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2 unusual facts about Life of Pi


Manners of Dying

Manners of Dying is a 2004 Canadian drama film based on the short story of the same name (1993) by Yann Martel, winner of the Man Booker Prize for his book, The Life of Pi.

Solar still

In Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi, the main character, Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi), survives on a life boat in the Pacific with a Bengal tiger by using twelve solar stills to extract fresh water from saline ocean water.


Arjun Bhasin

Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Rang De Basanti (2006), and has done international films like Monsoon Wedding (2001), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) and Life of Pi (2012).

Le Petit Chose

Canadian author Yann Martel (Life of Pi), in talking about his most memorable childhood book, recalled Le Petit Chose, saying that he read it when he was ten years old, and that it was the first time he found a book so heartbreaking that it moved him to tears.

Puducherry

Puducherry was the setting for the first third of the Booker prize-winning novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

Rhythm and Hues Studios

By the time Rhythm & Hues began to work on the 2012 Ang Lee film, Life of Pi, the company had become a global one with offices and artists in India (the Mumbai suburb of Malad and HITEC City which is a part of Hyderabad), Malaysia (Cyberjaya just outside of Kuala Lumpur), Canada (Vancouver), and Taiwan (Kaohsiung).

Rob Simonsen

In 2004 he teamed up with Mychael Danna and has provided additional music and arrangements on Surf's Up, Fracture, Moneyball and the Oscar-winning, Life of Pi.

Tim Squyres

including The Wedding Banquet (1993), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Ride with the Devil (1999), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), The Hire: Chosen (2001), Hulk (2003), Lust, Caution (2007), Taking Woodstock (2009), and, most recently, Life of Pi (2012).

Tomislav Torjanac

In 2006 Torjanac won the international competition to illustrate a new edition of Yann Martel’s 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.

Twentieth Century Fox World

The park will be 25 acres in size and will feature roughly 25 thrill rides and attractions based on films and franchises like Rio, Ice Age, Life of Pi, Night at the Museum, Alien vs. Predator, and Titanic.


see also

Inforum of the Commonwealth Club

In 2007, Inforum began a series of Salon discussions that enable members to interact with prominent writers and thinkers, including Yann Martel, author of The Life of Pi.