''Shark Tale'' is a 2004 American computer-animated
comedy film produced by
DreamWorks Animation
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and distributed by
DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by
Vicky Jenson,
Bibo Bergeron, and
Rob Letterman (in his feature directorial debut), from a screenplay written by Letterman and
Michael J. Wilson
Michael J. Wilson (born January 13, 1966) is an American screenwriter best known as the creator of the ''Ice Age'' movie franchise for 20th Century Fox. He became the second sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to genera ...
. The film features an
ensemble cast
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Structure
In contrast to ...
that includes the voices of
Will Smith,
Robert De Niro
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,
Renée Zellweger,
Jack Black
Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...
,
Angelina Jolie,
Martin Scorsese,
Ziggy Marley,
Doug E. Doug
Doug E. Doug (born Douglas Bourne; January 7, 1970) is an American actor. He started his career at age 17 as a stand-up comedian. He played the role of Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom ''Cosby (TV series), Cosby'', Sanka Coffie in the film ''Co ...
,
Michael Imperioli,
Vincent Pastore,
Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series ''Columbo'' (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he ...
,
Kevin Pollak, and
Katie Couric. It tells the story of an underachieving fish who falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss, to advance his community standing and teams up with the mobster's other son Lenny to keep up the facade.
''Shark Tale'' premiered at the
Venice Film Festival on September 10, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 1. It made $374.6 million worldwide against its $75 million budget, finishing its theatrical run as the
ninth-highest-grossing film of 2004. The film received mixed reviews from film critics. Advocacy groups criticized the film for its use of Italian-American stereotypes. It was nominated for
Best Animated Feature
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
77th Academy Awards, but lost to
Pixar's ''
The Incredibles''.
Plot
In the Southside Reef, a lowly
Hawaiian cleaner wrasse named Oscar fantasizes about being rich and famous. He owes money to his boss, a
pufferfish
Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfis ...
named Sykes. His best friend, an
angelfish
Angelfish may refer to:
*Several groups of fish:
**Freshwater angelfish, tropical cichlids of the genus ''Pterophyllum''
**Marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae
**Atlantic pomfret (''Brama brama''), sold by fishmongers as "angelfish" in Sou ...
named Angie, offers him a pearl that was a gift from her grandmother to pawn and pay his debt. Meanwhile, Don Edward Lino, the boss of a mob gang of
sharks,
orcas,
swordfish
Swordfish (''Xiphias gladius''), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive. Swordfis ...
and
octopus
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es, dislikes that his son Lenny is a
vegetarian. Lino orders his violent eldest son, Frankie, to mentor Lenny.
Oscar brings the money from the pearl to a
seahorse race to meet Sykes, but hears that the race is rigged and bets it all on a
seahorse named "Lucky Day". A
lionfish gold digger named Lola sees this and flagrantly seduces Oscar. Sykes is annoyed that Oscar bet the money, but he hopes that Oscar might win. Lucky Day eventually takes the lead, only to trip and lose short of the finish line. Sykes loses his temper and orders his two Jamaican
jellyfish henchmen, Ernie and Bernie, to deal with Oscar. While the two shock a tied-up Oscar, Frankie sees them and urges Lenny to eat Oscar, but Lenny instead frees Oscar and tells him to escape. Furious and fed up with his brother’s tenderness, Frankie charges at Oscar, but is suddenly crushed to death by an
anchor. Devastated and blaming himself for his brother's demise, Lenny leaves. With no other witnesses, Oscar takes credit for killing Frankie and quickly rises in fame as the "Sharkslayer".
Sykes becomes Oscar's manager and forgives his debt, and Oscar moves to the "top of the reef" to live in luxury. At the same time, Lino has everyone search for Lenny and the "Sharkslayer". Oscar encounters Lenny who, aware of Oscar's lie, begs Oscar to let him stay at his place to avoid returning to his father. Angie soon finds out about Oscar's lie and threatens to tell everyone, but he and Lenny convince her to be quiet. The next day, Oscar and Lenny stage a battle involving Oscar "fighting" off Lenny, thus cementing Oscar's popularity and making the sharks believe that Lenny has been killed too, infuriating Lino. Lola kisses Oscar on camera, making Angie jealous. That night, as Lenny disguises himself for his new life as a
dolphin, Oscar and Angie get into a heated argument, where she reveals that she had feelings for Oscar even before he became the "Sharkslayer". Oscar reflects on his selfishness and dumps Lola, who beats him up in anger.
