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[[File:Shark_Tale_Titlecard.jpg|thumb|400px|Shark Tale Poster with "Rip Lines"]]
 
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|name=Shark Tale
{{film|image=|director=[[Bibo Bergeron]]<br>[[Vicky Jenson]]<br>[[Rob Letterman]]|writer=[[Bill Damaschke]]<br>[[Janet Healy]]<br>[[Allison Lyon Segan]]
 
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|image=Movie poster Shark Tale.jpg
|release=October 1, 2004|runtime=90 minutes}}
 
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|director=[[Vicky Jenson]]<br>[[Bibo Bergeron]]<br>[[Rob Letterman]]
 
|producer=[[Bill Damaschke]]<br>Janet Healy<br>[[Allison Lyon Segan]]
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|writer=[[Michael J. Wilson]]<br>Rob Letterman
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|voices=[[Will Smith]]<br>[[Jack Black]]<br>[[Robert De Niro]]<br>[[Renée Zellweger]]<br>[[Angelina Jolie]]<br>[[Martin Scorsese]]
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|music=[[Hans Zimmer]]
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|editing=[[Peter Lonsdale]]<br>[[John Venzon]]
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|distributor=[[DreamWorks]]
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|released=October 1, 2004
 
|runtime=90 minutes
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|budget=$75 million
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|rating=PG
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|imdb_id=0307453
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'''Shark Tale''' is a 2004 CGI comedy produced by [[DreamWorks Animation]]. In the story, a young fish named [[Oscar]] (voiced by [[Will Smith]]) falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss to win favor with the mob boss' enemies and advance his own community standing. The film additionally features the voices of [[Jack Black]] as [[Lenny]], [[Renée Zellweger]] as [[Angie]], [[Angelina Jolie]] as [[Lola]], [[Martin Scorsese]] as [[Sykes]], and [[Robert De Niro]] as [[Don Lino]].
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Its original title was Sharkslayer, but the producers thought that this might provoke a degree of misunderstanding among the target audience of the film, children and families. Shark Tale is also one of the first three feature-length films to be made into a Game Boy Advance Video. It was released into theaters on October 1, 2004. Although the film was a critical flop, (especially when compared to the critically acclaimed [[Wikipedia:Finding Nemo|Finding Nemo]], a film with a similar theme) it was nominated for an Academy Award and a commercial success, grossing $367,275,019. The name is itself a parody of [[Wikipedia:A Bronx Tale|A Bronx Tale]].
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Revision as of 03:54, 15 February 2010

Shark Tale is a 2004 CGI comedy produced by DreamWorks Animation. In the story, a young fish named Oscar (voiced by Will Smith) falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss to win favor with the mob boss' enemies and advance his own community standing. The film additionally features the voices of Jack Black as Lenny, Renée Zellweger as Angie, Angelina Jolie as Lola, Martin Scorsese as Sykes, and Robert De Niro as Don Lino.

Its original title was Sharkslayer, but the producers thought that this might provoke a degree of misunderstanding among the target audience of the film, children and families. Shark Tale is also one of the first three feature-length films to be made into a Game Boy Advance Video. It was released into theaters on October 1, 2004. Although the film was a critical flop, (especially when compared to the critically acclaimed Finding Nemo, a film with a similar theme) it was nominated for an Academy Award and a commercial success, grossing $367,275,019. The name is itself a parody of A Bronx Tale.




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