Dr Marshall said the central plot line where the caterpillar eventually becomes a butterfly is transformational and "worthy of Life of Pi, possibly even more meaningful than Life of Pi".
And newbie Suraj Sharma of Life of Pi looked like a seasoned veteran in his shawl collar tuxedo.
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At the time he had admitted that he had been "obsessing about every detail of Life of Pi, " for four years and it had "completely consumed" him.
Will best film editing go to "Argo, " the taut minimalism of "Zero Dark Thirty" or the careful rhythms of "Life of Pi"?
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This year's only male on the shortlist, Suraj Sharma, got his break when he was picked from 3, 000 hopefuls to star in Ang Lee's epic adaptation of the novel Life of Pi.
He had signed up to direct the pilot episode of Tyrant in March, just weeks after Life of Pi won four Oscars.
Great floods wash away the bonds of family, among other things, in "Beasts of the Southern Wild, " "Life of Pi, " "The Impossible" and "Moonrise Kingdom" (nominated for Best Original Screenplay).
The studio is hoping to make up some of the losses with the Asian box office where they feel Life of Pi will do really well.
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Other nominees in the PGA movie category were "Les Miserables, " "Zero Dark Thirty, " "Beasts of the Southern Wild, " "Django Unchained, " "Life of Pi, " "Moonrise Kingdom, " "Silver Linings Playbook, " and Skyfall.
Life of Pi also picked up Oscars for cinematography, original score and visual effects.
Kerry's many audio books include Life of Pi (Reader of the Year, APA Awards).
But Life of Pi should easily win for Best Cinematography, as well as Best Original Score.
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Two films did better than expected this weekend: Life of Pi and Red Dawn.
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The Oscar for Best Production Design will go to Life of Pi or Les Miserables.
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Best Director nods went to: Michael Haneke for Amour, Ang Lee for The Life of Pi, David O.
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Life of Pi earned a solid 11 nominations, mostly in the technical categories.
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That category is another close race, with Lincoln's Steven Spielberg in a duel with Ang Lee for Life Of Pi.
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That evening, after watching the movie "Life of Pi" at a mall, they strolled by a fountain and snapped some pictures.
Actress Nicole Kidman and Oscar-winning Life of Pi director Ang Lee will join Steven Spielberg on this year's Cannes Film Festival jury.
Can you imagine teens lining up to see Silver Linings Playbook (about two depressed people finding love) or Life of Pi?
Both are up for this year's original song prize, alongside tracks from Les Miserables, Life of Pi and the documentary Chasing Ice.
Life of Pi took home the most awards on Sunday, winning four prizes including a best director accolade for Taiwan's Ang Lee.
If we just subtracted budget from box office earnings to get a net gross, Life of Pi would have topped the list.
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Life of Pi scored 11 nominations including Best Directing for Ang Lee.
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"They can wear little French rosettes if they're for 'Les Miserables' or a tiger print somewhere if they like 'Life of Pi, ' " he says.
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"Life of Pi" also fell to ninth place after maintaining a steady hold of the fifth place spot for its first four weeks in theaters.
Ang Lee won his second Oscar for directing Life of Pi, the adaptation of Yann Martel's fantasy novel about a boy stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
Ang Lee's 3D epic Life of Pi - which went into the awards with nine nominations - picked up two awards for cinematography and special visual effects.
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