Shrek


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Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 fairytale picture book of the same name by William Steig.

Profile

 * Title: Shrek
 * Directed by: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
 * Produced by: Jeffrey Katzenberg, Aron Warner, John H. Williams
 * Release date(s): May 18, 2001
 * Running time: 90 minutes
 * Language: English
 * Budget: $60 million
 * Total Worldwide Box Office Gross: $484,409,218
 * Following by: Chicken Run (2000)
 * Followed by: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Voices

 * Mike Myers as Shrek/Blind Mice
 * Eddie Murphy as Donkey
 * Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona
 * John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad
 * Vincent Cassel as Robin Hood
 * Peter Dennis as Ogre Hunter 1
 * Clive Pearse as Ogre Hunter 2
 * Jim Cummings as Captain of the Guards
 * Bobby Block as Baby Bear
 * Chris Miller as Geppetto/Magic Mirror
 * Cody Cameron as Pinocchio/Three Pigs
 * Kathleen Freeman as Old Woman
 * Michael Galasso as Peter Pan
 * Christopher Knights as Blind Mice/Thelonious
 * Simon J. Smith as Blind Mice
 * Conrad Vernon as Gingy
 * Jacquie Barnbrook as Wrestling Fan
 * Guillaume Aretos as Merry Man 1
 * John Bisom as Merry Man 2
 * Matthew Gonder as Merry Man 3
 * Calvin Remsberg as Merry Man 4
 * Jean-Paul Vignon as Merry Man 5
 * Val Bettin as Bishop
 * Andrew Adamson as Duloc Mascot
 * Elisa Gabrielli as additional voices

DVD Release
Shrek was released on DVD on November 2, 2001. It was also released as a part of the Shrek 3-D (a 15-Minute short) DVD package.

Trivia

 * The principal actors never met each other. They all read their parts separately, with a reader feeding them the lines. John Lithgow later admitted that, while he enjoyed playing Lord Farquaad, he was a little disappointed that he never actually worked directly with Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, or Eddie Murphy.

Taglines

 * The greatest fairy tale never told.
 * The Prince isn't charming. The Princess isn't sleeping. The sidekick isn't helping. The ogre is the hero. Fairy tales will never be the same again.