Life of Pi Movie

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Who's Involved:

Ang Lee, Tobey Maguire, Suraj Sharma, Gerard Depardieu, Gil Netter, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, David Magee, Elizabeth Gabler

Release Date:

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Nationwide

PG   PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED MPA
emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril
Runtime: N/A
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

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.

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Who stars in Life of Pi: Cast List

... Pi

Million Dollar Arm, Killerman  


Jurassic World, Slumdog Millionaire  


Babylon A.D., Last Holiday  

... Mother

The Namesake  

... Writer

Babylon, The Great Gatsby  

Who's making Life of Pi: Crew List

A look at the Life of Pi behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Ang Lee last directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Gemini Man. The film's writer David Magee last wrote The Tiger's Apprentice and The Little Mermaid.

Director

Ang Lee

Screenwriters

David Magee

Producers

Elizabeth Gabler
Gil Netter

Production: What we know about Life of Pi?

Key Facts

  1. An adaptation of the best-selling novel by Yann Martel. "Life of Pi" will be Ang Lee's first 3D pic, and utilize state-of-the-art technology in rendering the epic story. Alfonso Cuaron and M. Night Shyamalan were previously attached to direct.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2012 - October: The film was set to Completed  status.
  2. 2012 - April: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2010 - October: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.

    Principal photography begins in January in Taiwan and India.

  4. 2009 - February: The film was set to Development  status.

Life of Pi Release Date: When was the film released?


Life of Pi was a Nationwide release in 2012 on Wednesday, November 21, 2012. There were 3 other movies released on the same date, including Rise of the Guardians, The Silver Linings Playbook and Red Dawn.

Life of Pi DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Life of Pi was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 .

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