Oscar buys some gifts for Angie, only to discover that Lino has kidnapped her to stage a meeting, which Lola is also attending in revenge for being dumped. Lino threatens to eat Angie if Oscar does not surrender, but Lenny "eats" Angie to save her. He soon regurgitates her, and Lino realized the "dolphin" is Lenny. Enraged, Lino chases Oscar through the reef. Oscar flees to the Whale Wash, accidentally trapping Lenny in the machinery before also trapping Lino. Everyone cheers for Oscar, but he finally confesses the truth behind Frankie's death while urging Lino to respect Lenny's lifestyle. Lino reconciles with Lenny and accepts him, and states that he and his gang bear the city no ill will. Oscar forsakes all the wealth he has acquired, becomes co-owner of the Whale Wash (which is now frequented by the gang members), and begins a relationship with Angie. In the ending, Lola starts looking for Oscar because he's a somebody again but is woed by Crazy Joe.
Voice cast
*
Will Smith as Oscar, a comical, streetwise
Hawaiian cleaner wrasse who works in the Whale Wash of Reef City and often concocts schemes to become rich.
*
Robert De Niro
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as Don Lino, a
great white shark and leader of a mob consisting of criminally-inclined sharks, who wants his two sons to take over his business and run it together.
*
Renée Zellweger as Angie, Oscar's
angelfish
Angelfish may refer to:
*Several groups of fish:
**Freshwater angelfish, tropical cichlids of the genus ''Pterophyllum''
**Marine angelfish of the family Pomacanthidae
**Atlantic pomfret (''Brama brama''), sold by fishmongers as "angelfish" in Sou ...
best friend and colleague who harbors a secret crush on Oscar.
*
Jack Black
Thomas Jacob Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for his acting roles in the films '' High Fidelity'' (2000), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), ''Orange County'' (2002), '' School of Rock'' (2003), ''E ...
as Lenny, Don Lino's youngest son, a vegetarian, and the younger brother of Frankie, who becomes good friends with Oscar and Angie.
*
Angelina Jolie as Lola, a seductive female
lionfish whom Oscar develops a
romantic interest in.
*
Martin Scorsese as Sykes, a
loan shark pufferfish
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who owns the Whale Wash and to whom Oscar owes five thousand clams.
*
Ziggy Marley and
Doug E. Doug
Doug E. Doug (born Douglas Bourne; January 7, 1970) is an American actor. He started his career at age 17 as a stand-up comedian. He played the role of Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom ''Cosby (TV series), Cosby'', Sanka Coffie in the film ''Co ...
as Ernie and Bernie, two
jellyfish with
Jamaican accents and Sykes' enforcers, who enjoy torturing Oscar with their painful stingers when he is in trouble with their boss.
*
Michael Imperioli as Frankie, Lenny's older brother and Don Lino's more vicious son, who is embarrassed by Lenny's vegetarian views.
*
Vincent Pastore as Luca, Don Lino's green
octopus
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"left-hand, right-hand man", with a tendency to state the obvious, much to Lino's frustration.
*
Peter Falk
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as Don Feinberg, an elderly
leopard shark and leader of a mob of criminally-inclined leopard sharks, who is a friend of Don Lino.
*
Katie Couric as Katie Current, the local reporter of the Southside Reef in the U.S. release. At the time, Katie Couric co-hosted ''
Today'' in America.
In the Australian release, then local ''
Today'' co-host
Tracy Grimshaw dubbed the lines.
Fiona Phillips of the UK's
GMTV
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performed the voice for the British release of the film.
Cristina Parodi
Cristina Parodi (born 3 November 1964) is an Italian journalist and television host.
Biography
She debuted in the 80's in the small TV channels TelePiccolo and Telereporter and after in Odeon TV, hosting some sports shows like ''Caccia al 13'' and ...
of Italy's ''
Verissimo'' provided the Italian version of the character.
* David P. Smith as Crazy Joe, a deranged
hermit crab who is Oscar's friend.
*
Bobb'e J. Thompson
Bobb'e Jacques Thompson (born February 28, 1996) is an American actor, rapper and comedian.
Career
Thompson is known for playing Tracy Jr. on ''30 Rock''; his role as child trickster Stanley on ''That's So Raven'' and its first spin-off ''Cor ...
, Kamali Minter, Emily Lyon Segan as the Shorties, three delinquent young fish and friends of Oscar who love to spray
graffiti.
*
Shelley Morrison
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as Mrs. Sanchez, an old
weeverfish who is grumpy.
*
David Soren as an unnamed
shrimp
Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...
who fears being eaten by a shark and is an enemy to Don Lino.
