The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Synopsis: When his partner is killed by the mysterious and possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark, Steve Zissou and his Team Zissou crew set off for an expedition to hunt down the creature. Along with his estranged wife, a beautiful journalist and a co-pilot who could possibly be Zissou's son, the crew set off for one wild expedition.
Director(s): Wes Anderson
Production: Empire Pictures
  3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
2004
119 min
Website
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The Obeamyway peninsula a

remote and fascinating region

teaming with

extraordinary marine life.

we choose this mysterious water as

Bellefontaine's next destination.

In preparation for our voyage

The members of team Zissou's gathered

at my Oceanographic observatory

here on Precious Spot Island.

This was to be our most ambitious adventure

to date and ultimately a tragic one.

Our team included Esteban du Plantier, chief diver,

our senior statesmen, my closest colleague for 27 years.

Klaus Daimler, 40, engineer,

calm, collected, German.

Vikram Ray, 28, cameraman

Bobby Ogata, 22, frogman.

Renzo Pietro, 45,

editor, sound man.

Vladimir Wolodarsky, 33, physicist,

our original score composer.

Anne-Marie Sakowitz,

25, script girl.

Pele dos Santos, 30, safety expert.

Eleanor Zissou, my wife, vice

president of the Zissou Society.

We also invited 7 marine science

students from the University North Alaska

to accompany us as unpaid interns

in exchange for school credit.

October 12th, Esteban and I explore

the blue reefs beyond the peninsula.

Florescence Snapper unexpectedly appeared

in shallows extremely rare in this depth.

Where is your gun?

Steve Steve, where is Esteban?

Check the scanning monitor, start

tracking before it goes too deep.

-Esteban was bitten?

-Eaten!

-Is he dead?

-Esteban was eaten!

-He was swallowed whole?

-No! killed!

Check the scanning monitor!

Steve, we think you got crazy eye.

Get him out of the f***ing water.

Esteban! Esteban! Esteban...!

-what?

-Esteban! Esteban...!

-Steve

-Esteban! Esteban! Esteban! Esteban...!

(Italian question)

Was it a deliberate choice

never to show the Jaguar Shark?

No, I dropped the camera.

(Answer in Italian )

Why are they laughing?

(Italian:
up there, the young man)

yes, what is next for team Zissou?

Well, that was only part

one. It's a cliff hanger.

Now, I am going to hunt down that shark

or whatever it is and hopefully kill it.

I don't know how

yet, maybe Dynamite.

-You don't what it is?

-No, I never seen anything like it before in my life.

You said it was a Jaguar Shark,

that was the title of your film.

It was coming right at us I just said

the 1st 2 words that came into my head.

(French question)

Revenge.

Bravo!

What fun!

Steve, I would like to introduce you to

Tonie Coach the new head of the film society.

You must be so excited.

I hope so, Do you it went ok?

No, congratulations, seriously.

Thanks, I wish it didn't require

the "seriously" but thank you.

Well, I just don't

think they got it.

Steve

You know Larry Arman,

chairman of a Saudi firm

-Oh yea Hi

-Nice to see you

Larry was discussing

our financial difficulty.

I thought it was nice for just the 3 of us

roll out the party together, just the 3 of us.

-Why? Does Larry have that kind

of spending power to invest?

-Keep him happy now

-I have got 500 million dollars capitalisation worth

Capitan Zissou, can I get a shot

of you with captain Hennessey?

Where?

Make it quick.

Hey Steven, how is going with your err...

what are you calling... Leopard Fish...?

-Jaguar Shark!

-Jaguar Shark! Exactly, I love it.

Tell me something,

does it actually exist?

You know Ali(Hennessey )I don't

wanna give away the ending.

Good man

Oh, here comes our girl

You are the most ravishing creature

that I have seen ever in my life.

-Hello, Skinny.

-Hello Eleanor

Is that a new merit badge?

yeah, as a matter of fact, it is.

I just became a knight in Portugal.

-The presidenty gave us a special bottle of...

-Tell me to be nice to Ali, because I am nerves.

How could you lay that slut faggit!

I was in love with him at the time.

-Yeah, just gets me mad.

-How are you feeling?

I am right on the edge.

I don't what comes next.

Wait here, I will be right back.

I just want to say hello. Hi

Hi ya babe.

I said I wanted to say hello. I did

not say I wanted you to touch me.

I am here with my wife,

Eleanor, this is Mandiser.

Do you really wanna

put me through this?

People say, Eleanor is the

brain behind team Zissou.

What is Steve?

He is the Zissou!

Steve, this is my

little nephew Vernard.

He wanted to meet you.

How are you doing, Vernard.

He brought you a present.

A cramloli fish.

Wow... Interesting specimen.

Thanks pal.

You are welcome.

Steve you don't look too good

How is this?

Steve, there's a bloke over

wants to have a word with you.

What do you need, old man?

How many of this do you have?

Hi, look, just forge the

rest of them yourself.

Get out of here.

Hey Steve

How come you are not sh*t and

shiver for your friend Esteban?!

What did you say?

Who are you going

to kill in part 2?

(Singing in French)

Larry Arman is flying to Mecca tonight.

See you can make the numbers work.

You should have an

answer from us in 10 days

Tell him I need to know by Sunday.

Why would I do that, my darling?

Call his bluff, damn it! and

light a fire under his ass.

My darling, we haven't made

a hit documentary in 9 years.

Lets not f*** with Larry Arman.

-Explain to him, would you Eleanor?

-screwdriver

He understands, Arman need to make

projection of the world grosses

to see if he can run a tax break,

run it through his output deal.

I don't understand but I

can tell it is bullshit.

-Oh, what the hell is going on?

-You need a blackjack and reel cleaner.

Well, if you excuse me, I am

gonna go an overnight drunk

and in 10 days I am going set out to find

the shark that eat my friend and destroy it.

Anyone who is care to join

me is more than welcome.

Captain Zissou, I am sorry to

bother you. I am Ned Plimpton.

My mother's Catherine Plimpton.

You kidding?

No.

How is she?

I am sorry. Sh*t!

She was...

I don't know if it is true

or not by the way, do you?

No, I don't.

I haven't heard

from her in 30 years.

I guess its too late now.

She never contacted me, you know.

Yes, I see.

You are suppose to

be my son, right?

I don't know...

but I did want to meet

you... just in case

I appreciate that.

I'll be right back. Don't go away.

(Song:
Life on Mars Sailors

fighting in the dance hall

Oh man! Look at those cavemen go

It's the freakiest show

Take a look at the Lawman

Beating up the wrong guy

Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know

He's in the best selling show

Is there life on Mars?)

Sorry about that you caught me with

one foot off the the other one tonight.

That's alight, I don't wanna

take too much of your time.

I wanna thank you

for talking to me.

-We'll find a way, mate.

-I know we will.

I just had a lovely

chat with Si brooman.

He wants you to make an

Oceanographic explorer article.

Possibly going to be the front cover

so do be nice to this girl, Won't you?

Apparently she worships you

and clearly need the press.

Oseary, this is probably

my son, Ned. We just met.

Anyway, his mother just died.

Plus we are having some problems.

I just think it to be a very

special opportunity for all

Ok, bring him over.

So, what do you do?

I am a pilot, Air Kentucky.

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