Description
Life of Pi is a movie about a man, Pi Patel, who is stranded on a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The movie is nominated for a lot of Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Song, Best Musical Score, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing.
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel,
Life Of Piis a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zookeeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter.
After a shipwreck, Pi is found adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival.
(2013 Oscar nominations for: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Visual Effects; Best Cinematography; Best Editing; Best Original Song; Best Musical Score; Best Production Design; Best Sound Editing; Best Sound Mixing)