Life of Pi
Brief Synopsis
When a 17-year-old Indian boy's voyage to Canada ends in a shipwreck, he must fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, a hyena and a Bengal Tiger
Cast & Crew
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Ang Lee
Director
Adil Hussain
Gerard Depardieu
Ayaan Khan
Ahan Andre Kamath
Indumohan Poornima
Film Details
Also Known As
As Aventuras de Pi, Berättelsen om Pi, Historien om Pi, I zoi tou Pi, L' odyssée de Pi, L'Odyssée de Pi, L'histoire de Pi, La vida de Pi, Life of Pi: Schiffbruch mit Tiger, Pi dzive, Pi gyvenimas, Pi élete, Pi'nin Yasami, Piin elämä 3D, Pijev ?ivot, Pijevo ?ivljenje, Pí a jeho ?ivot, Una aventura extraordinaria, Vida de Pi, A, Vita di Pi, Zycie Pi, odyssée de Pi
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Release Date
2012
Production Company
Dilwar Dutt
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Canada; India
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 6m
Synopsis
When a 17-year-old Indian boy's voyage to Canada ends in a shipwreck, he must fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, a hyena and a Bengal Tiger
Director
Ang Lee
Director
Cast
Adil Hussain
Gerard Depardieu
Ayaan Khan
Ahan Andre Kamath
Indumohan Poornima
Huang Jian-wei
Gautam Belur
Vibish Sivakumar
Om Kamath
Rafe Spall
Swati Van Rijswijk
Irrfan Khan
Josephine Nithya B.
Hadiqa Hamid
Chirag Agarwal
Ravi Natesan
Jun Naito
Hari Mina Bala
Gajanan Suryabhan Shinde
Lead Man
Suraj Sharma
Srilekh Katta
Adyant Balaji
Ben Wilkinson
Lead Man
James Saito
Raj Patel
Ayush Tandon
Hogan Lee
Lead Man
Iswar Srikumar
Shravanthi Sainath
Matt Cooke
Lead Man
Elie Alouf
Padmini Ramachandran
A. Deiva Sundari
Amarendran Ramanan
Mythili Prakash
Mohd. Abbas Khaleeli
Wang Bo-chieh
Andrea Di Stefano
Crew
Elumalai A.
Coordinator
Resham Aaron
Matchmove Artist
Nor Faisal Abdullah
Animation Supervisor
Heather Abels
Matte Painter
Cicily Abhraham
Animation Supervisor
David Abuel
Compositor
Jordan Acomba
Software Engineer
Sagar Adokar
Digital Artist
Ayush Agarwal
Matchmove Artist
Nidhi Agarwal
Digital Artist
Shalini Agarwal
Sound
Ashwin Agrawal
Visual Effects Coordinator
Kavan Ahalpara
Visual Effects Coordinator
Imran Ahmed
Visual Effects
Tanseer Ahmed
Animator
Younis Ahmed
Visual Effects
Brandon Ainsworth
Electrician
Kishore Kumar Alagirisamy
Animation Supervisor
Sreenivas Alapati
Matchmove Artist
Jake Albers
Compositor
Bradley Alexander
Visual Effects
Lee Alexander
Digital Artist
Mir Zafar Ali
Special Effects
Xavier Allard
Graphic Artist
Andrew Allen
Production
Praveen Allu
Animation Supervisor
Elie Alouf
Instructor
Isa Alsup
Compositor
Shibani Alter
Clearance Coordinator
Shibani Alter
Product Placement
Tsu-ting An
Rigging Electrician
Murali Anagani
Visual Effects
Balaji Anbalagan
Animator
Alec Anderson
Construction Coordinator
Benjamin Anderson
Animator
Tamara Andrews
Animal Trainer
Eric Andrusyszyn
Compositor
Monique Angeon
Animal Trainer
Chris Anisworth
Digital Artist
Alina Anon
Matte Painter
David Apgar
Animator
Arthur Argote
Compositor
Daniel Arkin
Visual Effects Editor
Gabriel Arnold
Digital Artist
Pradeep Arora
Travel Coordinator
Samudkrika Arora
Greensman
Charles Arulraj
Compositor
Vijayalakshmi Arun
Matchmove Artist
Sivakumar Arunachalam
