The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is an American comedy-drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Wes Anderson. It is Anderson's fourth feature length film, released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004. It was written by Anderson and Noah Baumbach and was filmed in and around Naples, Ponza, and the Italian Riviera. The film stars Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, an eccentric oceanographer who sets out to exact revenge on the "Jaguar shark" that ate his partner Esteban. Zissou is both a parody of and homage to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, to whom the film is dedicated. Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe,... Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson and Seu Jorge also are featured in the film. It was released May 10, 2005 on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. While oceanographer and documentarian Steve Zissou is working on his latest documentary at sea, his best friend Esteban du Plantier is eaten by a creature Zissou describes as a "Jaguar shark." For his next project, Zissou is determined to document the shark's destruction.
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| Release date: | November 20, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Wes Anderson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 119 Minutes |
| Producer: | Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin |
| Editor: | David Moritz |
| Music by: | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography: | Robert Yeoman |
| Screenplay by: | Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Adventure |