‘The greatest fairy tale never told.” – The tagline of Shrek.
- Shrek is a animated film of a comedy and fantasy genre, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures .
- Shrek is about an ogre, ‘Shrek’, who wants fairy tale creatures out of his swamp, and includes two other main characters, ‘Donkey,’ the ogre’s sidekick, and ‘Princess Fiona,’ an ogre/princess.
- Shrek is somewhat based on a children’s picture book, named ‘Shrek!’, by William Steig, published in 1990.
- Shrek was originally going to be voiced by Chris Farley, who died just before the full recording, leading to a full script change for the replacement of Mike Myers.
- During the 90 minute film, 36 different scenes or places were featured in the world of Shrek, and work on the movie began in November 1995.
- Shrek was released on 18 May 2001, and ended with three sequels, one spin-off (a prequel), and two specials released between 2004 and 2011.
- Shrek was produced on a budget of $60 million, and earned nearly $484.5 million at the box office internationally, ranking it fourth of all film releases in 2001.
- Shrek won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for 2001, as well as eight Annies and six BAFTA Awards.
- By the end of 2001, more than 5.5 million copies of Shrek DVDs and videos had been sold, which, at the time, was the ‘biggest selling DVD of all time’.
- Mike Myers originally used a Canadian accent for the Shrek character, but during the production process he approached the company about letting him re-record his lines in a Scottish accent, which they consented to, but it cost the company millions of dollars.
Bibliography:
History, 2011, Shrek, http://www.shrek.com/
Shrek, 2013, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek
