Shrek

Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name by William Steig. Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson in their directorial debuts, it stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow as the voices of the lead characters. The film parodies other fairy tale adaptations, primarily aimed at animated Disney films. In the story, an ogre called Shrek (Myers) finds his swamp overrun by fairy tale creatures who have been banished by the corrupt Lord Farquaad (Lithgow) aspiring to be king. Shrek makes a deal with Farquaad to regain control of his swamp in return for rescuing Princess Fiona (Diaz), whom Farquaad intends to marry. With the help of Donkey (Murphy), Shrek embarks on his quest but soon falls in love with the princess, who is hiding a secret that will change his life forever.

After purchasing the rights to Steig's book in 1991, Steven Spielberg planned to produce a traditionally-animated film based on the book, but John H. Williams convinced him to bring the project to the newly-founded DreamWorks in 1994. Jeffrey Katzenberg began active development of the film in 1995 immediately following the studio's purchase of the rights from Spielberg. Chris Farley was originally cast as the voice for the title character, recording nearly all of the required dialogue. After Farley died in 1997 before his work on the film was finished, Mike Myers was hired to voice the character, eventually settling on giving Shrek a Scottish accent. The film was initally intended to be created using motion capture, but after poor test results, the studio hired Pacific Data Images to complete the final computer animation.

Shrek premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or, making it the first animated film since Disney's Peter Pan (1953) to be chosen to do so. The film was widely praised by critics for its animation, voice performances, writing and humor, which critics noted simultaneously catered to both adults and children. The film was theatrically released in the United States on May 18, 2001, and grossed $484 million worldwide against a production budget of $60 million. Shrek won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. It earned six award nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), ultimately winning Best Adapted Screenplay. The film's success helped establish DreamWorks Animation as a prime competitor to Pixar in feature film computer animation, and three sequels were released—Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Shrek Forever After (2010)—along with two holiday specials, a spin-off film, and a stage musical that kickstarted the Shrek franchise. Although plans for a fifth film were canceled prior to the fourth film's release, the project was revived in 2016, but has since stalled, with production and a potential release date getting pushed back.

In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", making it the first DreamWorks Animation film and the first animated feature not produced or distributed by Disney to earn that honor.

