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| distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = | runtime = 127 minutes | country = United States〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LIFE OF PI )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Life of Pi (2012) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=AFI )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=LIFE OF PI (2012) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Life of Pi )〕 | language = English | budget = $120 million〔 | gross = $609 million〔 }} ''Life of Pi'' is a 2012 American adventure drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film's adapted screenplay was written by David Magee, and it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu, and Adil Hussain. The storyline revolves around an Indian man named Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, living in Canada and telling a novelist about his life story and how at 16 he survives a shipwreck in which his family dies, and is stranded in the Pacific Ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The film had its worldwide premiere as the opening film of the 51st New York Film Festival at both the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 28, 2012. ''Life of Pi'' emerged as a critical and commercial success, earning over US$609 million worldwide. It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards which included the Best Picture – Drama and the Best Director and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. At the 85th Academy Awards it had eleven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won four (the most for the event) including Best Director for Ang Lee. ==Plot== In Canada, novelist Yann Martel meets Pi Patel, an Indian immigrant with some knowledge from Pi's late father's friend, known to Pi as "Mamaji", for a good book. Pi tells Yann his life story. In a flashback, Pi's father named him Piscine Molitor after the swimming pool in France. By the time he reached secondary school, he changed his name to "Pi" (the Greek letter, ) because he was tired of being called "Pissing Patel" (due to the pronunciation of his name). Pi is raised Hindu and vegetarian, but at 12 years old, he is introduced to Christianity and then Islam, and decides to follow all three religions as he "just wants to love God". His mother supports his desire to grow, but his father, a rationalist, tries to convert him to his way by understanding rather than blindly. Pi's family owns a zoo, and Pi took great interest in the animals, especially a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. When Pi tries feeding Richard Parker through the cage bars, since his religious interests lead him to believe that animals had souls, his enraged father tells him that Richard Parker is dangerous and would kill him if it had the chance, and so his father forces Pi to witness Richard Parker killing a goat to prove his point. At 16, Pi is still affected by the incident, causing him to be gloomy and depressed, until he meets a dancer named Anandi, with whom he develops a relationship. However, their relationship is short-lived when his father announces that they are moving to Canada, where he intends to settle and sell the zoo animals. Pi's family books passage on a Japanese freighter named ''Tsimtsum''. That night, during a storm, the ship founders while Pi is on deck. He tries to find his family, but a member of the crew throws him into a lifeboat. As the ship falls into the sea, a freed zebra jumps onto the boat with him, breaking its leg as it lands. Pi watches helplessly as the ship sinks, drowning his family. After the ship disappears, Pi sees what he believes is a survivor struggling in the ocean. He calls out to the 'survivor' who swims towards the lifeboat, however it is revealed to be Richard Parker. Pi attempts to prevent the tiger from entering the boat with an oar, however it climbs in anyway. After the storm, Pi finds himself in the lifeboat with the injured zebra, and is later joined by a surviving orangutan. A spotted hyena emerges from a tarpaulin covering half of the lifeboat and snaps at Pi, forcing him to retreat to the end of the boat, while it kills the zebra, and later the orangutan. Later, Richard Parker emerges from under the tarpaulin, killing the hyena and attempting to attack Pi, who distracts it by throwing a rat into its mouth. Richard Parker then retreats under the tarpaulin and does not emerge for several days. After many days at sea, Pi retrieves biscuits, water rations and a hand axe from the lifeboat and builds a small raft to stay at a safe distance from Richard Parker. He begins fishing and is able to feed Richard Parker. He also collects rain water for them to drink. When the tiger jumps into the sea to hunt for fish to eat, Pi considers letting it drown but ultimately helps it climb back into the boat. One night, a humpback whale breaches and lands on the rope connecting the raft to the lifeboat, completely destroying the raft. Pi loses most of his supplies, forcing him to eat fish for the first time in his life. Pi trains Richard Parker to accept him in the boat and realizes that caring for Richard Parker is keeping him alive. Weeks later they reach a floating island of edible plants, supporting a mangrove jungle, fresh water pools, and a large population of meerkats. Pi and Richard Parker eat and drink freely and regain strength. At night, the island transforms into a hostile environment: Richard Parker retreats to the lifeboat and the meerkats sleep in the trees while the fresh water pools turn acidic and digest the dead fish in the pools. Pi discovers that the island itself is carnivorous after finding a human tooth embedded in a flower. The next day, Pi and Richard Parker leave the island. Some time later, the lifeboat reaches the coast of Mexico. Pi is crushed emotionally that Richard Parker does not acknowledge him before disappearing into the jungle. Pi is rescued and brought to a hospital. Insurance agents for the Japanese company that owned the freighter interview him, but do not believe his story and ask what "really" happened. Pi tells a different story, in which he reverses the roles of the animals: his mother being the orangutan, the Buddhist sailor being the zebra, and the cook being the Spotted Hyena, where Pi kills the cook and feeds on his flesh until he reached Mexico. The insurance agents are not satisfied with this story either, but they leave without questioning Pi any further. Next, Yann realizes the switched roles. Pi asks which story the writer prefers, and Yann chooses the first story believing it to be better. Pi thanks him for it. Glancing at a copy of the insurance report, Yann sees that the agents also chose to record the first story. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Life of Pi (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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