Eagle vs. Shark
| Eagle vs Shark | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Taika Waititi |
| Produced by | Cliff Curtis |
| Written by | Taika Waititi |
| Starring |
Jemaine Clement Loren Horsley Craig Hall Joel Tobeck |
| Music by | The Phoenix Foundation |
| Cinematography | Adam Clark |
| Edited by | Jonathan Woodford-Robinson |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Release date
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15 June 2007 |
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Running time
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88 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Box office | US$1,298,037 (worldwide) |
Eagle vs Shark is a 2007 New Zealand romantic comedy film directed by Taika Waititi and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission. The screenplay was also written by Waititi, based on the character of Lily created by Loren Horsley.
The film had its world premiere at Sundance in the World Cinema Dramatic section of the festival. The soundtrack to Eagle vs Shark features New Zealand artists The Phoenix Foundation, Age Pryor, The Reduction Agents, and Tessa Rain, along with M. Ward, Devendra Banhart and British group The Stone Roses. Along with a number of songs The Phoenix Foundation wrote the original score for the film. The soundtrack is available through Hollywood Records and Apple's iTunes.
Lily (Loren Horsley), a shy, wistful girl, is a songwriter when no one is listening. She works as a cashier at a fast food restaurant and has a crush from afar on Jarrod (Jemaine Clement), a geek who works in a video game store. Jarrod is more interested in Lily's workmate, Jenny (Chelsie Preston Crayford). With Jenny not at work one day, Jarrod gives Lily an invitation to his "dress as your favourite animal" party to pass along to her, but Jenny crumples it up and throws it away upon receiving it. Lily retrieves it from the rubbish.
The party is sparsely attended with what are apparently teenage and adult customers of Jarrod's store, all dressed extravagantly as their favourite animal. Jarrod is impressed with Lily's shark costume as well as her savant-like video game skills, making it to the finals of a Fight Man video game competition, though she loses to defending champion, Jarrod because she spends their contest staring at him. They go to Jarrod's room and he questions Lily and learns her parents are dead, having had heart attacks. He says both his brother, Gordon, and his mother are dead. He says his mother died by getting kicked in the head by a cow. They kiss and have brief sex.
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