Shark Tale
Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer animated adventure movie directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, and Rob Letterman, the latter of whom co-wrote the screenplay with Michael J. Wilson. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, the film stars the voices of Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese. The plot follows an underachieving anthropomorphic fish named Oscar (Smith) who falsely claims to have killed the son of shark mob boss Don Lino (De Niro) in an attempt to advance his community standing. Oscar teams up with the mobster's younger son Lenny (Black) to keep up the facade.
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| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
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Running time | 89 minutes[4][5] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75 million[6] |
| Box office | $374.6 million[6] |
Shark Tale premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 10, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States by DreamWorks Pictures on October 1. It was a box-office success, grossing $375 million worldwide against a $75 million budget, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2004, and received mixed reviews from critics; advocacy groups criticized the film for its use of Italian-American stereotypes. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 77th Academy Awards.
Cast
- Will Smith as Oscar
- Robert De Niro as Don Lino
- Renée Zellweger as Angie
- Jack Black as Lenny
- Angelina Jolie as Lola
- Martin Scorsese as Mr. Sykes
- Ziggy Marley as Ernie
- Doug E. Doug as Bernie
- Michael Imperioli as Frankie
- Vincent Pastore as Luca the Octopus
- Peter Falk as Don Ira Feinberg
- Katie Couric as Katie Current
- David P. Smith as Crazy Joe
- David Soren as Shrimp
- Bobb'e J. Thompson as a shortie
- Phil LaMarr as a prawn shop owner
Reception
The movie wasn't well-liked and many thought it was too similar to Jaws and The Godfather. And a lot of critics (including Roger Ebert) said that they liked Finding Nemo better. However, it did get #1 at the box office for three weeks straight and got nominated Best Animated Feature at the 2004 Oscars, but lost to The Incredibles.
Future
In April 2011, DreamWorks Animation's CEO, Jeffrey Katzenberg, commented that the studio did not have plans to produce future movie genre parodies like Shark Tale, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Megamind, saying that these moviess "all shared an approach and tone and idea of parody, and did not travel well internationally. We don't have anything like that coming on our schedule now."[7]
Shark Tale Media
The Piazza San Marco in Venice a day before the film's world premiere, where it was projected on the world's largest inflatable movie screen.
References
- ↑ 'SHARK TALE (2004). AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsAmerican Film Institute. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ↑ 'Shark Tale (2004). British Film Institute. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ↑ Cheney, Alexandra (July 29, 2014). "DreamWorks Animation Q2 Earnings Fall Short of Estimates, SEC Investigation Revealed". Variety. https://variety.com/2014/biz/news/dreamworks-animation-q2-earnings-fall-short-of-estimates-1201271262/. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
- ↑ Shark Tale (2004). AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ↑ 'Shark Tale'. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 'Shark Tale'. Box Office MojoIMDb. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ↑ Lieberman, David (April 26, 2011). DreamWorks Animation Pins Hopes On 'Kung Fu Panda 2' After 1Q Earnings Fall Short. https://www.deadline.com/2011/04/dreamworks-pins-hopes-on-kung-fu-panda-2-after-first-quarter-earnings-fall-short/. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
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