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Shrek

Name: Shrek
Director: Andrew Adamson
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Family
Released: 2001
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

2001 · Directed by Andrew Adamson · 90 min · Animation · Comedy · Fantasy · Adventure · Family · 32 frames

Tagline

The greatest fairy tale never told.

Crew

Written by: Ted Elliott, Roger S.H. Schulman, Joe Stillman, Terry Rossio
Edited by: Sim Evan-Jones
Music: John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams
Production design: James Hegedus
Produced by: Aron Warner, John H. Williams, Jeffrey Katzenberg

Cast

Mike Myers as Shrek / Blind Mouse (voice)
Eddie Murphy as Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona (voice)
John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad (voice)
Vincent Cassel as Monsieur Hood (voice)
Peter Dennis as Ogre Hunter (voice)
Clive Pearse as Ogre Hunter (voice)
Jim Cummings as Captain of the Guards (voice)
Bobby Block as Baby Bear (voice)
Chris Miller as Geppetto / Magic Mirror (voice)

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Pictures
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $489,676,241
Themes: princess, based on novel or book, magic, fairy tale, donkey, liberation, lordship, prince, castle, villain

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More by Andrew Adamson

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian — 2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — 2005

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