Christina Aguilera and
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known as Missy Elliott or Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She embarked on her music career with R&B girl group Sista in the earl ...
portray fish versions of themselves at the end of the film, singing "
Car Wash".
Production
The film was officially announced and began production in April 2002, under the title of ''Sharkslayer'',
with
Vicky Jenson (''
Shrek'') and
Eric "Bibo" Bergeron (''
The Road to El Dorado'') serving as the two directors before
Rob Letterman, who also co-wrote the screenplay, joined in as the third and final director. By September 2003, it had been retitled ''Shark Tale'', to make the title sound less violent and more family friendly.
Bill Damaschke, the producer of the film, explained the change of the title: "We set out to make a movie a little more noir, perhaps a little darker than where we've landed." ''Shark Tale'' is the first all computer-animated film produced at DreamWorks Animation's
Glendale Glendale is the anglicised version of the Gaelic Gleann Dail, which means ''valley of fertile, low-lying arable land''.
It may refer to:
Places Australia
* Glendale, New South Wales
** Stockland Glendale, a shopping centre
*Glendale, Queensland, ...
facility, which previously animated the studio's four hand-drawn animated movies, ''
The Prince of Egypt'', ''
The Road to El Dorado'', ''
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'', and ''
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', as well as the first computer-animated film to not be produced by
Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images (PDI) was an American computer animation production company based in Redwood City, California, that was bought by DreamWorks SKG in 2000. It was renamed PDI/DreamWorks and was owned by DreamWorks Animation.
Founded in 1980 by ...
.
James Gandolfini was initially set to voice the kingpin shark, named Don Lino, but he had to drop out, with
Robert De Niro
Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of various accolades ...
taking over the role.
The film was produced concurrently with ''
Finding Nemo
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
'', another animated film set underwater, which was released a year and a half before ''Shark Tale''. DreamWorks Animation's CEO,
Jeffrey Katzenberg, defended the film, saying that "any similarities are mere coincidence. We've been open with the
Pixar people, so we don't step on each other's toes."
Marketing
The film had promotional support from
Burger King
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,
Kellogg’s
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,
General Mills,
Coca-Cola and
Hewlett-Packard
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.
Release
''Shark Tale'' was originally scheduled for general release on November 5, 2004, but it was moved up to October 1 to avoid competition with
Pixar's ''
The Incredibles'' releasing on the same weekend. The film had its worldwide premiere on September 10, 2004, in
Piazza San Marco in
Venice
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, Italy.
Screening as part of the
Venice Film Festival, it marked the first time that Piazza San Marco was closed for a premiere of a major feature film.
The film was projected on the largest
inflatable screen
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in the world, measuring more than six stories tall and over . It required of air to inflate and more than 50 tons of water for stabilization.
The premiere was attended by 6,000 visitors,
including Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, and Michael Imperioli.
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the executive producer of the film, explained that they "wanted to find a unique way to introduce this movie to the world. We needed a big idea. … More than anything, we are in showbusiness. This is the show part."
Home media
''Shark Tale'' was released on
DVD on February 8, 2005. Physical copies contain behind-the-scenes featurettes, games and activities, blooper reels, an audition for the whale Gigi, the Car Wash music video featuring Aguilera and Elliott, and a short film ''Club Oscar''. The film was released on
Game Boy Advance Video
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in November 17, and on
Blu-ray on February 5, 2019.
Reception
Box office
''Shark Tale'' grossed $160.9 million in the United States and Canada and $213.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $374.6 million.
It was the
ninth-highest-grossing film of 2004.
''Shark Tale'' opened at #1 with $47.6 million, which was, at the time, the second-highest opening for a
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios and simply known as DreamWorks) is an American animation studio that produces animated films and television programs and is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division ...
film behind ''
Shrek 2'' ($108 million). It remained the #1 film in the U.S. and Canada for its second and third weekends.
Critical reception
On
Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 35% based on 182 reviews, with an average rating of 5.20/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Derivative and full of pop culture in-jokes." On
Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by
CinemaScore
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Background
Ed Mintz founded Ci ...
gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.
[ Each film's score can be accessed from the website's search bar.]
Roger Ebert
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gave the film two out of four stars, observing, "Since the target audience for ''Shark Tale'' is presumably kids and younger teenagers, how many of them have seen the R-rated ''
Godfather'' and will get all the inside jokes? Not a few, I suppose, and some of its characters and dialogue have passed into common knowledge. But it's strange that a kid-oriented film would be based on parody of a 1972 gangster movie for adults." He also opined that younger viewers would have trouble enjoying a film about adult characters with adult problems, such as an elaborate love triangle and a main character wanting to clear his debt with
loan sharks, and compared it to more successful fish-focused animated features like
Pixar Animation Studios' ''
Finding Nemo
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
'', which Ebert felt featured a simpler plot that audiences could more easily identify with.
