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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Dts, Dolby Surround Sound, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Commentary, Photos, Interviews, Theatrical Trailer, English, Spanish Subtitled
Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew--Team Zissou--set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son (Owen Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and his estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy. Oscar-nominated writer-director Wes Anderson (2001 Best Original Screenplay, The Royal Tenenbaums) has assembled an all-star cast that also includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, and Bud Cort in this wildly original adventure-comedy.
"Funny, bewildering, giddy spectacle." Kimberley Jones, Austin Chronicle
"Wilson drops the ironic smirk to give a sincerely affecting performance." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Wonderfully weird and wistful..." Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Editor's Note
In Wes Anderson's THE LIFE AQUATIC, a group of oceanic explorers who call themselves Team Zissou embark on a journey to hunt down the "jaguar shark" that ate one of their crew members (Seymour Cassel). Determined to avenge the death of his dear friend, team leader Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) is melancholic about the journey he's about to make. Meanwhile, financial troubles and nostalgia for his past make Zissou behave like a reckless playboy, an aging softie, and a past-his-prime tyrant. Surrounding Zissou are a hodgepodge of eccentrics--a pregnant journalist doing a magazine feature (Cate Blanchett), an airline pilot from Kentucky who claims he is Zissou's son (Owen Wilson), an emotionally needy European (Willem Dafoe), an acoustic guitarist who sings David Bowie songs in Portuguese (Seu Jorge), Zissou's brilliant wife (Anjelica Houston), and her ex-husband who is Zissou's seafaring nemesis (Jeff Goldblum). Clad in baby-blue polyester uniforms, Addidas sneakers, and red stocking caps, Team Zissou is a sight to see. And as their deep-sea adventure takes them into dangerous waters where they are attacked by pirates and dazzled by CGI fish, the group finds magic both in their bonds to each other and in the colorful world around them.In keeping with Anderson's unique brand of escapist humor, these caricatured characters are nothing short of fascinating. While their lives are extraordinary, they act bored, dwelling on banalities like hurt feelings, jealousy, and loneliness. The more absurd their stories are, the more believable their quirky personalities become. With plenty of hilarious moments offsetting the film's tongue-in-cheek sentimentalism, THE LIFE AQUATIC is sure to please seasoned Anderson fans and make new ones of the uninitiated.
| Features | "Mondo Monda," An Italian Talk Show Featuring An Interview With Wes Anderson And Noah Baumbach, With Host Antonio Monda | | "Starz On The Set" Behind-The Scenes Featurette | | "This Is An Adventure," A Documentary By Antonio Ferrera, Albert Maysles, And Matthew Prinzing Chronicling The Production Of The Movie | | 10 Deleted Scenes | | A Fold-Out Insert Featuring A Cutaway Of The Belafonte, With Eric Anderson's Original Illustrations, And A Conversation Between Wes And Eric Conducted In 2005 | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Intern Video Journal By Actor And Real-Life Intern Matthew Gray Gubler (Intern #1) | | Multiple Interviews With The Cast And Crew With Behind-The-Scenes Footage | | New High-Definition Digital Transfer, Approved By Director Wes Anderson And Enhanced For Widescreen Televisions. | | Ten Complete Video Performances Of David Bowie Songs In Portuguese By Brazilian Recording Artist And Actor Seu Jorge (Pele Dos Santos) | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Widescreen Presentation | | A fold-out insert featuring a cutaway of the Belafonte, with Eric Anderson's original illustrations, and a conversation between Wes and Eric conducted in 2005. | | Starz On The Set: Behind-the-scenes featurette. | | Audio: English Dolby Digital (5.1) Dts, Dolby Surround Sound | | Ten complete video performances of David Bowie songs in Portuguese by Brazilian recording artist and actor Seu Jorge (Pelé dos Santos). | | Interviews with cast and crew with behind-the-scenes footage | | Mondo Monda: An Italian talk show featuring an interview with Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, with host Antonio Monda | | This is an Adventure: A documentary by Antonio Ferrera, Albert Maysles, and Matthew Prinzing chronicling the production of the movie. | | Behind-the-scenes photos and original artwork from the film | | Intern video journal by actor and real-life intern Matthew Gray Gubler (Intern #1). | | Theatrical Trailer | | Multiple interviews with the cast and crew with behind-the-scenes footage. | | Seu Jorge Musical Performances: Songs of David Bowie | | New video interview with composer and Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh | | Commentary by Wes Anderson and co-writer Noah Baumbach |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 5/10/2005 |
| Running Time: 118 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 3599203 | | UPC: 00786936242942 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"[Mr. Murray's] performance is a triumph of comic minimalism....[He] turns tiny gestures and sly, off-beat line readings into a deadpan tour-de-force, at once utterly ridiculous and curiously touching." 12/10/2004 p.E1Los Angeles Times
"An exquisitely evocative movie that elevates rueful melancholia to a superpower..." 12/10/2004 p.E1 Entertainment Weekly
"Many of the atmospheric details are marvelous..." 12/17/2004 p.55-6 Rolling Stone
"Anderson holds steady to the delicate emotions that run beneath this stormy comedy of betrayal, death and forgiveness....[Wilson gives] a sincerely affecting performance." 12/30/2004 p.171 Premiere
"A movie that's a celebration of both the sea and a certain brand of imaginative exuberance..." 02/01/2005 p.51 Uncut
"THE LIFE AQUATIC is a micschievous and melancholy thing of wonder....It's daring, different and memorable." 03/01/2005 p.128 Uncut
Ranked #12 in Uncut's Best Films Of 2005 -- "Wes Anderson here creates a totally bonkers but entirely charming comedy..." 01/01/2006 p.82-83 Wall Street Journal
"Bill Murray plays the Cousteau-like hero, an oceanographer-documentarian who's at once funny, screwy, childish, gallant and rueful, or downright depressed." 11/13/2009 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
For those who have followed director Wes Anderson's career, the quirky nature of The Life Aquatic wi - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
My rational mind informs me that this movie doesn't work. Yet I hear a subversive whisper: Since it - Roger Ebert
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