Life of PI

Life of Pi (film)

By FaijanMeman,
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 2012 Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAng Lee
Produced byGil Netter
Ang Lee
David Womark
Screenplay byDavid Magee
Based onLife of Pi
by Yann Martel
StarringSuraj Sharma
Irrfan Khan
Tabu
Adil Hussain
Rafe Spall
Gérard Depardieu
Music byMychael Danna
CinematographyClaudio Miranda
Editing byTim Squyres
StudioFox 2000 Pictures
Haishang Films
Ingenious Media
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date(s)
  • September 28, 2012(NYFF)
  • November 21, 2012(US & Taiwan)
  • December 20, 2012 (UK)
Running time127 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Taiwan
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Tamil
Budget$120 million[2]
Box office$609,016,565[2]
Life of Pi is a 2012 American-Taiwanese-British 3D live-action and computer-animatedadventure drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed byAng Lee, the film is based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee, and stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, and Adil Hussain.
The storyline revolves around a 16-year-old Indian boy named Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, who survives a shipwreck in which his family dies, and is stranded in the Pacific Oceanon a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
The film had its worldwide premiere as the opening film of the 50th New York Film Festivalat both the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 28, 2012.[3]
Upon release, Life of Pi became a critical and commercial success, earning over $600 million worldwide. At the 85th Academy Awards it had eleven nominations, including Best Picture, and won four (the most for the evening) including Best Director for Ang Lee.[4] It was also nominated for three Golden Globe Awards which included the Best Picture – Drama and the Best Director and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Cast[edit source]

  • Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel:
  • Tabu as Gita Patel, Pi's mother
  • Adil Hussain as Santosh Patel, Pi's father
  • Ravi Patel, Pi's older brother:
    • Ayan Khan as Ravi, age 7
    • Mohamed Abbas Khaleeli as Ravi, age 13/14
    • Vibish Sivakumar as Ravi, age 18/19
  • Gérard Depardieu as the Cook
  • Po-Chieh Wang as the Sailor
  • Rafe Spall as Yann Martel
  • Shravanthi Sainath as Anandi, Pi's teenage girlfriend
  • Andrea Di Stefano as the Priest
  • Elie Alouf as Mamaji, Pi's uncle

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