Richard Roeper commented that although the film was not on the same level as ''Finding Nemo'', it was a film worth seeing.
Todd McCarthy of ''
Variety'' was critical of the film's lack of originality: "Overfamiliarity extends to the story, jokes and music, most of which reference popular entertainment of about 30 years ago" noting that the script combines ''
The Godfather'' and ''
Jaws'', with a dash of ''
Car Wash''. McCarthy calls Smith's character "tiresomely familiar", and Zellweger's "entirely uninteresting", but praises the vocal performance of Martin Scorsese. Kirk Honeycutt of ''
The Hollywood Reporter'' said the film was not as good as ''
Shrek'', but called it "an overly jokey but often quite entertaining spoof that should please families everywhere."
Social commentary
''Shark Tale'' was criticized for perpetuating
negative stereotypes of Italian-Americans in its antagonists.
Politician
Bill Pascrell
William James Pascrell Jr. (born January 25, 1937) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for , having served in this position since January 2013. A member of the Democratic Party and a native of Paterson, New Jersey, Pascrel ...
said: "The prevailing message is negative and they have to be held out to dry for it. I'm a very proud Italian-American. When you stereotype me, it's like making fun of my grandparents".
Columbus Citizens Foundation issued a statement condemning the stereotyping of people with Italian names as gangsters.
Dona De Sanctis, deputy executive director of the
Order Sons of Italy in America, said: "We were very concerned about this type of stereotyping being passed on to another generation of children."
John Mancini, the founder of the Italic Institute of America, protested the movie, stating: "We're concerned about what preteens are learning from the outside world. They don't associate other groups as criminals, they only know Italians as gangsters. Our goal here is to de-Italianize it."
[ The protest was coordinated by the ]Italian American One Voice Coalition
ThItalian American One Voice Coalitionis a nationwide anti-bias organization that defends Italian American heritage and combats all forms of bigotry through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. Its goal is to project a united front ...
of New Jersey. DreamWorks reacted by changing the name of Peter Falk
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series ''Columbo'' (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he ...
's character from Don Brizzi to Don Feinberg. However, Mancini demanded that everything Italian—character names, the mannerisms, the forms of speech—be dropped.
Accolades
Soundtrack
''Shark Tale: Motion Picture Soundtrack'' was released on September 21, 2004. The soundtrack features newly recorded music by various artists, including Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Bobby Valentino, Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper and singer who is regarded as one of dancehall's most prolific artists.
Paul's singles "Get Busy" and "Temperature" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the ...
, Timbaland, The Pussycat Dolls, Ludacris, Missy Elliott
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, and Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and ac ...
, as well as "Some of My Best Friends Are Sharks", the film's closing theme composed by Hans Zimmer.
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...
and Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
initially planned to record a duet for the film's soundtrack. Jackson's frequent collaborator Jimmy Jam, who had recently worked with Beyoncé for '' The Fighting Temptations'' soundtrack, commented, "Obviously we'd love to have the involvement of Janet and Beyonce, who we just worked with on ''Fighting Temptations''. They've already expressed interest", adding "There are a lot of opportunities with an animated piece to work with some different people." Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, had appointed Jackson's producers Jam & Lewis
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B/ pop songwriting and record production team. They have enjoyed great success since the 1980s with various artists, most ...
to be involved with the soundtrack, though the duo only ended up producing only one song for the film, with Jam saying "We worked for DreamWorks before on the Bryan Adams song for '' Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron'' and the Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men (pronounced ''boys to men''), also known as B2M, is an American vocal harmony group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are currently a trio composed of baritone Nathan M ...
tune for '' The Prince of Egypt'', and Katzenberg is a fan of what we do. He thought we would be perfect to do the music for ''Shark Tale.''"
Video game
A video game based on the film was released on September 29, 2004, for Microsoft Windows
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, Xbox, GameCube
The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii ...
, PlayStation 2
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, and Game Boy Advance. Published by Activision, Edge of Reality
Edge of Reality, Ltd. was an American video game developer founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas that developed video games for the Nintendo 64, GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox game consoles. It also had games in development for PlaySt ...
developed the console versions of the game, while Vicarious Visions developed the Game Boy Advance version, and Amaze Entertainment developed the Microsoft Windows version. The cast from the film didn't reprise their roles in the game, except David P. Smith reprising his role as Crazy Joe.
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