The life aquatic with Steve Zissou
By: Life Aquatic ; Touchstone Pictures ; Scott Rudin Productions ; American Empirical Pictures ; produced by Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin ; written by Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach ; directed by Wes Anderson
Contributors: Murray, Bill, 1950 September 21-; Wilson, Owen, 1968-; Blanchett, Cate, 1969-; Huston, Anjelica; Dafoe, Willem; Yeoman, Robert D., 1951-; Libaek, Sven; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Special ed. 2-disc set ; [2-disc collector's ed.].
Series: The Criterion collection -- 300; Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) -- 300
Publisher: Touchstone Home Entertainment; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Published: 2005
Place of publication: United States; Burbank, Calif
Language: eng
Translated from: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780788858307
Subjects: Films for the hearing impaired; Oceanographers; Drama; Scientific expeditions; Sharks; Man-woman relationships; Comedy films; Feature films
Description: Internationally reknown oceanographer Steve Zissou and his crew - Team Zissou - set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, always elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that supposedly killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. On this journey, Steve's crew are joined by a young airline co-pilot, who may or may not be Zissou's son, a beautiful journalist who has been assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and Eleanor, Zissou's estranged wife and co-producer. They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy.
Notes: Title from slipcase.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 ; dual-layer format.

Issued in a cardboard slipcase.

Special features: Ten deleted scenes; interviews with the cast and crew with behind-the-scenes footage; select scene commentary with director Wes Anderson; ten David Bowie songs performed by Brazilian recording artist and actor Seu Jorge; interview with composer and Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh; Mondo Monda - Italian TV interview; "This is an adventure" - the making of a documentary by Albert Maysies; fold-out insert with cutaway of 'The Belafonte' with Eric Anderson's original illustrations; behind-the-scenes photos and original artwork; theatrical trailer; intern video journal by actor and real life intern Matthew Gary Gubler; new high-definition transfer, supervised by director Wes Anderson.

Director of photography, Robert D. Yeoman ; art director, Stefano Maria Ortolani ; editors, David Moritz, Danield R. Padgett ; music, Sven Libaek ; costume designer, Milena Canonero ; production designer, Mark Friedberg; visual effects supervisor, Jeremy Dawson ; special effects supervisor, Renato Agostini.

Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge.

MPAA rating: R; for language, some drug use, violence and partial nudity.

DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; region 1 encoding.

English audio track with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned in English.

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, 2005: Sierra Award - Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett).