When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidentally killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother decide to use the incident to their own advantage.When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidentally killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother decide to use the incident to their own advantage.When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidentally killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother decide to use the incident to their own advantage.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 16 nominations total
- Oscar
- (voice)
- Don Lino
- (voice)
- Angie
- (voice)
- Lola
- (voice)
- Lenny
- (voice)
- Sykes
- (voice)
- Ernie
- (voice)
- Bernie
- (voice)
- Frankie
- (voice)
- Luca
- (voice)
- Don Feinberg
- (voice)
- Katie Current
- (voice)
- Shrimp
- (voice)
- …
- Crazy Joe
- (voice)
- Shortie #1
- (voice)
- Shortie #2
- (voice)
- Shortie #3
- (voice)
- Giuseppe
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
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- TriviaAccording to Hans Zimmer, he told producer Jeffrey Katzenberg that he could not deal with any more epic movies, but wanted to do a fun animated movie instead, and so he got the chance to compose for this movie.
- GoofsLenny 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.
- Quotes
[Lenny accidentally eats Oscar]
Oscar: Don't... swallow!
Lenny: Oscar?
Oscar: No, it's Pinocchio - of course it's me! Why did you do that?
Lenny: Oh, I'm sorry...
Oscar: No, "sorry" is when you step on somebody's fin at the theatre! Yeah, that's "sorry"! "Sorry" is when you ask somebody "Hey, when's the baby due?" and it turns out the person's just fat! No, this is as far away from "sorry" as you can possibly get!
Lenny: Oscar, I think I'm gonna puke...
Oscar: Oh, no no no no... Lenny, just open up, nice and slow!
- Crazy creditsThe DreamWorks logo has the fishing boy casts his fishing line into the ocean (with the worm on the hook encountering Lenny).
- Alternate versionsFor each international release, the role of the news reporter "Katie Current" was recast to a prominent female news anchor of that country: In the Australian version it is Tracy Grimshaw, former co-anchor of the Australian Today Australia (1982) show; in the UK version it is 'Fiona Phillips', presenter of GMTV (1993); and in the Italian version it is Cristina Parodi, anchor-woman of Verissimo (1996).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Christina Aguilera Feat. Missy Elliott: Car Wash (2004)
- SoundtracksCar Wash (Shark Tale Mix)
Written by Norman Whitfield
Contains additional lyrics by Missy Elliott (as Missy Elliott)
Performed by Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott (as Missy Elliott)
Produced by Missy Elliott (as Missy Elliott) and Ron Fair
Christina Aguilera appears courtesy of The RCA Records Label
Missy Elliott appearts courtesy of The Gold Mind/Elektra Records
Contains a sample of "Car Wash"
Performed by Rose Royce
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Let me give you a Jamaican perspective. I'm not taking anything from Ziggy Marley (Ernie) & Doug E. Doug (Bernie); they both couldn't have done the 'Jellyfish Rastas Duo' roles better. But seriously now, both roles were controversially laced with cuss words taken from the Jamaican dialect (thankfully that most Americans don't understand). And so, I felt quite embarrassed listening to the context in how it was done. I'm proud of my Jamaican culture and dialect and that many people would love to learn & experience it. But the writers just can't incorporate cuss words into a kid's movie like that.
It might be funny to some, but it also sends a negative message to the younger audience about different cultures. I wouldn't be surprised if, people walk out on this one when this comes out in the Caribbean.
- lsrbigfoot
- Sep 30, 2004
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $75,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $160,861,908
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,604,606
- Oct 3, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $374,583,879
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix