Life of Pi

"Take the journey of a lifetime."

2012 2h 7m EN

👍

7.4

SOLID

★7.4TMDB · 14,078

AdventureDrama

Synopsis

Spoiler shield

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.

“Take the journey of a lifetime.”

WhatsApp X Facebook Telegram

Where to watch · US

HBO Max Amazon ChannelSubscription

Cinemax Amazon ChannelSubscription

HBO MaxSubscription

Cinemax Apple TV channelSubscription

Amazon VideoRent

Apple TV StoreRent

Google Play MoviesRent

Google Play MoviesBuy

YouTubeBuy

Fandango At HomeBuy

Cast

Suraj Sharma
Pi Patel
Irrfan Khan
Adult Pi Patel
Ayush Tandon
Pi Patel (11-12 Years)
Gautam Belur
Pi Patel (5 Years)
Adil Hussain
Santosh Patel
Tabu
Gita Patel
Ayaan Khan
Ravi Patel (7 Years)
Mohd Abbas Khaleeli
Ravi Patel (13-14 Years)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ang Lee
Writers: David Magee
Languages: Japanese, Hindi, French, English, Tamil
Countries: United States of America

Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.

Did you know?

Fun facts 🍿

1 / 8

MONEY

Did you know

$120M budget — tentpole studio territory.

MoodPlayr · trivia#01

2 / 8

MONEY

Did you know

Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.

MoodPlayr · trivia#02

3 / 8

ERA

Did you know

Released 14 years ago.

MoodPlayr · trivia#03

4 / 8

WORLD

Did you know

Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Japanese, Hindi, French, English, Tamil.

MoodPlayr · trivia#04

5 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Directed by Ang Lee, shot by Claudio Miranda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

MoodPlayr · trivia#05

6 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 8

DIRECTOR

Did you know

Editor Tim Squyres shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

MoodPlayr · trivia#07

8 / 8

CAST

Did you know

Suraj Sharma and Irrfan Khan and Ayush Tandon carry the top of the cast.

MoodPlayr · trivia#08

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ang Lee directs. Claudio Miranda behind the camera. Mychael Danna scores. Tim Squyres cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Japanese, Hindi, French, English, Tamil.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$120M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 5.1× over at the box office.
3Released 14 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Japanese, Hindi, French, English, Tamil.
5Directed by Ang Lee, shot by Claudio Miranda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Tim Squyres shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Suraj Sharma and Irrfan Khan and Ayush Tandon carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Take the journey of a lifetime.".
10IMDB entry: tt0454876 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1114,078 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 26 themes, including "sea", "faith", "loss of loved one", "1970s".
13Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Claudio Miranda
Original score: Mychael Danna
Editing: Tim Squyres
Production design: Marcelo Pont Vergés
Costume design: Arjun Bhasin
Makeup / hair: Chris Lyons
VFX supervisor: Bill Westenhofer
Sound: Doug Hemphill
Stunt coordinator: Charles Croughwell
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $120,000,000
Box office: $609,016,565
Return: 508% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Life of Pi (2012)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
TV Krant Filmposter Award
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Director

Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.

Also by

Ang Lee

Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.

Wallpaper

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

Community reviews

What people are saying

Andres Gomez2014-06-16
★ 9/10
Visually, this movie traps yourself from the beginning to the end. The story is really deep and moving and the performances are plainly good. A must to be seen.
Ibraheem...2017-10-18
★ 9/10
Perfectly written, amazingly filmed, and surprisingly ended. Definitely, going in my amnisa list.
Dark Jedi2018-07-01
★ 4/10
My rating: 4 out of 10 stars A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger. I did not have huge expectations on this movie since it is not exactly my style of movie but nevertheless I have to say that I was disappointed. The movie is certainly quite beautiful to watch, at least part of it. However it is also a movie with a strong theistic agenda. Even though it is, luckily, not really religious/political extremism it is thick and intruding nonetheless. I was expecting Pi to actually learn something during the course of his adventure but he does not. He starts the movie gullible and foolish looking for meaning in life (religion) and the movie ends pretty much in the same way with him claiming that he had faith and therefore he survived. Yet none of the decisions he made was based on faith but simply pragmatical decisions of survival. If anything the movie proved that faith or religion had nothing to do with it. As I said the movie was, partly, quite beautiful to watch and this is entirely what rendered it the stars that I gave it. For the rest it was a very boring movie. The only mildly entertaining part was the scenes on the boat with Gérard Depardieu playing the very unpleasant cook. As beautiful to watch as they were many of the scenes were quite unrealistic though and had an artificial look to them even when, I believe, it was not intended. We bought the movie because my youngest daughter loves movies about animals but not even she was overly entertained by this movie.