The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Wes Anderson

Overview

The first effort from director Wes Anderson since his critically beloved The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou finds the filmmaker re-teaming with a number of familiar faces, including Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, and Seymour Cassel. Murray plays Steve Zissou, an eccentric and renowned oceanographer who has decided to seek out and enact mortal revenge on a shark that ate one of the men on his team. Along for the ride is Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), a young man who has joined Zissou's crew after showing up claiming to be the seaman's long-lost son and Zissou's co-producer (and estranged wife), Eleanor Angelica Huston. As the expedition ensues, the two bond and Plimpton falls for a female journalist (Cate Blanchett) who is writing a piece on Zissou. The crew meets a host of obstacles on their journey, including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy. Adding a flair of whimsy to the film's aesthetic, the sea creatures and underwater scenes in the film have been created using stop-motion animation under the direction of Henry Selick, the man behind The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. The ensemble cast also includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, and Bud Cort.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/27/2014
UPC:	0715515114417
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	R
Source:	CRITERION
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:58:00
Sales rank:	3,692

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Anderson and Cowriter Noah Baumbach; This Is an Adventure, a documentary chronicling the film's production; Mondo Monda, an Italian talk show featuring an interview with Anderson and Baumbach; Interview with Composer Mark Mothersbaugh; Singer-actor Seu Jorge performing David Bowie songs in Portuguese; Intern video journal by actor Matthew Gray Gubler; Interviews with the cast and crew; Deleted scenes; Stills gallery; Trailer; Plus: A conversation between Anderson and his brother Eric Chase Anderson

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bill Murray	Steve Zissou
Owen Wilson	Ned Plimpton
Cate Blanchett	Jane Winslett-Richardson
Anjelica Huston	Eleanor Zissou
Willem Dafoe	Klaus Daimler
Jeff Goldblum	Alistair Hennessey
Michael Gambon	Oseary Drakoulias
Noah Taylor	Vladimir Wolodarsky
Bud Cort	Bill Ubell
Seu Jorge	Pele dos Santos
Robyn Cohen	Anne-Marie Sakowitz
Wallace Wolodarsky	Actor
Waris Ahluvalia	Vikram Ray
Niels Koizumi	Bobby Ogata
Pawel Wdowczak	Renzo Pietro
Peter Stormare	Actor
Seymour Cassel	Esteban du Plantier
Matthew Gray Gubler	Actor
Mark Mothersbaugh	Composer
Waris Ahluwalia	Actor
Antonio Monda	Festival Director
Isabella Blow	Antonia Cook
Pietro Ragusa	Academic
Eric Chase Anderson	Air Kentucky Pilot
Don McKinnon	Air Kentucky Pilot
Niccol? Senni	University of Alaska Intern
Andrea Guerra	University of Alaska Intern
Tony Shafrazi	Larry Amin (as Tony Shafrazi)

Technical Credits

Wes Anderson

Noah Baumbach

Barry Mendel	Producer
Wes Anderson	Producer,Screenwriter
Scott Rudin	Producer
Noah Baumbach	Screenwriter
Rudd Simmons	Executive Producer
Daniel Acon	Special Effects
David Ambrosi	Stunts
Olivier Burgaud	Sound Effects
Danilo Bollettini	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

Murray's quiet, downcast presence modulates the antic busyness that encircles him, and his performance is a triumph of comic minimalism.