Shrek 2

Shrek 2
Directed by	Andrew Adamson Kelly Asbury Conrad Vernon
Produced by	Aron Warner John H. Williams David Lipman
Screenplay by	Andrew Adamson Joe Stillman J. David Stem David N. Weiss
Story by	Andrew Adamson William Steig
Starring	Mike Myers Eddie Murphy Cameron Diaz Antonio Banderas Julie Andrews John Cleese Rupert Everett Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Seguin
Music by	Harry Gregson-Williams
Edited by	Michael Andrews Sim Evan-Jones
Production company	DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures
Release date	May 15, 2004 (2004-05-15) (Cannes) May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$150 million
Box office	$919,838,758

Shrek 2 is a 2004 animated comedy movie and is the second movie in the Shrek movie series. It was directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad and stars Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as the donkey, Cameron Diaz as Fiona, Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots, Julie Andrews as Fiona's mother, Rupert Everett as Prince Charming, John Cleese as Fiona's father and Jennifer Saunders as Fairy Godmother. Like the first movie, this one is a parody of fairy tales. It was followed by Shrek the Third.

Release Dates

Country	Premiere
United States	19 May 2004
	20 May 2004
Malaysia	21 May 2004
Philippines	21 May 2004
Singapore	21 May 2004
Thailand	21 May 2004
Mexico	16 June 2004
Peru	16 June 2004
Argentina	17 June 2004
Australia	17 June 2004
South Korea	17 June 2004
New Zealand	17 June 2004
Brazil	18 June 2004
Chile	18 June 2004
Panama	18 June 2004
Taiwan	18 June 2004
Belgium	23 June 2004
Switzerland	23 June 2004 (French speaking region)
France	23 June 2004
Indonesia	23 June 2004
Switzerland	24 June 2004 (German speaking region)
Venezuela	24 June 2004
South Africa	25 June 2004
Spain	30 June 2004
Austria	1 July 2004
Germany	1 July 2004
Hungary	1 July 2004
	1 July 2004
Netherlands	1 July 2004
Portugal	1 July 2004
United Kingdom	2 July 2004
Ireland	2 July 2004
Poland	2 July 2004
Czech Republic	8 July 2004
Slovakia	8 July 2004
Iceland	16 July 2004
United Arab Emirates	21 July 2004
Bahrain	21 July 2004
Kuwait	21 July 2004
Kenya	23 July 2004
Japan	24 July 2004
	29 July 2004
	30 July 2004
Egypt	4 August 2004
China	13 August 2004
Russia	19 August 2004
Serbia	19 August 2004
Slovenia	19 August 2004
Ukraine	19 August 2004
India	20 August 2004
Kazakhstan	20 August 2004
Romania	20 August 2004
Croatia	26 August 2004
Cyprus	27 August 2004
Turkey	27 August 2004
Denmark	3 September 2004
Finland	3 September 2004
Sweden	3 September 2004
Norway	17 September 2004
Bulgaria	1 October 2004
	22 October 2004
Greece	22 October 2004
Lithuania	22 October 2004
Latvia	22 October 2004
Switzerland	17 December 2004 (Italian speaking region)
Italy	17 December 2004

Soundtrack

Singer and songwriter Adam Duritz from Counting Crows said that his band's song, "Accidentally in Love", "fits into the movie because it's the story of people who fall in love who weren't supposed to fall in love." Composer James Horner operated the sound of the score on different levels which James said as "Fun". His score came out as an Eels song into a romantic scene with Shrek and Fiona, or a funny scene with Donkey. George Bruns did not compose the film score with Horner, due to a conflict.