This synopsis of the film sums up what you will be seeing which is a stunning adaptation of Yann Martel’s modern classic by director Ang Lee – the most visually impressive film you’ll see all year! After the tragic sinking of a ship carrying a family and their zoo animals to a new home in Canada, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the Pacific Ocean. Inside there is a 16-year old boy named Pi, who finds himself stranded at sea with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger for company. As he tries to make his way home, Pi finds himself on an epic journey of adventure and discovery as he fights for survival against almost impossible odds.
Life of Pi is the Taiwanese director’s 12th feature; a warm, wise and wondrous adventure story adapted from Yann Martel’s 2002 Booker Prize-winning novel.
Despite its length - something you do not notice. Life Of Pi has been inundated with nominations and has won various awards these include WINNER of the Golden Globe award for Best Original Score.
Nominated for:11 Oscars - Best Picture, Best Director, Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects.
Nominations for 3 Golden Globe Awards - Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score and finally 9 BAFTAS nominations - Best Film, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Special Visual Effects.
Nominated for:11 Oscars - Best Picture, Best Director, Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Visual Effects.
Nominations for 3 Golden Globe Awards - Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score and finally 9 BAFTAS nominations - Best Film, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Special Visual Effects.
Audience members may have read the book and you will not be disappointed, with how the versatile Ang Lee brings Yann Martel's tale of shipwreck and spirituality to the big screen in magnificent fashion
*From its opening scene of animals and birds strutting and preening themselves in a sunlit zoo to the final credits of fish and nautical objects shimmering beneath the sea, the movie has a sense of the mysterious, the magical* The Guardian
*Lee is a wizard, Life of Pi is an incredible spectacle and the technical effects are brilliant* This is London
Watch the trailer below:
If you want to see a film which restores you faith in cinema come along to see Life of Pi. The screening times are: Monday 25th at 2pm & 7.45pm, Tuesday 26th at 7.45pm, Wednesday 27th at 2pm & 7.45pm, Thursday 28th at 7.45pm.
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