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Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, distributed by DreamWorks Pictures and directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman (in his directorial debut). The first computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at the Glendale studio, the 89th DreamWorks Animation film, it stars Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese. Other voices were provided by Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore and Peter Falk.
Shark Tale opened at #1 with $47.6 million, which was the second-highest opening for a DreamWorks animated film at the time, behind Puss in Boots ($108 million). It remained as the #1 film in the U.S. and Canada for its second and third weekends, and made $367 million worldwide against its $75 million budget. The film received mixed reviews from critics. It was also nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 77th Academy Awards, losing to Pixar's The Incredibles.
Plot[]
In the Southside Reef, a lowly bluestreak cleaner wrasse named Oscar fantasizes about being rich and famous. Soon after arriving for work at the Whale Wash, he is called to his boss's office, a pufferfish named Sykes, to discuss the fact that he owes a large sum of money and must pay it back by the next day. He remembers being humiliated as a child because his father was a tongue scrubber, so his angelfish friend, Angie, offers him a shiny pink pearl that was a gift from her grandmother to pawn and pay his debt. Oscar brings the money to the race track to meet Sykes but hears that the race is rigged and bets it all on a seahorse named "Lucky Day." A lionfish named Lola sees this and flagrantly seduces an excited Oscar. Sykes is annoyed that Oscar bet the money but agrees to see how the race turns out. When the race start, Lucky Day's door had been blocked (revealing that the rigging was against him), but then Lucky Day smash the door and catch up his delay. Moments before Lucky Day crosses the finish line, and he trips and loses.
Meanwhile, a family of criminally-inclined sharks, with associates such as killer whales, swordfish, and octopuses, has a problem with one of their sons, Lenny, a vegetarian and refuses to act the part of a killer. His crime lord father, Don Edward Lino, orders his violent eldest son, Frankie, to mentor his brother in the family business. Frankie sees Oscar left for dead in the middle of the ocean by Sykes' two Jamaican jellyfish enforcers, Ernie and Bernie, and urges Lenny to eat Oscar, but Lenny instead frees Oscar and tells him to escape. Furious, Frankie charges at Oscar, but suddenly an anchor falls on him, killing him. Devastated over his brother's demise, Lenny flees. As there were no other witnesses and Oscar was seen near the body, everyone in the reef comes to believe that he killed Frankie, an opportunity that Oscar decides to exploit for fame.
Oscar returns to the reef with a new title of "Sharkslayer." Sykes becomes his manager, he also forgives Oscar's debt, and Oscar moves to the "top of the reef" to live in luxury. At the same time, Don Lino has everyone search for Lenny and Oscar. When several sharks approach Oscar's neighborhood, his neighbors expect him to drive them away, so he goes out and encounters Lenny. Since he does not wish to return home and face his father, Lenny begs Oscar to let him stay at Oscar's house. Soon, Angie finds out about Oscar's lie and threatens to tell everyone. Oscar and Lenny stage an event in which Lenny pretends to terrorize the town, and Oscar kills him. Though this further cements Oscar's popularity and causes Lola to become his girlfriend while infuriating Don Lino. Afterward, Oscar and an angered Angie get into an argument. She reveals that she had feelings for Oscar even before becoming the "Sharkslayer," causing Oscar to dump Lola and reflect on the consequences of his selfishness. Lola then beats Oscar up in anger.
Soon, Oscar buys some gifts for Angie to discover that Don Lino has kidnapped her to stage a meeting. Lenny attends disguised as a dolphin named Sebastian. Don Lino threatens to eat Angie if Oscar does not comply. Lenny grabs Angie into his mouth (for Oscar to intimidate the sharks) but then regurgitates her and unintentionally reveals himself in front of everyone. Enraged, Don Lino chases Oscar through the reef. Oscar heads for the Whale Wash and trapping Don Lino, and accidentally trapping Lenny in the machinery. Everyone gives Oscar an ovation, but he finally confesses the truth behind Frankie's death. He then tells Don Lino that everyone likes Lenny for who he is and urges him to respect everyone's individual choices. Inspired by Oscar's confession, Don Lino reconciles with his son accepting him for who he is, and states that he and his gang bear the city no ill will. Oscar forsakes all the wealth he has acquired, makes peace with the sharks, becomes co-manager of the Whale Wash, now frequented by sharks, killer whales, and swordfish, and lives happily ever after with Angie.
Cast[]
- Will Smith as Oscar
- Robert De Niro as Don Edward Lino
- Renée Zellweger as Angie
- Jack Black as Lenny Lino
- Angelina Jolie as Lola
- Martin Scorsese as Sykes
- Ziggy Marley and Doug E. Doug as Ernie and Bernie
- Michael Imperioli as Frankie Lino
- Vincent Pastore as Luca
- Peter Falk as Don Ira Feinberg
- Katie Couric as Katie Current
- David P. Smith as Crazy Joe
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