starred in.
In the Zookeeper movie, Frank Coraci has the privilege to use make the story created by David Ronn and Jay Scherick. The magnificent screenplay was by Nick Bakay, Rock Reuben, Kevin James, Jay Scherick, and David Ronn. The film was produced with the joint efforts of Todd Garner, Kevin James, Jack Giarraputo, Walt Becker, and Adam Sandler and his production company called Happy Madison. The Executive producers on the other hand were completed by the team of Barry Bernardi, Jess Sussman, Charles Newirth, and Jennifer Eatz. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) will work as the co-distributors of this movie.
The Zookeeper cast is completed by Kevin James (Griffin Keyes), Rosario Dawson (Kate), Leslie Bibb (Stephanie), Ken Jeong (Venom), and Donnie Wahlberg (Shane). Also featured are the voices of Cher (Janet the lioness), Judd Apatow (Barry the elephant), Adam Sandler (Donald the monkey), Nick Nolte (Bernie the gorilla), and Sylvester Stallone (Joe the lion). Before starring in this film, Kevin George Knipfing famously known as Kevin James had his share of stardom in various movies and television shows being the actor, comedian, producer, and writer that he is. Back in 1989, James started as a comedian in a comedy club in Manhattan called the East Side Comedy Club; his popularity as a comedian didn’t stop there because later on he was invited to make appearances in many talk shows including “Live with regis and Kathy Lee”, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “the Ellen DeGeneres Show”, “Late Show with David Letterman”, “The Rosie O’Donnell Show, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, “The Late Late Show”, and “Dennis Miller Live”. Due to his popularity as a stand-up comedian, James was included in the 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians by Comedy Central where he landed the 89th spot. As an actor, James was part of numerous television shows including “Everybody Loves Raymond”, “Becker”, “Martial Law”, “Arli$$”, and “The King of Queens” wherein he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in the Primetime Emmy Awards. He also never let the opportunity of movies to walk past him; he has done films including “Pinocchio” (2002), “50 First Dates” (2004), “Hitch” (2005), “Monster House” (2006), “Grilled” (2006), “Barnyard” (2006), “I Now pronounce You Chuck & Larry” (2007), “Elmo’s Christmas Countdown” (2007), “You Don’t Mess With The Zohan” (2008), “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (2009), “Grown Ups” (2010), “The Dilemma” (2011), and “Zookeeper” (2011) which is a sure hit to parents and kids alike.
The zoo is considered to be the second home of various animals which are either bred in captivity or rehabilitated due to injuries that they encounter in the wildlife; some are released in their natural habitat after recovery or once they are already mature enough while others continue to live in the corners of the zoo. For these animals which are kept in captivity, a specific caretaker is assigned to them, and that is the zookeeper. In the movie, Griffin Kayes (Kevin James) works as a kindhearted zookeeper who is lonely and overweight, has found himself to fit in with the animals because of his social life level in the human world which is below the minimum. One day, he decides to start another career outside the zoo and his animal friends in search for a more attractive job in order for him to win the girl of his dreams over. But when the animals found out about this, they looked for a way to prevent Griffin from leaving them, and the only way they could do this was by talking to Griffin in the human language, which was something of a secret until now. To stop Griffin from finally resigning as the zookeeper, they decided to provide him with everything they know about courtship and help him win the heart of the girl of his dreams.
The Zookeeper is a fascinating story about life and love in both the human world and the animal kingdom. Who knows, you might also learn a trick or two from the lessons that the different animal species will share.
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