Life of Pi is a 2012 adventure-drama film directed and produced by Ang Lee and written by David Magee. Based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name, it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu and Adil Hussain in lead roles. The storyline revolves around two survivors of a shipwreck who are on a lifeboat stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days. One is a sixteen-year-old Indian boy named Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma), and the other is a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
The film began development shortly after the release of the book and would see directors M. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuarón and Jean-Pierre Jeunet involved at various stages before the hiring of Lee. Filming was split between India, Taiwan and Montreal in 2011, with Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H) handling the visual effects work.
The film had its worldwide premiere as the opening film of the 50th New York Film Festival at both the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 28, 2012. It was theatrically released in the U.S. on November 21st that year by 20th Century Fox. Life of Pi became a commercial success, having grossed over $609 million. Critics praised Lee's direction, the screenplay, the editing, the music, the sound design and especially the effects and the cinematography. It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture – Drama and Best Director, and won for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. At the 85th Academy Awards it had eleven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won four, including Best Director for Ang Lee.
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Czech | Pí a jeho život |
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Danish | Life of Pi |
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Dutch (Belgium) | Life of Pi |
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Dutch (Netherlands) | Life of Pi |
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Finnish | Piin elämä |
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French (Canada) | L'Histoire de Pi |
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French (Europe) | L'Odyssée de Pi |
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German | Life of Pi: Schiffbruch mit Tiger |
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Hindi | लाइफ ऑफ पाय |
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Hungarian | Pi élete |
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Italian | Vita di Pi |
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Japanese | ライフ・オブ・パイ／トラと漂流した227日 |
| File:Life of Pi - logo (Norwegian).png | Norwegian | Historien om Pi |
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Polish | Życie Pi |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | As Aventuras de Pi |
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Russian | Жизнь Пи |
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Slovak | Pí a jeho život |
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Spanish (Latin America) | Una Aventura Extraordinaria |
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Spanish (Spain) | La vida de Pi |
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Swedish | Berättelsen om Pi |
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Tamil | Life of Pi |
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Telugu | Life of Pi |
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Thai | ชีวิตอัศจรรย์ของพาย |
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Turkish | Pi'nin Yaşamı |
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Ukrainian | Життя Пі |
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Arabic | حياة باي |
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Bulgarian | Животът на Пи |
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Cantonese | 少年PI的奇幻漂流 |
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Chinese (Simplified) | 少年派的奇幻漂流 |
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Chinese (Traditional) | 少年PI的奇幻漂流 |
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Croatian | Pijev život |
| File:Life of Pi - logo (Estonian).png | Estonian | Pii elu |
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Greek | Η Ζωή του Πι |
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Hebrew | חיי פיי |
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Icelandic | Lífe of Pi |
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Indonesian | Life of Pi |
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Korean | 라이프 오브 파이 |
| File:Life of Pi - logo (Latvian).png | Latvian | Pī dzīve |
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Lithuanian | Pi gyvenimas |
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Malay | Life of Pi |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | A Vida de Pi |
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Romanian | Viața lui Pi |
| File:Life of Pi - logo (Serbian).png | Serbian | Пијев живот |
| File:Life of Pi - logo (Slovene).png | Slovene | Pijevo življenje |
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Vietnamese | Cuộc Đời Của Pi |
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