The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
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Noah Baumbach
Wes Anderson
Edoardo Ferretti
Edoardo Petti
Luigi Spoletini
Sam Hoffman
Inti Carboni
Simonetta Valentini
Roman Coppola
Annemarie van de Mond
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So a giant shark gobbles up his lifelong partner and Jacques Cousteau’s stunt double “Steve Zissou” (Bill Murray) promptly embarks his crew aboard his converted WWII mine hunter and sets off in search of this leviathan of the seas. Of course, “Zissou” has spent so much of his life pursuing his quest for aquatic greatness that his domestic life is a bit of a mess, and that only gets more complicate when “Ned” (Owen Wilson) shows up claiming to be his long lost son. Who knew what, when and why is quickly swept under the rubber mats as he, too, joins in the search for the menacing beast along with journalist “Jane” (Cate Blanchett) for whom they both take a bit of a shine! Meantime, “Zissou” hasn’t got too much cash, but luckily his wealthy nemesis “Hennessey” (Jeff Goldblum) has a few well stocked facilities he can pilfer from and so armed with some “borrowed” tech they set off into an un-policed zone where dangers lurk both above and below the water line. I suppose fans of Murray might get more from this, or even the dry as a bone Wilson - but for me this was all just a bit too contrived; it’s not remotely funny and if you ever saw “Le monde du silence” (1956) then you’ll have most of the basic premise laid out for you. There ought to have been some fine underwater photography but nope, not really - just a mix of dysfunctional family life and a distinct lack of aquatic life tapered to the comedic talents of a cast that offers loads of cameos but not too much else. Watchable enough, but no great shakes - sorry.
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The directors of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou are Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson, Edoardo Ferretti, Edoardo Petti, Luigi Spoletini, Sam Hoffman, Inti Carboni, Simonetta Valentini, Roman Coppola, and Annemarie van de Mond.
The cast of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou includes Willem Dafoe as Klaus Daimler, Jeff Goldblum as Alistair Hennessey, Anjelica Huston as Eleanor Zissou, Owen Wilson as Ned Plimpton, Michael Gambon as Oseary Drakoulias, Matthew Gray Gubler as Intern #1, Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, Cate Blanchett as Jane Winslett-Richardson, Noah Taylor as Vladimir Wolodarsky, Bud Cort as Bill Ubell, Seu Jorge as Pelé dos Santos, Robyn Cohen as Anne-Marie Sakowitz, and more.
The duration of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is 1h 59 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was released on 10 Dec 2004.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is listed under Adventure, Comedy, and Drama on Fanbiz.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "So a giant shark gobbles up his lifelong partner and Jacques Cousteau’s stunt double “Steve Zissou” (Bill Murray) promptly embarks his crew aboard his converted WWII mine hunter..."
