How did "Life of PI"? Interesting facts

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In 2012, directed by ang Lee presented to the critics and the audience another his creation - the movie "Life of PI". The basis of the picture formed the eponymous novel by Yann Martell. Many Hollywood critics called the picture "Life of PI" one of the best works of Oscar-winning Director.

The Idea of painting

In 2001, the popular canadian writer Yann Martel published his new creation - an adventure novel “Life of PI”. The book immediately gained popularity. The author has received recognition from grateful readers, but eminent critics. In 2002, the novel received the Pulitzer prize.

how to make Life of PI

For a Long time in Hollywood circles there was speculative news about the film adaptation of the book, but, nevertheless, the magnates of the film industry didn't want to risk it. After all, a masterpiece Martel told not only about the adventures of an Indian boy, but also touched on philosophical aspects of life. On the screen these arguments could bore the audience. And yet the management of the company, Fox 2000 decided to take a chance and visualize the picture. In 2011 started the filming process, and all the fans began to wonder about how it was shot “Life of PI”.

Storyline

A novel by canadian writer made a splash, and all thanks to the exciting plot. The book tells about the adventures of a guy named after one of the swimming pools of France — Piscine Molitor Patel (PI). The first part of the book tells about his childhood and family PI. Second – talks about the destruction of the ship, which sails to Canada all the family of Patel, along with his zoo.

Life of PI movie

The Young man miraculously escapes, he finds himself in the same boat with a hyena, Zebra, tiger and orangutan. During the trip all of the animals apart from Bengal tiger, die, and PI is forced to travel in such company on the Pacific ocean. About this incredible journey, the power of the spirit and faith says “Life of PI" of the film, which is considered a masterpiece of Hollywood cinema. Number of Oscars and box office receipts are strong evidence of this fact.

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Interesting facts about filming

The Story of “Life of PI” — fiction, Yann Martel inspired her writing the book of Moacir Sklar “Max and the cat family”, released in 1981.

The Director's chair several times became vacant. This post Fox initially invited M. night Shyamalan. In 2005 he dropped out of the project. The next candidate was Alfonso cuarón, but he worked on his project “children of men". Genre Pierre Jeunet was able to lead the project, but at this stage had problems with financing the picture, and he refused. In 2009, the film company "Fox" was invited to the Director's chair the Oscar-winning ang Lee and it has paid off.

Life of PI reviews

To Adapt the script came from Dean Georgaris, but with the change of Director has changed and screenwriter. So, the book “rewrite” and Gill Laurent. With the arrival of ang Lee the screenplay was adapted under the control of David Magee.

The Budget of the film was $ 70 million. The survey started in 2011. They were held in China, India, Taiwan and Montreal.

Since most of the film is shooting in the water, was built a huge swimming pool, the height of the waves which was 1.5 meters, and required wave height of 2.5 meters. Hard work of computer designers and graphic designers. “Life of PI”— a film in which 75% of the time is computer graphics.

Actors and roles

Casting for the lead role took place in Delhi. Immediately after the approval of the budget, ang Lee went in search of the protagonist. Of 3,000 applicants, he stopped his professional gaze on an ordinary teenager from Delhi, has never starred in a movie. Suraj Sharma-student, came to audition with his brother. Initially, they had “Life of PI" has remained a mystery, because the Director and his assistants kept the information secret. But immediately after the film's release, it became known that the main character had to lose weight, but he didn't show a fatness. Another interesting point – Sharma could not swim. In the gym, the newly minted actor spent three hours a day, learning to hold your breath to swim under water.

tiger Life of PI

The film shows the stages of growing up PI, this character was translated to the screen several of the actors— Gautam Belur, AYUSH Tandon, Irfan Khan.

The Second actor that plays the main role in the film – tiger. “Life of PI” — a picture, a story not only about the power of the spirit, but also the interaction of one of the most dangerous animals and humans. The idea to shoot a real tiger in the air, but the Director still didn't want the animal ate the main character. The animators studied the nature and habits of these animals, took a prototype of a real tiger Aslan and details have drawn him in. In the end, in 3D Richard Parker (a tiger) came to life, and fans of the book, and all the audience appreciated this work. “Life of PI”, which reviews only positive was the competitor of many films in worldwide box office.

The Writer— that she is a key figure of the film. The role played by Rafe spall. Originally filmed scenes with Toby Maguera, but after ang Lee decided that the actor too “star”, and reshot all the scenes with him.

The main character's Mother was played by the famous at home Tabassum Hashmi. Adil Hussain was moved to the screens the image of the father Patel. Episodic,but very racy role of a ship's cook played by Gerard Depardieu.

Reviews from critics and audiences

After critics and viewers learned how to shoot “Life of PI”, and compared with the material that was released, the film was a triumph in 2012.

The Picture was released the month after the scheduled date due to rental at this time “Hobbit”. In January started showing arc and non-trivial picture of the “Life of PI”. The film was more than an unexpected breakthrough and achieved good feedback from renowned film critics, famous Hollywood personalities and ordinary spectators. The film's budget was $ 120 million box office - $600 million, and these results were achieved without bloody fights, fantastic transformers and epic characters.

the story Life of PI

The Film “Life of PI" reviews and ratings got high. Thus, the American critic Roger Ebert gave the picture the maximum score, the website Rotten Tomatoes have given the film a rating of 88%, and such approval has been achieved, despite the fact that even then, many critics knew how to shoot “Life of PI" - in fact more than half of the shooting took place in the water tank.

Awards and recognition

Eleven nominations for the award “Oscar” - today, these results can be called a true success. As a result, four of them joined the Treasury of the picture – “Best visual effects”, “the Best operator”, “Best soundtrack" of the “Best Director”. The film has collected a few "Golden Globes”, one “Annie” and won two BAFTA nominations.


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Alin Trodden - author of the article, editor
"Hi, I'm Alin Trodden. I write texts, read books, and look for impressions. And I'm not bad at telling you about it. I am always happy to participate in interesting projects."

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