Academy Award winning director Ang Lee, center, screenwriter David Magee, left, and film editor Tim Squyres meet with media for the first time since their movie Life of Pi won four Academy Awards, including Best Director for Ang Lee, Monday, March 4, 2013, in New York, on behalf of the Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD release on March 12, (Diane Bondareff/Invision for Fox Home Entertainment)
And my picture above, so you can see how close I was to the group responsible for the wonderful movie, Life of Pi!
“Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar winner Ang Lee*, based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only other survivor – a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Bound by the need to survive, the two are cast on an epic journey that must be seen to be believed.”
In anticipation of the Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD release on March 12, today, I was invited to sit and listen to Ang Lee discuss the making of the movie, and we got to see some of the behind the scenes extras that will be in this collection. Wow. I was thrilled to be able to see this amazing director, and so soon after he was on the Academy Award stage receiving that award! And being able to see exactly how the water scenes were filmed was incredible. It’s amazing that anyone would even try to tackle such a huge undertaking, but thankfully they did!
And the above screenwriter David Magee and film editor Tim Squyres helped round out the discussion, all three had important roles and it was a privilege to listen to them and hear about the challenges related to the making of this movie. And the tiger was CGI and not real!
Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post.
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