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Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Release Date: Dec 10, 2004
Running Time: 118 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew--Team Zissou--set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. A young airline co-pilot who may or may not be Zissou's son, a beautiful journalist assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and Zissou's estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor, joins them on their voyage. They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy.
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Steve Zissou
Ned Plimpton
Eleanor Zissou
Alistair Hennessey
Bill Ubell
Jane Winslett-Richardson
Klaus Daimler
Vladimir Wolodarsky
Oseary Drakoulias
Esteban du Plantier
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reviews
PETER TRAVERS -
December 10, 2004
Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) watches life swim by through his own uniquely funny and perceptive lens. The seafaring Life Aquatic, his first film co-written with Noah Baumbach instead of Owen Wilson, hits some heavy weather. But Anderson holds steady to the delicate emotions that run beneath this stormy comedy of betrayal, death and forgiveness. The inimitable Bill Murray plays Steve Zissou, a Jacques Cousteau-like oceanographer in career decline. Steve heads out…
Bill Murray has got to be one of the funniest people on the planet, without ever seeming to be, and his collaborations with director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) have happily exploited that wellspring of comic talent. Zissou is pure Murray: slightly acerbic, slightly aloof, not terribly likable, but deeply vulnerable. Sure, the actor can play this part in his sleep, but somehow he never makes it boring. The rest of the cast also measures up. Huston is striking as the austere…
PETER RELIC -
April 21, 2005
Wes Anderson's roundly underrated fourth feature will in time be considered a cult classic. With its nuanced design (special Team Zissou Adidas) and goofy humor (Bill Murray cursing at albino dolphins), this adventure improves with repeated viewings. The beaucoup bonus disc includes ten sublime Portuguese interpretations of David Bowie classics by new star Seu Jorge.
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