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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (The Criterion Collection) DVD

R (Restricted) :: Miramax Home Entertainment :: Released: 2005-05-10

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (The Criterion Collection) Summary Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew -- Team Zissou -- set sail on a expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive -- possibly nonexistent -- Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot who may or may not be Zissou's son (Owen Wilson)

Internationally Famous Oceanographer Steve Zissou (bill Murray) And His Crew -- Team Zissou -- Set Sail On A Expedition To Hunt Down The Mysterious, Elusive -- Possibly Nonexistent -- Jaguar Shark That Killed Zissou's Partner During The Documentary Filming Of Their Latest Adventure. They Are Joined On Their Voyage By A Young Airline Co-pilot, Who May Or May Not Be Zissou's Son (owen Wilson), A Beautiful Journalist (cate Blanchett) Assigned To Write A Profile Of Zissou, And His Estranged Wife And Co-producer, Eleanor (anjelica Huston). They Face Overwhelming Complications Including Pirates, Kidnapping, And Bankruptcy. Oscar(r)-nominated Writer-director (best Original Screenplay, The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001) Wes Anderson Has Assembled An All-star Cast That Also Includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, And Bud Cort In This Wildly Original Adventure-comedy.

In The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, director Wes Anderson takes his familiar stable of actors on a field trip to a fantasy aquarium, complete with stop-motion, candy-striped crabs and rainbow seahorses. And though Anderson does expand his horizons in terms of retro-special effects and a whimsical use of color, fans will otherwise find themselves in well-charted waters. As The Life Aquatic opens, Zissou (Bill Murray), a self-involved, Jacques Cousteau-like filmmaker, has just released a documentary depicting the death of his best friend Esteban, who was eaten by some sort of sea creature--possibly a jaguar shark. Zissou’s troubles also include his waning popularity with the public, and a nemesis (Jeff Goldblum) who hogs up all the grant money. Hope arrives in the form of Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), an amiable Kentuckian who may be Zissou’s son. Despite his lack of enthusiasm for fatherhood, Zissou welcomes Ned--and Ned in turn saves Zissou’s new documentary (in which he seeks revenge on the jaguar shark) in more ways than one.

One of Wes Anderson’s greatest achievements as a director to date has been launching the autumnal melancholy phase of Bill Murray’s career, starting with Rushmore in 1998, and Murray delivers a similarly comedic yet low-key performance here. Unfortunately, Zissou is one of the few characters in this ensemble to achieve multi-dimensionality. Even co-star Wilson doesn’t get to develop Ned much beyond Noble Southerner, and he ends up seeming more like a prop for illustrating Zissou’s emotional development rather than his own man. The Life Aquatic probably won’t be remembered as a great film, but it is still one that no Anderson (or Murray) fan can afford to miss.--Leah Weathersby

Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou DVD Techincal Details Cast: Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 119 mins
UPC: 786936242942
Binding: DVD
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2005-05-10
Region Code: 1
Specs: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), Icelandic (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), Tagalog (Original Language),