Shrek

Shrek is a computer-animated movie adaptation of William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture-book of the same name. It was released by DreamWorks SKG in May 2001. It was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a category introduced in 2002. It was released on DVD on November 2 2001.

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Computer-animated - William Steig - 1990 - Fairy tale - DreamWorks SKG - May - 2001 - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature - DVD - November 2

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The name Shrek is taken from the Yiddish word שרעק (pronounced Shreck) meaning 'fear, terror'.

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The film features the voices of Mike Myers as a large green troublesome ogre named Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, Eddie Murphy as a talkative donkey, and John Lithgow as the vain Lord Farquaad.

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Mike Myers - Ogre - Shrek - Cameron Diaz - Eddie Murphy - Donkey - John Lithgow

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The voice of Shrek was originally recorded by Chris Farley. After his death, Mike Myers was brought on to replace him. After Myers had completed providing the voice for the character and the movie was well into production, he asked to be allowed to re-record all of his lines in a "Scottish accent" similar to the one his mother used when she told him bedtime stories.

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Chris Farley - Mike Myers - Scottish accent

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It was critically acclaimed as an animated film worthy of adult interest, with many adult-oriented jokes and themes but a simple enough plot and humor to appeal to children. It made notable use of pop music—the soundtrack includes music by Smash Mouth, The Proclaimers, Jason Wade, The Baha Men, and Rufus Wainwright.

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Smash Mouth - The Proclaimers - Jason Wade - The Baha Men - Rufus Wainwright

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The film was extremely successful on release in 2001 and it helped establish DreamWorks as a prime competitor to Walt Disney Pictures in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation. Furthermore, Shrek was made the mascot for the company's animation productions.

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2001 - DreamWorks - Walt Disney Pictures - Mascot

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