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Shark Tale (90 min)
Synopsis: Oscar, a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, becomes a hero when he tells a great white lie. When his lie begins to unravel, Oscar teams up with an outcast vegetarian shark, Lenny and his loyal friend Angie to help him stand up to the most feared shark in the water and find his true place in the reef.
Cast: Will Smith (Oscar); Robert De Niro (Don Lino); Renée Zellweger (Angie); Jack Black (Lenny); Angelina Jolie (Lola); 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 P. Smith (Crazy Joe); Bobb'e J. Thompson, Kamali Minter, Emily Lyon Segan (Shorties); Shelley Morrison (Mrs. Sanchez); David Soren (unnamed shrimp); Sean Bishop (unnamed green sperm); Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott (fish versions of themselves)
Songs: “Car Wash”
Directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman
US Release Date: October 1, 2004 (Premiered on September 10 at Venice Film Festival)
US Home Media Release Dates: February 8, 2005 (VHS/DVD); February 5, 2019 (Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Original score by Hans Zimmer
• The original title for the movie was "Sharkslayer", but it was changed to "Shark Tale" about a year before release (the title still appears in some early promotional material).
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For more videos related to this film, check out this curated playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQnigF_xmZEEcKHTgpWmdo1J4T637pFx
Shark Tale (90 min)
Synopsis: Oscar, a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, becomes a hero when he tells a great white lie. When his lie begins to unravel, Oscar teams up with an outcast vegetarian shark, Lenny and his loyal friend Angie to help him stand up to the most feared shark in the water and find his true place in the reef.
Cast: Will Smith (Oscar); Robert De Niro (Don Lino); Renée Zellweger (Angie); Jack Black (Lenny); Angelina Jolie (Lola); 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 P. Smith (Crazy Joe); Bobb'e J. Thompson, Kamali Minter, Emily Lyon Segan (Shorties); Shelley Morrison (Mrs. Sanchez); David Soren (unnamed shrimp); Sean Bishop (unnamed green sperm); Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott (fish versions of themselves)
Songs: “Car Wash”
Directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman
US Release Date: October 1, 2004 (Premiered on September 10 at Venice Film Festival)
US Home Media Release Dates: February 8, 2005 (VHS/DVD); February 5, 2019 (Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Original score by Hans Zimmer
• The original title for the movie was "Sharkslayer", but it was changed to "Shark Tale" about a year before release (the title still appears in some early promotional material).
The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.
