Shark Tale

Shark Tale
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Directed by
  • Vicky Jenson
  • Bibo Bergeron
  • Rob Letterman
Screenplay by
  • Michael J. Wilson
  • Rob Letterman
Produced by
  • Bill Damaschke
  • Janet Healy
  • Allison Lyon Segan
Starring
Edited byJohn Venzon
Music byHans Zimmer
Production
company
Distributed byDreamWorks Pictures
Release dates
  • September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) (Venice Film Festival)
  • October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01) (United States)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million
Box office$374.6 million

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.

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

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."

Notes

  1. ↑ In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from Paramount Pictures (owners of the pre-2005 DreamWorks Pictures catalog) and transferred to 20th Century Fox before reverting to Universal Pictures in 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "SHARK TALE (2004)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Shark Tale (2004)". British Film Institute. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
  3. ↑ Cheney, Alexandra (July 29, 2014). "DreamWorks Animation Q2 Earnings Fall Short of Estimates, SEC Investigation Revealed". Variety. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shark Tale (2004)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021. Approved Running time 89m 39s
  5. ↑ "Shark Tale". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 26, 2022. Approved Running time 89m 39s{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. 1 2 "Shark Tale". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ Lieberman, David (April 26, 2011). "DreamWorks Animation Pins Hopes On 'Kung Fu Panda 2' After 1Q Earnings Fall Short". Deadline. Retrieved September 17, 2012.