Freeze Frame Presents: The Life Aquatic (2004)

Sunday 6th October 2024
Doors open 6pm

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Freeze Frame is delighted to present a special screening of the award-winning The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou in its 20th Anniversary year.

Join us for a celluloid inspired pre-show meal in the Drill Hall Cafe or just come for the film and freshly popped corn.

Not easy to define, The Life Aquatic doesn’t neatly fit into the category of comedy, drama, fantasy or adventure but encompasses elements of all – montaged together in Wes Anderson’s characteristic style. A modern day Ahab pursues revenge on the leviathan that killed his best friend with the help of his loyal crew, a sceptical ex-wife and a long abandoned potential son.

The list of top Hollywood brass in this film is long but at the fore is the monotonic Bill Murray, the majestical Anjelica Huston and playing the bond company stooge, Bud Court  – who is of course best known as Harold in the classic Harold and Maude (also playing as part of the Creative Community Cinema programme).  With a soundtrack by Seu Jorge reimagining David Bowie tracks and featuring stop motion animation by Henry Selick its a bit of a cinematic mash-up which didn’t work for a lot of critics but, as Roger Ebert said, ‘Since it does so many other things, does it have to work, too? Can’t it just exist?’

Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston

Director: Wes Anderson 2004 I 119 mins. 

Tickets and Pricing

  • Film + delicious 2-course film-inspired meal (see below): £22
  • Film + popcorn: £8 (concessions available)

Menu for Sunday

Pick two courses

To Start 

  • Oyster Mushroom Crostini with Garden Herb Salsa Verde 

Mains 

  • Mechado – Filipino beef stew with rice, greens, spiced vinegar, OR 
  • Purple – Puffa – Phish with Seaweed and Fish Eyes (Mini baked aubergine, spiced egg pancake, creamed spinach & coconut mushy peas, pickled veg fish eye.) 

Pudding

  • Sweet- Anemones – Cross between a baked custard and cheesecake/ jelly tentacles/ hazelnut crumble sand.

Doors open at 6pm for the meal, with the film starting at 7.30pm.

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Tickets for our next film The Thing (Sunday 3rd November) will go on sale on Monday 7th October.

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