Yann Martel's 2001 novel Life Of Pi, an exploration of spirtuality through the tale of a young Indian boy stranded on a life boat with a...
Yann Martel's 2001 novel Life Of Pi, an exploration of spirtuality through the tale of a young Indian boy stranded on a life boat with a bengal tiger, has received it's fair share of acclaim, winning the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, amongst others, and includes American president Barack Obama among it's many fans. He even wrote a letter to the author, describing the book as "an elegant proof of God, and the power of story telling".
Plans for a film adaption of the book were set up in 2003, with M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), Alfonso Cuaron (Children Of Men), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) all attached to direct at one point or another. The job finally went to Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), working from a script by David Magee (Finding Neverland). The film promises to be a 3D visual treat, hoping to emulate last years Hugo. If the first image released from the production, showing newcomer Suraj Sharma as Pi with Bengal tiger Richard Parker, is anything to go by, we should be in for something special.
The film also stars Irrfan Khan, Gerard Depardieu, and Tobey Maguire, and is set for release on December 21st 2012.
Source: Criterion Cast
Plans for a film adaption of the book were set up in 2003, with M Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), Alfonso Cuaron (Children Of Men), and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) all attached to direct at one point or another. The job finally went to Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), working from a script by David Magee (Finding Neverland). The film promises to be a 3D visual treat, hoping to emulate last years Hugo. If the first image released from the production, showing newcomer Suraj Sharma as Pi with Bengal tiger Richard Parker, is anything to go by, we should be in for something special.
The film also stars Irrfan Khan, Gerard Depardieu, and Tobey Maguire, and is set for release on December 21st 2012.
Source: Criterion Cast
