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Shark Tale

Year:

2004

Duration:

90 min

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

IMDB rate:

Director:

Bibo Bergeron

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2004-10-01

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $75,000,000

Opening Weekend: $47,604,606 (USA) (3 October 2004)

Gross: $160,762,022 (USA) (2 January 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Renée Zellweger

Shark Tale

Angelina Jolie

Shark Tale

Will Smith

Oscar

Robert De Niro

Don Lino

Jack Black

Lenny

Martin Scorsese

Sykes

Ziggy Marley

Ernie

Doug E. Doug

Bernie

Michael Imperioli

Frankie

Vincent Pastore

Luca

Peter Falk

Don Feinberg

Katie Couric

Katie Current

David Soren

Shrimp

David P. Smith

Crazy Joe

Bobb'e J. Thompson

Shortie #1

Kamali Minter

Shortie #2

Emily Lyon Segan

Shortie #3

Lenny Venito

Giuseppe

Saverio Guerra

Pontrelli

Shelley Morrison

Mrs. Sanchez

Mark Swift

Announcer (voice)

James Madio

Great White #2

Frank Vincent

Great White #3

Joseph Siravo

Great White #5

Steve Alterman

Messenger Fish

Phil LaMarr

Prawn Shop Owner

Jenifer Lewis

Motown Turtle

Sean Bishop

Tip Fish #1

James Ryan

Cashier

Latifa Ouaou

Whale Wash Co-Worker

David Yanover

Taxi Fish

Stephen Apostolina

(voice)

Robert Clotworthy

(voice)

Faiz-Kevin Mangat

Ernie

Christina Aguilera

Herself - Christina (voice) (uncredited)

Missy Elliott

Missy

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Trivia

According to Hans Zimmer, he asked producer Jeffrey Katzenberg that he couldn't deal with any more epic films, but wanted to do a fun animated movie instead, and so got the chance to compose for this film.

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The American Family Association, a Christian conservative organization, raised concerns about Shark Tale, suggesting that it was designed to promote the acceptance of gay rights by children. Primarily by having Lenny the Shark who is a vegetarian shark and his struggles as an allegory for the struggles gay men go through with their homosexuality.

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Anthony Anderson was cast as a sperm whale, but the role's suggestive dialogue got his character cut down. Anderson has only a few non-risqué lines: when the whale meets Angie, and when Oscar cleans the whale's eye.

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Goofs

Lenny tells Frankie that he's cold because he's cold blooded. In fact, great white sharks are one of four types of shark that are warm blooded.

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At Frankie's funeral, when the casket bearers put Frankie's body over the side he floats upwards, as a dead fish would do. A shark however, has no swim bladder and is heavier than water, so a shark - whether living or dead - will sink to the bottom when not in motion.

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When the anchor kills Frankie, after the dust has cleared, it is nowhere to be seen.

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Quotes

Angie: Just tell me, Oscar, because I'm curious - why do you think she's interested, huh? Do you think, for one minute, that she would even be WITH you if you weren't the rich and famous Shark Slayer?

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Crazy Joe: [stops closing credits] Hey! Hey, you see this guy here?

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Oscar: Big shark comes at me. Seventy-five, hundred feet long, with razor-sharp teeth. I say to him, "You coming at me like that? You come at the O like that?"

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