Oscar winning director Ang Lee also presents a Thanksgiving movie choice with Life of Pi. Lee spent four years and about $100 million to make the film. Life of Pi is based on a book of the same name. Pi Patel is the son of a zoo-keeper in India. His family decides to move to Canada for a better life. They set off by ship with a few of the zoo animals. But there is a disaster at sea. Pi ends up on a small boat with a Bengal tiger. The movie tells of their struggle to survive. Ang Lee says the movie also explores deep philosophical questions. Lee filmed most of the movie in Taiwan, where he lives. The different movie sets included a very large water tank. This is the first film for 19-year-old Suraj Sharma, the human star of Life of Pi. He called the year shooting the film the hardest and most beautiful of my life. Suraj Sharma told the Hindustan Times newspaper that he was not sure if he wanted to act again. But he said he knows he wants to be a part of movie-making in some way.
奧斯卡獲獎導演李安也用這部《少年pi的奇幻漂流》給大家送上了又一感恩檔電影的選擇。他耗時四年，花費了約1億美元來打造這部電影。 《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》根據同名小說改編而成。派帕特爾是一個來自印度的動物園管理員的兒子。為過上好日子，他們準備舉家遷往加拿大。他們坐船出發，同船的還有一些來自動物園的動物。 但是他們遭遇了海難，最終只留下了Pi和一隻孟加拉虎在一條小船上。這部電影講述了他們海上逃命求生的故事。 李安說這部電影也探討了深層次的哲學問題。李安新片多是在他的家鄉臺灣取景拍攝，有不少不同的電影佈景，其中還包括一個非常大的'水槽。 這是電影男主角Pi的飾演者蘇拉沙瑪參演的首部電影，這個十九歲的少年稱拍電影這年是他此生最艱難和最美好的回憶。他還曾告訴印度斯坦時報說他不確定是否會再去參演其他電影，但他也表示渴望以其他方式參與到電影製作之中。
