Wes Anderson Royal Tenenbaums" was nominated for an Academy Award and ranked by an "Empire" poll as the 159th greatest film ever made. Anderson's next feature was "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004) about a Jacques Cousteau-esque documentary filmmaker played by Bill Murray. It serves as a classic example of Anderson's style, but its critical reception was less favorable than his previous films, and its box office did not match the heights of "The Royal Tenenbaums". In September 2006, Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen released a tongue-in-cheek "letter of intervention" for Anderson's artistic "malaise" following the disappointing commercial and
Seu Jorge as Knockout Ned in the 2002 film "City of God" and as Pelé dos Santos in the 2004 film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". His musical work has received praise from many of his fellow musicians including Beck and David Bowie. As a singer, Seu Jorge was part of the band Farofa Carioca, writing most of the songs of their 1998 debut album "Moro no Brasil". In 2001 he released "Samba Esporte Fino", a pop album influenced by musicians Jorge Ben Jor, Gilberto Gil, and Milton Nascimento. It was released outside Brazil under the name "Carolina" in 2003. His