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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

  • 20042004
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  • 1h 59m
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Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett, Bud Cort, Anjelica Huston, Michael Gambon, and Owen Wilson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
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With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man wh... Read allWith a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
200K
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POPULARITY
2,228
155
    • Wes Anderson
    • Wes Anderson
    • Noah Baumbach
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • Owen Wilson
    • Anjelica Huston
    • Wes Anderson
    • Wes Anderson
    • Noah Baumbach
  • Stars
    • Bill Murray
    • Owen Wilson
    • Anjelica Huston
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    • 715User reviews
    • 266Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    Bill Murray
    Bill Murray
    • Steve Zissou
    Owen Wilson
    Owen Wilson
    • Ned Plimpton
    Anjelica Huston
    Anjelica Huston
    • Eleanor Zissou
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Jane Winslett-Richardson
    Willem Dafoe
    Willem Dafoe
    • Klaus Daimler
    Jeff Goldblum
    Jeff Goldblum
    • Alistair Hennessey
    Michael Gambon
    Michael Gambon
    • Oseary Drakoulias
    Noah Taylor
    Noah Taylor
    • Vladimir Wolodarsky
    Bud Cort
    Bud Cort
    • Bill Ubell
    Seu Jorge
    Seu Jorge
    • Pelé dos Santos
    Robyn Cohen
    Robyn Cohen
    • Anne-Marie Sakowitz
    Waris Ahluwalia
    Waris Ahluwalia
    • Vikram Ray
    Niels Koizumi
    • Bobby Ogata
    Pawel Wdowczak
    • Renzo Pietro
    Matthew Gray Gubler
    Matthew Gray Gubler
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    Seymour Cassel
    Seymour Cassel
    • Esteban du Plantier
    Antonio Monda
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    • Antonia Cook
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      • Noah Baumbach
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    • Trivia
      Cate Blanchett never rehearsed with the crew and hadn't even met most of them before filming the nighttime electric jellyfish scene in which she first appears in the movie to add spontaneity to the scene.
    • Goofs
      Jane says she's reading a "six volume novel" to her unborn child, but is holding one volume in her hands while six others are lying on the chair, which makes it a seven volume novel.
    • Quotes

      Steve Zissou: Don't point that gun at him, he's an unpaid intern.

    • Crazy credits
      During the end credits the filmmakers acknowledge that the real Steve Zissou is a prominent attorney in New York City specializing in complex federal litigation.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Bill Murray/Tony Bennett (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Main Title
      from Innerspace

      Written and Performed by Sven Libaek

      Courtesy of Ron Taylor Film Productions

    User reviews715

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    Enjoy It For What It Is
    This story is a lighthearted adventure comedy. I too am guilty of being one of those Wes Anderson fans who salivate over all the small details but while watching this I quickly detached myself from the director and his style and previous work and just let "The Life Aquatic" take me along. And that's what you have to do. It's different from his other stuff in that it's more plot driven. There are some wonderful characters but they have to deal more with outside complications than internal struggles. It is similar in tone and style to Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," what with all the juggling of fighting and death (serious themes dealt with in an objective comedic manner). There's also some Fellini moments (it was mostly filmed at Cinecitta). I loved it. Don't go into this film as a biased hipster Wes Anderson fan, clean the slate and take it with an open mind. It's certainly sillier than Rushmore or Tenenbaums, but it's just as ambitious and exponentially courageous with shots and tone.

    To reiterate: more action oriented, funny as all get out, and quite possibly the funnest I've had in a theater all year.
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    • Dec 7, 2004

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2004 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Icelandic
      • Filipino
      • Portuguese
      • French
      • Tagalog
      • German
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • Naples, Campania, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • American Empirical Pictures
      • Scott Rudin Productions
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    • 1 hour 59 minutes
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