Animation Supervisor
Mathieu Assemat
Digital Artist
Nikhil Attri
Animator
Steve Au
Digital Artist
Julien Aullas
Visual Effects Supervisor
Herb Ault
Key Grip
Guy Aumond
Production Accountant
Patrice Avery
Visual Effects Producer
Kunal Ayer
Visual Effects
Arunkumar B
Digital Artist
Sumit Babbar
Recording Engineer
Vikas Bableshwer
Digital Artist
K Durai Babu
Digital Artist
Nithin Babu
Digital Artist
Rajgopal Bachalli
Digital Artist
Angelique Badenoch
Office Coordinator
Sejal Bagra
Digital Artist
Anuradha Bahera
Visual Effects Coordinator
Randy Bahnsen
Animator
Sonam Bahrani
Digital Artist
Udayan Baijal
Assistant Director
Gurdip Bains
Production
Bhavika Bajpai
Visual Effects
Jamie Baker
Foley Editor
Amruthaa Balaji
Adr
Srikar Balakrishnan
Animator
Adam Balentine
Compositing Supervisor
Saraswathi Balgam
Software Engineer
Sanjay Baliga
Digital Artist
Marcus Ballantine
Grip
Arun Baluchamy
Animation Supervisor
Monisha Banerjee
Visual Effects Coordinator
Brahmam Bangaram
Animation Supervisor
Sachin Bangera
Special Effects
Toshiko Banton
Accounting Assistant
Nicholas Barnes
Matte Painter
Rwanna Barnes
Production
Miles Barry
Production
Anurag Bartare
Animation Supervisor
Ron Bartlett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Daryl Bartley
Visual Effects
Jason Bayever
Visual Effects
Ben Beavan
Visual Effects
Mitchell Bederman
Music Editor
Jeffery Beeland
Visual Effects
Matt Begg
Rigging Electrician
Francois Beland
Painter
Frank Belina
Digital Artist
Brian Bell
Visual Effects
Paula Bell
Digital Artist
Dana Bennett
Visual Effects Coordinator
Mannix Bennett
Matte Painter
Lee Berger
Software Engineer
Thomas Berkane
Graphic Artist
Beverly Bernacki
Compositor
Valerie Berney
Special Effects
David Beron
Adr
Scott Berri
Cg Supervisor
Alexander A B Berson
Digital Artist
Anita Bevelheimer
Animation Supervisor
Jeetendra Bhagtani
Animator
Siddharth Bhagwat
Visual Effects
Karan Bhalla
Production
Sumit Bhardwaj
Animation Supervisor
Vishal Bhardwaj
Animation Supervisor
Divakar Bhargava
Music
Arjun Bhasin
Costume Designer
Patanjali Bhati
On-Set Dresser
Shikha Bhatia
Visual Effects
Nikhil Bhatnagar
Visual Effects
Lucas Bielan
Camera Operator
Dinesh K Bishnoi
Digital Artist
Jamie Bishop
Props Assistant
Koushik Biswas
Matchmove Artist
Justin Blaustein
Compositor
Duncan Blickenstaff
Original Score
Ian Blum
Animation Supervisor
James Bluma
Visual Effects Editor
Ella Boliver
Digital Artist
Kishore Boloor
Digital Artist
Kalvan Bommu
Matchmove Artist
Varun Bondwal
Visual Effects
Swapnil Borawake
Animation Supervisor
Gaurav Bose
Set Production Assistant
Gopikrishna Subash Bose
Digital Artist
Martin Bosworth
Rigging Gaffer
Francois Boudaille
Graphic Artist
Jean-christophe Boue
Digital Artist
Robert Boulos
Production Manager
David Boulton
Adr Mixer
Stephane Bourdageau
Graphic Artist
Jennifer Bourne
Animation Supervisor
Elena Bovetti
Visual Effects Coordinator
Benjamin Boy
Graphic Artist
Todd Boycc
Visual Effects
Dameon Boyle
Digital Artist
Dhiraj Brahma
Digital Artist
Nina Brautigam
Visual Effects
Phil Bray
Still Photographer
Justin Brekke
Production
Kara Brennan
Post-Production Assistant
Jeff Brinker
Rigging Grip
John Britto
Compositor
Rebecca Brookman
Visual Effects Coordinator
Andre Brouwer
Costumer
Matt Brown
