The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Rated: R
Runtime: 119 min
Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett
Director: Wes Anderson
Writers: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
Producers: Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin
Cinematographer: Robert Yeoman
Editor: David Moritz
Production Designer: Mark Friedberg
Production Company: Touchstone Pictures

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (originally titled The Life Aquatic) is a 2004 American adventure comedy-drama film written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach and directed by Anderson. The film stars Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, an eccentric oceanographer who sets out to exact revenge on the “jaguar shark” that ate his partner Esteban. Zissou is both a parody of and homage to French diving pioneer Jacques Cousteau, to whom the film is dedicated.

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