Rent Life of Pi (2012)
3.7 of 5 from 638 ratings
2h 1min
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- Synopsis:
- After a cataclysmic shipwreck, an Indian boy named Pi (Suraj Sharma) finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger. Together, they face nature's majestic grandeur and fury on an epic journey of discovery.
- Actors:
- Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Tandon, Gautam Belur, Adil Hussain, Tabu, Ayaan Khan, Mohd. Abbas Khaleeli, Vibish Sivakumar, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, James Saito, Jun Naito, Andrea Di Stefano, Shravanthi Sainath, Elie Alouf, Padmini Ramachandran, T.M. Karthik, Amarendran Ramanan, Hari Mina Bala
- Directors:
- Ang Lee
- Producers:
- Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
- Writers:
- Yann Martel, David Magee
- Others:
- Ang Lee, Bill Westenhofer, Claudio Miranda, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer, Donald R. Elliott, Mychael Danna, Anna Pinnock, Tim Squyres, David Gropman, Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill, DM Hemphill, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock, "Pi's Lullaby" song; Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri, Bombay Jayashri
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- 2013, A Brief History of Ships in Film: From Sailing to , All the Twos: 1972-2012, Award Winners, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Oscar's Two-Time Club, Oscars: Winners & Losers, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top Films
- Awards:
2013 BAFTA Best Visual Effects
2013 BAFTA Best Cinematography
2013 Oscar Best Cinematography
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/04/2013
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/04/2013
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Visual Effects Progression - Tsimtsum Sinking
- Visual Effects Progression - The Wave Tank
- Deleted Scenes
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/04/2016
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- A Filmmaker's Epic Journey
- A Remarkable Vision
- Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright
- Art Gallery
- Storyboards
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Reviews (7) of Life of Pi
A Piece Of Art - Life of Pi review by Cliff
Visually stunning, a feast for the eyes. Well worth seeing for this alone. Suraj Sharma's performance, especially as he is the only human on screen for most of the film, is never less than perfect.
But somehow the film seems to me to be lacking in substance. The opening scenes which describe Pi's multi-faith background are totally irrelevant to what follows. At the end of the film, I was left asking myself: what was that all about? The most that you can take from it is that life is the story you tell, and you can tell any story you please - although this almost seems tacked on to the end as an afterthought.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Brilliant - Life of Pi review by HA
What a fantastic film from start to finish. The colours and scenes are breathtaking. It's also, unusually, well worth watching the 'extras' showing the extraordinary techniques to make the film.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Ideally watch 3D cinema scale .. if that’s not possible, watch it anyway - Life of Pi review by MD
I read the book when it was published, and loved it. Loved the film too, it’s beautiful, creative and captivating.. just not as bewitching as the book for me. Enjoyed the Extras .. lengthy film about the making of, in great detail, directors thoughts, pre production, building of the set, the creation of the characters, literally! Also learned that it was shot in 3D and think that would be the best way to see it, in 3D on a big screen. If that’s not possible watch it anyway.
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Critic review
Life of Pi review by Alyse Garner - Cinema Paradiso
Life of Pi is a film that attempts to split viewers right down the middle in that in the end the entire movie is about making a choice, that choice being, are you a realist or a dreamer?
For this reviewer, both the book and the film, are the stuff that dreams are made of.
Life of Pi tells the story of Pi (Suraj Sharma), a teenage thrown into a terrifying situation when the freighter his family are travelling on sinks leaving his floating in a vast ocean in a small boat with a bengal tiger named Richard Parker. What follows is a captivating and beautiful tale of friendship, fear and hope.
THe film is every bit as emotional as it is visually stunning with there being a great amount of detail having gone into the creation of a unique world. The film is bright, colourful and takes advantage of the films exotic story to really show off. The film also deals in some pretty weighty topics such as religion, race and love but never allows them to overpower the overall message of the film.
Pi’s life is a fascinating one that cannot be described and has to be seen. Filled with hidden meanings, the film begs to be watched a second time to truly understand what the film is trying to say. The film is engrossing from beginning to end even when the only two characters are Pi and Richard Parker for most of the films 2 hour run time.
The film is moving and inspirational but most of all it’s unique cinema that is unlike anything you have seen thanks to a director (Ang Lee) who truly knows how to tell this story with the kind of flair and originality that the original novel had even though many told him that it was unfilmable