When the family’s ship sinks, only Pi survives, on a lifeboat he must share with the tiger. (Bottom) Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee speak during a filmmakers forum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon in Las Vegas. “Life of Pi” begins in a zoo in Pondicherry, India, in 1976 in the face of political upheaval, the family of the 17-year-old Pi decide to relocate to Canada, taking with them their animals - including giraffes, orangutans and zebras - all created in the play through puppetry. Photos: (Top) Pi (played by Suraj Sharma) and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker must rely on each other to survive an epic journey in the movie 'Life of Pi.' Credit: Rhythm and Hues/20th Century Fox. The production opened this month to shining reviews: The critic of The Daily Telegraph called it “a worthy successor to ‘War Horse,’” the Tony Award-winning play that also used animal puppets to striking effect. The eye quickly tunes the handlers out, and every flick of the tail feels full of life. Manipulated by three puppeteers, the tiger in “Life of Pi,” playing at the Crucible Theater in the northern English city of Sheffield through July 20, is fast and flexible enough to prowl and pounce across the stage. With a 44-pound tiger puppet, that’s how.
Other items up for sale include movie posters signed by Lee, a collection of vibrant saris, and other props valued between $140 and more than $6,000.SHEFFIELD, England - In 2001, Yann Martel’s internationally best-selling novel “Life of Pi” asked the question: What would happen if a teenage boy and a 450-pound tiger were stranded on a lifeboat for 227 days? Now, a new theatrical production is trying to answer another question: How on earth would you put such a story onstage? It opens in US movie theaters on November 21. "Life of Pi" is based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, directed by Ang Lee and stars newcomer Suraj Sharma. Proceeds will go towards the Orangutan Foundation International, in recognition of one of the other animals who initially survives with title character Pi in the film. Obviously, Life of Pi was an enormous commercial and critical success. The lifeboat is priced at $40,000 in the sale starting on November 19.
US online retailer Gilt Groupe said on Friday that the lifeboat, replicated from real rafts used between the 1920s and 1950s, is among props from the movie up for sale next week. LOS ANGELES: "Life of Pi" is yet to hit movie theaters, but fans can already buy the film's trusty lifeboat that becomes home to a young Indian boy shipwrecked with a tiger. Indian actor Suraj Sharma (R) playing the character Pi, stands near a tiger named Richard Parker in a lifeboat, one of the props used in the new film "Life of Pi" by director Ang Lee.
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