Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Noah Taylor, Robyn Cohen, Matthew Gray Gubler, Warus Ahluwala, Pawel Wdowczak |
Directed
by: Wes Anderson
Written by: Wes Anderson,
Noah Baumbach
Produced by: Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Rudd Simmons
Distributor:Touchstone Pictures |
US:
10 DEC 2004 (NY/LA)
US:
25 DEC 2004 (WIDE)
UK: 18 FEB 2005 |
Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew -- Team Zissou -- set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly non-existant Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot who may or may not be Zissou's son (Owen Wilson), a beautiful journalist (Cate Blanchett) assigned to write a profile of Zissou, and Zissou's estranged wife and co-producer, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). They face overwhelming complications including pirates, kidnapping, and bankruptcy. |
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Is this just another essentially empty exercise masquerading as "deep" like Anderson's The Royal Tannenbaums. Well this should be a little deeper - about 100 fathoms. Though you'll probably find it hard to fathom what the hell is going on. Bill Murray should bring a welcomed wisecracking prescence. |
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"So when we're under water, do we suck or blow?"
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