Animation Supervisor
Robert Brown
Software Engineer
Blair Brownlee
Visual Effects
Sue Brunell-edwards
Software Engineer
Robert Brunelle
Film Lab
Stuart Bruzek
Animation Supervisor
Thomas Bry
Visual Effects Coordinator
Pierre Buffin
Visual Effects Supervisor
Rob Burgess
Assistant Director
Thomas Burkhart
Visual Effects
R D Burman
Song Performer
R D Burman
Song
Erika Wangberg Burton
Software Engineer
Joanna Bush
Illustrator
Paul Bush
Visual Effects
Kevin R. Buxbaum
Associate Producer
Kevin R. Buxbaum
Production Finance
Prashant Buyyala
Software Engineer
Andy Byrne
Special Effects
Jane Byrne
Visual Effects
Tom Caddy
Wardrobe
Kelvin Cai
Visual Effects
Steve Callahan
Consultant
Aldo Martinez Calzadilla
Digital Artist
David Cameron
Production
Michael Cammorata
Visual Effects Editor
Rachael Campbell
Visual Effects
Nicolas Candido
Graphic Artist
Damien Carr
Production Supervisor
Steve Carter
Cg Supervisor
Derek Casari
Adr
Jean-christophe Castelli
Associate Producer
Oscar G Castillo
Special Effects
Dan Cervin
Special Effects Technician
Kirstin Chalmers
Hair & Makeup
Chen-chih Chan
Camera Assistant
Eejien Chan
Visual Effects
Jessi Chan
Visual Effects
Kam Chan
Foley Editor
Kent Chan
Animator
Kishan Chandran
Digital Artist
Balachandar Chandrasekaran
Compositor
Brenda Chang
Production Assistant
Chi-cheng Chang
Construction
Chun-ning Chang
Production Assistant
David Bronson Chang
Production Assistant
Ho Chang
Location Coordinator
Film Details
Also Known As
As Aventuras de Pi, Berättelsen om Pi, Historien om Pi, I zoi tou Pi, L' odyssée de Pi, L'Odyssée de Pi, L'histoire de Pi, La vida de Pi, Life of Pi: Schiffbruch mit Tiger, Pi dzive, Pi gyvenimas, Pi élete, Pi'nin Yasami, Piin elämä 3D, Pijev ?ivot, Pijevo ?ivljenje, Pí a jeho ?ivot, Una aventura extraordinaria, Vida de Pi, A, Vita di Pi, Zycie Pi, odyssée de Pi
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Release Date
2012
Production Company
Dilwar Dutt
Distribution Company
20th Century Fox Distribution
Location
Canada; India
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 6m
Award Wins
Best Cinematography
2012
Claudio Miranda
Best Director
2012
Ang Lee
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Wide Release in United States November 21, 2012
Released in United States on Video March 12, 2013
Released in United States 2012
Based on the novel "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel and published by Harcourt June 4, 2002. The novel won the Booker Prize in 2002 and Canada's Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2001.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet was previously attached to direct.
M. Night Shyamalan was previously attached to direct and write.
Alfonso Cuaron was previously in discussions to direct.
Tobey Maguire was previously attached to star.
Irfan Khan was previously attached to star as Pi.
Wide Release in United States November 21, 2012
Released in United States on Video March 12, 2013
Released in United States 2012 ( Main Slate/Opening Night)
Fox 2000 made a seven-figure deal for Dean Georgaris to adapt, but he dropped out when M. Night Shyamalan was brought aboard to direct and write.
Released in United States 2012 (Galas)
Project was included on the 2006 Black List.
