Companies
| Studio/Distributor: | 20th Century Fox United States |
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| Production Companies: | Fox 2000 Pictures |
All Plots (3)
Director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) creates an all-audience film about a young man on a fateful voyage who, after a spectacular disaster in the middle of the ocean, is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. He becomes marooned on a lifeboat he must share with the ship’s only other survivor, a fearsome Bengal tiger with whom he makes an amazing and unexpected connection.
the official version from foxmovies.com on August 18, 2012
Tells the story of a boy who is lost at sea for 227 days in a lifeboat with three unusual and increasingly hungry companions -- a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, a hyena, a zebra and an orangutan. He's left stranded in the tiny boat after the ship carrying his family and his family's zoo sinks, and must find a way to survive.
from variety.com on October 25, 2010
The story of a 16-year-old boy's voyage from India to Canada, a trip that begins on a freighter carrying animals his father is transporting from the zoo. The ship sinks and the boy is the sole human survivor, sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra and a hungry tiger.
Production History
Last Updated: October 9, 2012
October 2012 | |
April 2012 | |
October 2010 | Principal photography begins in January in Taiwan and India. |
February 2009 |
Technical
| Production Budget: | $70,000,000 Estimated |
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Production Updates (36)
- From Wed., February 27, 2013 to Wed., December 28, 2005
- Amazon Wed., February 27, 2013
- added the US Blu-ray release date of March 12, 2013
- added the US DVD release date of March 12, 2013
- 20th Century Fox Wed., November 21, 2012
- added Featurette: Impossible Journey to trailers & videos
- added Video Clip: Meet Pi Patel and His Tiger to trailers & videos
- Amazon Sat., October 27, 2012
- added the US soundtrack release date of November 19, 2012
- Movie Insider Mon., October 22, 2012
- added Video Clip: Flying Fish to trailers & videos
- Filmratings.com Tue., October 9, 2012
- changed the production status to Complete