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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...alas, has Zissou. He is, to be sure, a man with a mission--to avenge himself on a "jaguar" shark that gobbled his best friend and to make one last documentary about his quest. But that's not so easy. Once the monarch of the seas, he is now forced to scrounge humiliatingly for sponsorship in a crass and unfeeling world. In Bill Murray's sublime characterization, Zissou has the stunned air of a celebrity who has lost his mojo but can't admit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: A Dive into Divine Comedy | 1/3/2005 | See Source »

...narrative structure sounds like the most straightforward Anderson (with new writing partner Noah Baumbach) has ever composed. The story begins as the revenge fantasy of the titular oceanographic filmmaker (Bill Murray), whose grief over his closest comrade’s death at the hands of the elusive jaguar shark has spurred a crowded but lonely journey to snare his friend’s marine murderer. Announcing his quest to a roomful of shocked patrons, he is asked, “What would be the scientific purpose of killing it?” to which he replies, in perhaps the best...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...Stuck In Reverse Gear British luxury carmaker Jaguar called a halt to production at its historic Coventry plant, axing hundreds of jobs. The Ford-owned marque also said it would quit Formula One racing at the end of the current season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 9/19/2004 | See Source »

...like other AUC leaders, he vows the group will never give up its wealth or submit to prosecution in the U.S. "We'll defend our freedom to the death," he says, a pistol slung from his hip. He leans back in a rawhide chair and calls his pet jaguar. "I don't like to keep her in a cage," he says as rifle-toting AUC soldiers in battle fatigues look on, amused. The AUC, whose top commanders are finally expected to arrive for peace talks with the government this week, is a main combatant in Colombia's 40-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Druglords | 6/13/2004 | See Source »

What does she drive?: It’s either a Honda Civic or a Jaguar.  Maybe a sedan of some sort.  Or maybe a Jaguar sedan...

Author: By John K. Ames, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: iTunes Dialogue | 2/19/2004 | See Source »

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