


It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture – Drama and Best Director, and won for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Critics praised Lee's direction, the screenplay, the editing, the music, the sound design and especially the effects and the cinematography. Life of Pi became a commercial success, having grossed over $609 million. The film had its worldwide premiere as the opening film of the 50th New York Film Festival at both the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 28, 2012. Filming was split between India, Taiwan and Montreal in 2011, with Rhythm & Hues Studios (R&H) handling the visual effects work. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuarón and Jean-Pierre Jeunet involved at various stages before the hiring of Lee. The film began development shortly after the release of the book and would see directors M. One is a sixteen-year-old Indian boy named Pi Patel ( Suraj Sharma) and the other is a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The storyline revolves around two survivors of a shipwreck who are on a lifeboat stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days. Based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name, it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu and Adil Hussain in lead roles. Life of Pi is a 2012 adventure-drama film directed and produced by Ang Lee and written by David Magee.
