Shark Tale
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| Directed by |
Vicky Jenson Bibo Bergeron Rob Letterman |
| Produced by |
Bill Damaschke Janet Healy Allison Lyon Segan |
| Written by | Michael J. Wilson Rob Letterman |
| Starring |
Will Smith Robert De Niro Renée Zellweger Angelina Jolie Jack Black Martin Scorsese |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Edited by | Peter Lonsdale John Venzon |
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| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $75 million |
| Box office | $367.3 million |
| Shark Tale: Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | September 21, 2004 |
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, soul |
| Length | 50:33 |
| Label | Geffen, DreamWorks, UMG |
| Producer | Timbaland, Jam & Lewis, Ron Fair, Missy Elliott, The Underdogs, Dre & Vidal, The Trak Starz, Hans Zimmer |
Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman. The film stars Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese. Other voices were provided by Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore and Peter Falk. It tells the story of a young fish named Oscar (Smith) who falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss (De Niro) to advance his own community standing.
Shark Tale opened at #1 with $47.6 million, which was the second-highest opening for a DreamWorks Animation film at the time, behind Shrek 2 ($108 million). It remained as the #1 film in the U.S. and Canada for its second and third weekends, and made $367 million worldwide against its $75 million budget. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
In Reef City, an underachieving bluestreak cleaner wrasse named Oscar fantasizes about being rich and famous while making his way to work as a tongue scrubber at the local Whale Wash, a job in which he is following in his father's footsteps. Soon after arriving he is called to the office of his boss, a pufferfish named Sykes, to discuss the fact that he owes "five thousand clams" and has to pay it back by the next day. After explaining this to his angelfish best friend Angie, she offers him a chance to pay back the money by pawning a pink pearl that was a gift from her grandmother. Oscar brings the money to the race track to meet Sykes, but becomes distracted by his dreams of grandeur. Upon hearing that the race is rigged, he places it all on a long-shot bet by the name of "Lucky Day". Such a million dollar bet is noticed nearby by a beautiful lionfish named Lola, who flagrantly seduces an excited Oscar, but Oscar is disappointed when she leaves upon learning that he is a whale washer. Sykes is furious that Oscar bet the money but nonetheless agrees to see how the race turns out. Moments before their betted "horse" crosses the finish line, he trips and falls on the line.
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