Life of Pi

Life of Pi (2012)

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Continuity mistake: After Pi Patel first meets Anandi in the dance class, he is shown looking at her in the market place. There is a little girl sitting next to the flower seller. She doesn't have any flowers in her hair in the first shot, when the shot changes to Pi and then shows Anandi the little girl now has a flower in her hair . (00:27:55)

Factual error: On the isolated island, the meerkats stood up and see Richard Parker and then Richard happily eats some of them while the others watch. Meerkats would run away when they sense, hear or see a nearby predator.

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Suggested correction: The reason for this is explained in the book. It's because the island is so peaceful they have no reason to fear predators.

Continuity mistake: When the camera shows the underside of Pi's makeshift raft, the lifeboat mysteriously disappears, yet when the camera reaches the surface, the lifeboat is visible.

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Other mistake: In one part of the lifeboat scene, Pi crawls under the tarp to get some supplies, yet he never sees Richard Parker under it.

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Pi: With one word, my name went from an elegant French swimming pool to a stinking Indian latrine - I was pissing everywhere.

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Trivia: Rhythm and Hues won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for this film. It was their third Oscar. But ironically, the company had to declare bankruptcy and lay-off half their staff just a few months before they won. And when the company was brought up during an acceptance speech for the film, the microphone was cut off. This led to widespread demonstrations and protests against the film and director Ang Lee by effects artists, as they are often marginalized, overworked and underpaid by studios.

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Question: The tiger ate a full zebra, hyena, monkey, and tones of fish. So where is all its crap?

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Chosen answer: Being as how there was a ready supply of water in which to rinse his hands, I'm certain Pi was simply throwing it overboard.

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