Life of Pi (2012)
Pi Patel lives in India, where his father is the keeper of the local zoo. Planning to start a new life, the family leaves India, to go to Canada to sell the animals there. Their ship founders in a storm and Pi is left on a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a tiger named 'Richard Parker'. Soon the tiger is the only animal left. Pi tames the tiger and together they face the elements, finally arriving in Mexico.
Nominated for eleven Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Original Song - "Pi's Lullaby"
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Production Design
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Visual Effects
Articles on Life of Pi
| Slices of Pi, in: Empire, nr. 279 (September), 2012 pp. 40 |
| Life of Pi, in: Empire, nr. 277 (July), 2012 pp. 20 |
| Charles Gant, American Pi, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 12 (December), 2012 pp. 18-19 |
| Roger Clarke, The Sea Inside, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 1 (January), 2013 pp. 26-28 |
| James Bell, magic Realism, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 1 (January), 2013 pp. 28 |
| James Bell, Carnivorous trees, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 1 (January), 2013 pp. 29 |
| Charles Gant, The Life of Pi, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 3 (March), 2013 pp. 19 |
Reviews
| Nick Pinkerton, Life of Pi, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 1 (January), 2013 pp. 86-87 |
| Anke Sterneborg, Life of Pi: Schiffbruch mit Tiger, in: epd Film, nr. 1, 2013 pp. 39 |