Call number
Family, DVD 108
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Publication
Fox (2013), Edition: No enhanced packaging
Description
A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
User reviews
LibraryThing member comfypants
A boy and a tiger in a lifeboat.
Maybe it's hurt by watching it on a two-dimensional small screen, but I don't understand all the fuss about the visuals. Yeah, they did a lot of stuff that would have been unfilmable five or ten years ago, but it still just looks like cartoons to me. This is
Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: A
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.0/4
Maybe it's hurt by watching it on a two-dimensional small screen, but I don't understand all the fuss about the visuals. Yeah, they did a lot of stuff that would have been unfilmable five or ten years ago, but it still just looks like cartoons to me. This is
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nitpicking, though; it's a very good movie.Concept: B
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: A
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.0/4
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LibraryThing member anneofia
The Life of Pi Movie Companion introduces readers to the epic adventure by incorporating excerpts from the novel with breathtaking images and scenes from the film. It is the story of a teenage boy who survives a shipwreck and embarks on a voyage across the Pacific Ocean accompanied by a Bengal
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tiger. The movie companion includes a video introduction with Yann Martel and Ang Lee, and the stories behind Pi and the tiger. The book is creative and well done. It gives you the opportunity to experience Pi's journey with the tiger again and again. (Some of this information is from Apple Books.) Show Less
Awards
Academy Award (Nominee — Best Director — 2012)
UPC
024543751854