Night of the Hats

  The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) is an oceanographer; on his last voyage his friend and fellow diver was killed by a giant jaguar shark. At his latest film premiere he declares the next film will be about his hunting of this jaguar shark. Ned Plimpton (Owen Wilson), an airline pilot and fan, believes he is Zissou’s son and is taken onto the eccentric crew of Zissou’s ship, the Belafonte. Unable to raise the funds for the expedition after a series of film flops, Ned offers his inheritance. Zissou’s estranged wife Eleanor (Anjelica Houston), also a backer and strategist, thinks this unethical and quits. Also joining the crew is Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett), a reporter who is heavily pregnant. Both Zissou and Ned are attracted to her. The voyage takes a while to get going as Zissou gets distracted by all this, and they don’t have the right equipment. They steal some from an unmanned station run by Alistair Hennessy (Jeff Goldblum), Ele...