While being fitted for her pregnancy prosthetic - which involved being wrapped in a full body cast - Cate Blanchett fainted. The actress was rather surprised by this as she had never fainted before and learned in the next few days that she actually was pregnant.

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The score that plays on the soundtrack when Steve Zissou gives the tour of his boat is actually a theme from La famille Tenenbaum (2001) being played in reverse.

When he learned of Cate Blanchett's real life pregnancy, Wes Anderson jokingly accused her of taking method acting too far.

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Cate Blanchett never rehearsed with the crew and hadn't even met most of them before filming the nighttime electric jellyfish scene in which she first appears in the movie to add spontaneity to the scene.

The red woolen caps worn by the characters are a reference to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, famed underwater film-maker and co-inventor of the modern aqualung.

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The film is dedicated to Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Cousteau's ship was the Calypso. Zissou's ship is called the Belafonte; Harry Belafonte became famous singing commercialized calypso songs. In the beginning sequence, when Zissou is first introduced to the Italian audience, the model of the Belafonte on his desk is actually a model of the Calypso, painted blue instead of black.

 

 

Art Directors Guild 2005

Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award

Contemporary Film Mark Friedberg (production designer) Stefano Maria Ortolani (supervising art director) Eugenio Ulissi (art director) Marco Trentini (art director) Simona Migliotti (art director) Giacomo Calò Carducci (art director) Saverio Sammali (assistant art director) Nazzareno Piana (assistant art director) Maria-Teresa Barbasso (assistant art director) Giulia Chiara Crugnola (assistant art director)

Berlin International Film Festival 2005

Nominated Golden Berlin Bear

Wes Anderson

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004

2nd place BSFC Award

Best Ensemble Cast Cate Blanchett Bud Cort Willem Dafoe Michael Gambon Jeff Goldblum Anjelica Huston Bill Murray Noah Taylor Owen Wilson

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005

Nominated Critics Choice Award

Best Acting Ensemble Cate Blanchett Bud Cort Willem Dafoe Michael Gambon Jeff Goldblum Anjelica Huston Bill Murray Noah Taylor Owen Wilson

Central Ohio Film Critics Association 2005

Won COFCA Award	Actor of the Year Cate Blanchett For Coffee and Cigarettes and The Aviator
Nominated COFCA Award	Best Picture

Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005

Won CDG Award

Excellence in Contemporary Film Milena Canonero

Golden Trailer Awards 2005

Nominated Golden Trailer

Best Comedy

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 2005

Won Sierra Award

Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett For The Aviator

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2005

Nominated Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing in a Feature - Music - Feature Film Richard Henderson (music editor)

Satellite Awards 2005

Nominated Golden Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical Bill Murray
	Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
	Best Screenplay, Original Wes Anderson Noah Baumbach