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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) -- US Home Video Trailer from Buena Vista Pictures
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) -- With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) -- With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.

Overview

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Director:
Wes Anderson
Writers (WGA):
Wes Anderson (written by) &
Noah Baumbach (written by)
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Release Date:
25 December 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(34 articles)
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A Strange Film Hard To Rate On One Viewng more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Life Aquatic (USA) (working title)
Untitled Wes Anderson Project (USA) (working title)
Die Tiefseetaucher (Austria) (Germany) [de]
La vie aquatique (Belgium: French title) (dubbed version) (France) [fr]
Édes vízi élet (Hungary) [hu]
Acquatici lunatici (Italy) (pre-release title) [it]
La vida acuática con Steve Zissou (Mexico) [es]
Le avventure acquatiche di Steve Zissou (Italy) [it]
Life Aquatic (Sweden) [sv]
Life Aquatic (Spain) [es]
Mereelu Steve Zissou seltsis (Estonia) [et]
Panika pod morem (Croatia) [hr]
Steve Zissou ile suda yasam (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Steve Zissoun vedenalainen maailma (Finland) [fi]
Vida acuática (Argentina) [es]
Vida acuática, con Steve Zissou (Chile) [es]
Ydatines istories (Greece) [el]
Zivot pod vodou (Czech Republic) [cs]
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some drug use, violence and partial nudity.
Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
Seymour Cassel has a brief role as Esteban, the friend of Steve Zissou who is eaten by the Jaguar shark. According to Roger Ebert, Cassel once told him in an interview many years previously that he had always wanted to be eaten by a shark in a movie. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: As Steve and Ned walk through the ship, after Steve surprises them in Jane's cabin, they walk past a white picture in which the camera is reflected. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[in Italian]
Festival Director: Ladies and gentlemen, we are very pleased to welcome you to the world premiere of Part 1 of the newest film from a great favorite of ours here at Loquasto, Mr. Steve Zissou. A brief Q & A will immediately follow the screening. Thank you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in This Is an Adventure (2005) (V) more
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28 out of 41 people found the following comment useful:-
A Strange Film Hard To Rate On One Viewng, 16 December 2006
6/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I find this a hard movie to rate. Maybe a second viewing would make it easier. It's a odd film: one of these low-key black humor films which is a mixture of drama and comedy. What set this apart were a few other shocking scenes of violence, something not normally in this type of movie. For a comedy, albeit a tongue-in-cheek one, that violence doesn't seem to fit, but it makes the film all the more intriguing.

At times I was totally bored with this movie and at other times fascinated. I know one thing: this is a bizarre story! That automatically means it's a good vehicle for Bill Murray, who excels at wacky characters, event he low-key ones as he sometimes plays (i.e. Lost In Translation, The Royal Tenebaums, etc.). Speaker of the latter, this movie was written and directed by Wes Anderson, the same man who did "Tenenbaums." If you saw that, you have an idea of what you might get here, although I thought Royal Tenenbaums was far funnier.

At 118 minutes, this a bit long for what it offers. I'd like to have seen it 15 minutes shorter with a tighter script. But it does offer some good photography in addition to the strange story. This movie, as they say, is not for all tastes.

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