The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

"The deeper you go, the weirder life gets."

2004

1h 59m

7.1(3048 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

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Production Companies

American Empirical Pictures

Touchstone Pictures

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

76 members

Acting

Bill Murray

Steve Zissou

Bill Murray

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Owen Wilson

Ned Plimpton

Owen Wilson

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Cate Blanchett

Jane Winslett-Richardson

Cate Blanchett

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Anjelica Huston

Eleanor Zissou

Anjelica Huston

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Willem Dafoe

Klaus Daimler

Willem Dafoe

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Jeff Goldblum

Alistair Hennessey

Jeff Goldblum

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Michael Gambon

Oseary Drakoulias

Michael Gambon

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Noah Taylor

Vladimir Wolodarsky

Noah Taylor

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Bud Cort

Bill Ubell

Bud Cort

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Seu Jorge

Pelé dos Santos

Seu Jorge

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Robyn Cohen

Anne-Marie Sakowitz

Robyn Cohen

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Waris Ahluwalia

Vikram Ray

Waris Ahluwalia

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Niels Koizumi

Bobby Ogata

Niels Koizumi

Sound

Pawel Wdowczak

Renzo Pietro

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Matthew Gray Gubler

Intern #1

Matthew Gray Gubler

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Seymour Cassel

Esteban du Plantier

Seymour Cassel

Production

Antonio Monda

Festival Director

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Isabella Blow

Antonia Cook

Isabella Blow

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James Hamilton

Festival Photographer

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Melanie Gerren

Mandeeza

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Art

Nazzareno Piana

Elderly Man

Nazzareno Piana

Production

Rudd Simmons

Man in Yellow Shirt

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Leonardo Giovannelli

Werner

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Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.

Talk Show Host

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Pietro Ragusa

Academic

Pietro Ragusa

Acting

Eric Chase Anderson

Air Kentucky Pilot

Eric Chase Anderson

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Robert Wilson

Air Kentucky Pilot

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Don McKinnon

Air Kentucky Pilot

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Alessio Santini

University of North Alaska Intern

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Paolo Sirignani

University of North Alaska Intern

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Andrew Weisell

University of North Alaska Intern

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Niccolò Senni

University of North Alaska Intern

Niccolò Senni

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Andrea Guerra

University of North Alaska Intern

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Christiano Irrera

University of North Alaska Intern

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Marco Ciarlitto

University of North Alaska Intern

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Tony Shafrazi

Larry Amin

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Directing

Noah Baumbach

Phillip

Noah Baumbach

Art

Stefano Maria Ortolani

Italian Man in Audience

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Sylvie Genin

French Woman in Audience

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Jacques Henri Lartigue

Lord Mandrake

Jacques Henri Lartigue

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Muzius Gordon Dietzmann

Javier

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Gangyuan Xu

Cedric

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Robin Scott

Hugo

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Guglielmo Casciaro

Carl

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Alessandro De Angelis

Hennessey Sailor

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Andrea Bertone

Hennessey Sailor

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Andriy Kachur

Hennessey Sailor

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Roberto Salvi

Hennessey Sailor

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Stefano Masciolini

Hennessey Sailor

Stefano Masciolini

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Robert Sommer

Party Guest

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Anna Orso

Party Guest

Anna Orso

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Ettore Conti

Party Guest

Ettore Conti

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Robert Graham

Venezuelan General

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Hal Yamanouchi

Chief Pirate

Hal Yamanouchi

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Conrado Mendoza Dolor

Pirate

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Eduardo Bautista Grantuza

Pirate

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Simeon Maragigak Agelion

Pirate

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Walter Cajapao Casapao

Pirate

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Honorato Ilao Reyes

Pirate

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Roderick Magbay

Pirate

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Demetreo Castillo

Pirate

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Thomas Carwgal de la Pena

Pirate

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Edwarren Bantungon

Pirate

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Levi Mickael de Ramon

Pirate

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Aries Corales

Pirate

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Aries Dolor Ilagon

Pirate

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Joseph de los Reyes

Pirate

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Dennis Rayos Martinez

Pirate

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Taiyo Yamanouchi

Pirate

Taiyo Yamanouchi

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Wai Tung Wong

Pirate

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Ging Fang Zhu

Pirate

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Francis Dokyi

Water Taxi Driver

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Begni Bok Dong

Young Ogata

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Crew

Daniel Acon

Former Team Zissou, Antarctica

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Acting

Alexander Hamilton

Former Team Zissou, Antarctica

No Image

Acting

Erminio Bianchi Fasani

Man at the Gala Premiere (uncredited)

Erminio Bianchi Fasani

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