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Shrek
2001 film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shrek is an animated movie based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!. The name Shrek likely comes from the Yiddish word שרעק (pronounced Shreck) or the German word Schreck. Both words mean "fear" or "terror".[2] It was directed by Andrew Adamson and animated by DreamWorks Animation. It was the first movie to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a category introduced in 2001 . It was released on DVD on November 2, 2001. There have also been three sequels (follow-ups) of Shrek, called Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After. There is also a Christmas special, a Halloween special and a spinoff movie all about a minor character in the sequels and specials. It was adapted into a Broadway musical. Shrek 2 was released in May 19, 2004. Shrek the Third was released on May 18, 2007. Shrek Forever After was released on May 21, 2010. There was also a show by the name Scary Stories released on Netflix in 2009.
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Directed by | Steven Spielberg Andrew Adamson Mike Newell Vicky Jenson |
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Based on | Shrek! by William Steig |
Produced by | Jeffrey Katzenberg Aron Warner John H. Williams |
Starring | Mike Myers Eddie Murphy Cameron Diaz John Lithgow Vincent Cassel Jennifer Seguin Jim Cummings |
Narrated by | Mike Myers |
Edited by | Sim Evan-Jones |
Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams John Powell Brian Tyler Danny Elfman John Ottman Bruce Broughotn John Williams Hans Zimmer Joel McNeely John Altman Alan Silvestri |
Production companies | DreamWorks Animation Pacific Data Images |
Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures (through Universal Pictures) |
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Running time | 93 minutes (Shrek Karaoke Dance Party) 92 minutes (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002 release) 90 minutes (Original) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $60 million |
Box office | $484,409,218[1] |