The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · Directed by Wes Anderson
Bill Murray is a Cousteau-adjacent oceanographer hunting the jaguar shark that ate his partner. Wes Anderson's weirdest pre-Grand Budapest film.
Why It's Cult
The Life Aquatic was Anderson's first flop and the moment he lost the critics until Grand Budapest won them back. Which is a crime — it's one of his best. Seu Jorge covering Bowie in Portuguese. The cross-section ship. The stop-motion sea life. Bill Murray at his most melancholy. A cult film in the original sense — rejected on release, loved forever by the right crowd.
The Plot, Officially
When his partner is killed by the mysterious and possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark, Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) 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.
Starring
Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston
Where to Watch
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