Shark Tale

Shark Tale
Directed by	Bibo Bergenson Vicki Jenson Rob Letterman
Produced by	Bill Damaschke Janet Healy Allison Lyon Segan
Written by	Michael J. Wilson Rob Letterman (screenplay)
Starring	Will Smith Robert De Niro Renée Zellweger Angelina Jolie Jack Black Martin Scorsese
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Distributed by	DreamWorks Animation
Released	October 1, 2004
Running time	90 min.
Language	English
Budget	$75,000,000 (estimated)
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IMDb profile

Shark Tale is a computer-animated movie produced by DreamWorks Animation, and was released in movie theatres around October 1, 2004. It stars the voices of Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black and Robert De Niro. The original title for this movie was Sharkslayer. Shark Tale is also one of the first three feature length movies to get the Game Boy Advance Video treatment.

Plot summary

The undersea underworld is shaken up when Frankie, a Great White Shark (voiced by Michael Imperioli), the son of the shark mob boss, Don Lino (voiced by Robert De Niro), is deep sixed, and an innocent young fish named Oscar (voiced by Will Smith) is found at the scene of the crime. A bottom-feeding hustler, Oscar takes the credit for saving the reef and basks in the glory of playing the great Sharkslayer, but soon discovers that he is in way over his head. When Oscar's act threatens to sink him and the entire reef, it's up to him to face the truth and become the real Sharkslayer.

Christina Aguilera and Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott make a cameo appearance in the end of Shark Tale.

Tagline: Behind every little fish is a great white lie.

Cast

• Will Smith - Oscar
• Angelina Jolie - Lola
• Renée Zellweger - Angie
• Robert De Niro - Don Lino
• Martin Scorsese - Sykes, a pufferfish
• Jack Black - Lenny, a shark
• Peter Falk - Don Feinberg aka Ira Feinberg
• Michael Imperioli - Frankie, a shark
• Vincent Pastore - Luca, an octopus
• Ziggy Marley - Ernie, a jellyfish
• Doug E. Doug - Bernie, a jellyfish
• Katie Couric - Katie Current, a female reporter
• Fiona Phillips - Katie Current, a female reporter (UK version)
• Tracy Grimshaw - Katie Current, a female reporter (Australian version)
• David Soren - Shrimp/Worm/Starfish #1/Killer Whale #2
• David P. Smith - Crazy Joe, a hermit crab
• Bobb'e J. Thompson - Shortie #1
• Kamali Minter - Shortie #2
• Emily Lyon Segan - Shortie #3
• Lenny Venito - Giuseppe/Great White #1
• Saverio Guerra - Pontrelli
• Shelley Morrison - Mrs. Sanchez
• Phil LaMarr - Prawn Shop Owner

Cameo Appearances

• Christina Aguilera - Christina, a female jellyfish
• Missy Elliott - Missy

Awards

• 2004 Oscar nominated for Best Animated Feature

Trivia

• The voice-actor for reporter Katie Current is specially chosen in each country, to be a nationally recognized news reporter. In the Australian version, Tracy Grimshaw (co-anchor of the Australian Today Show) voices Katie. In the German version Frauke Ludowig, an anchor of RTL Television, plays the role and in the UK version, Fiona Phillips (co-anchor of GMTV) plays katie.
• The original title of the film was "Sharkslayer". However, the producers thought that the title might provoke a degree of misunderstanding among the target audience of the film - children and families.
• The headquarters of the sharks is intended to represent the Titanic. In one scene, the picture of Rose from the film Titanic can be seen hanging on the wall, although she is clothed due to content reasons.
• After Oscar has defeated Lenny, the crowd chants "Oscar Bumaye". In the film Ali, in which Will Smith plays the leading role, the crowd chants "Ali Bumaye" during the boxing match in Zaire.
• While fighting the sharks, Oscar quotes lines from the films Gladiator, A Few Good Men and Jerry Maguire.
• Lenny tells Frankie that he is cold because he is cold-blooded. In actual fact, Great White Sharks are one of four warm-blooded species of shark.
• The film is notable for its unique approach of representing the typical human lifestyle and associated pop cultures in an underwater environment. The film crew refer to this style as 'Fishification'. Examples of 'fishified' products in the film include "Coral Cola" and "Fish King"

Movie references and spoofings

• The Godfather movies
• Jaws
• Apocalypse Now
• Raging Bull
• Scarface
• A Few Good Men
• Jurassic Park
• Jerry Maguire
• Titanic
• Gladiator
• Monsters, Inc.
• Ali
• The Ring
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Finding Nemo
• Seabiscuit

External links

• Shark Tale at the Internet Movie Database
• Shark Tale at Rotten Tomatoes
• Suite 101: Shark Tale stereotypes troubling: CNYU Professor
• National Italian American Foundation unanimously denounces Shark Tale