Cast

Image	Character	USA	Mex	Mex(2)	Mex(3)	Jap	Bra	Ger	Fran	Ita	Pol	Neth	Hun	Swe	Fin	Nor	Den	Gree	Ukr	Cze	Bul	Ice	Alb	Russ	Spa(Catalan)	Spa(Galician)	Spa	Spa(2)	Spa(3)	Port	Phil	Isr	Turk
	Shrek	Mike Myers	Alfonso Obregón			Masatoshi Hamada	Bussunda	Sascha Hehn	Alain Chabat	Renato Cecchetto	Zbigniew Zamachowski	Peter Paul Muller	Gesztesi Károly	Samuel Fröler	Samuli Edelmann	Asgeir Borgemoen	Amin Jensen	Tásos Masmanídis	Bohdan Benyuk	David Novotný	Krŭstyu Lafazanov	Hjálmar Hjálmarsson	Genti Pjetri	Aleksey Kolgan	Luis Posada	César(Tacho) GonzálezSomoza	Juan Muñoz			JoséJorge Duarte		Yuval Dor	Okan Bayülgen
	Donkey	Eddie Murphy	Eugenio Derbez			Koichi Yamadera	MárioJorge deAndrade	Randolf Kronberg	Med Hondo	Nanni Baldini	Jerzy Stuhr	Frans van Deursen	József Kerekes	Jonas Malmsjö	Jukka Rasila	Thomas Giertsen	Jan Gintberg	Likoúryos Markoúdis	Dmytro Havrylov	Tomáš Juřička	Todor Nikolov	Þórhallur'Laddi' Sigurðsson	Saimir Kodra	Vadim Andreyev	Eduard Farelo	Carlos Jiménez	José Mota			Rui Paulo	Jefferson Utanes	Loir Halfon	Mehmet Ali Erbil
	Princess Fiona	Cameron Diaz	Dulce Guerrero			Norika Fujiwara	Fernanda Crispim	Esther Schweins	Barbara Tissier	Selvaggia Quattrini	Agnieszka Kunikowska	Angela Schijf	Für Anikó	Helena af Sandeberg	Tiina Isohanni	Iren Reppen	Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt	María Zervoú	Kateryna Konovalova	Kamila Špráchalová	Asya Racheva	Edda Björg Eyjólfsdóttir	Julka Gramo	Zhanna Nikonova	Nuria Mediavilla	Ana Lemos	Nuria Mediavilla			Cláudia Cadima	Grace Cornel	Sharona Nestovitch	Oya Prosçiler
	Lord Farquaad	John Lithgow	Humberto Vélez			Masato Ibu	Cláudio Galvan	Rufus Beck	Philippe Catoire	Oreste Rizzini	Adam Ferency	Arnold Gelderman	Végvári Tamás	Peter Haber	Eero Saarinen	Finn Schau	Søren SætterLassen	Tásos Kostís	Mykhaylo Voychuk	Jiří Schwarz	Veselin Kalanovski	Harald G. Haraldsson	Saimir Kodra	Vladimir Antonik	Juan Carlos Gustems	Antón Rubal	Juan Carlos Gustems			Filipe Duarte		Yehoyachin Friedlander	Hakan Vanlı
	Dragon	N/A									Anna Apostolakis
	Gingerbread Man	Conrad Vernon	Jesús Barrero			Hiro Yuki	Marcelo Coutinho	Santiago Ziesmer	Emmanuel Garijo	Fabrizio Apolloni	Tomasz Bednarek	Stan Limburg	Tamás Bolba	Anders Öjebo	Paavo Kerosuo	Håvard Bakke		Spíros Bibílas	Oleksandr Pohrebnyak	Zdeněk Štěpán	Miroslav Tsvetanov	Stefán Jónsson	Shegushe Bebeti	Dmitriy Filimonov	Aleix Estadella		Aleix Estadella			CarlosAlberto Macedo		Giora Kenneth	Ziya Kürküt
	Pinocchio	Cody Cameron	Genaro Vásquez			Nobuo Tobita	Manolo Rey	Gerald Schaale	Alexandre Gillet	Corrado Conforti	Jarosław Domin	Stan Limberg	Damu Roland	Andreas Nilsson	Antti Pääkkönen	Tommy Karlsen	Peter Røschke	Christos Syriotis									Aleix Estadella						Özgür Özdural
	The Big Bad Wolf	Aron Warner	Carlos Águila			Kenji Utsumi	Luiz Carlos Persy	Wolfgang Kühne	Philippe Catoire	Gerolamo Alchieri	Mirosław Zbrojewicz	Pim Koopman	Albert Péter	Fredrik Hiller													Javier Amilibia					Ami Mandelman	Ismail Yıldız
	Heimlich	Cody Cameron	Carlos Enrique Bonilla				José Luiz Barbeito		JeanLoup Horwitz	Fabrizio Mazzotta						Christoffer Staib											Juan Miguel Valdivieso					Giora Kenneth
	Horst	Cody Cameron	Carlos Enrique Bonilla				José Luiz Barbeito		JeanLoup Horwitz																		Juan Miguel Valdivieso
	Dieter	Cody Cameron	Moisés Iván Mora				José Luiz Barbeito		JeanLoup Horwitz																		Juan Miguel Valdivieso
	Blind Mouse 1	Christopher Knights	José Gilberto Vilchis				Ettore Zuim		Éric Métayer		Jarosław Boberek					Christoffer Staib											Juan Fernández					Ami Mandelman	Emin Yaraç
	Mouse Blind 2 (Gordon)	Mike Myers	Benjamín Rivera				Anderson Coutinho		Éric Métayer		Wojciech Paszkowski					Håvard Bakke											Rafael Calvo			Paulo B.		Ami Mandelman
	Mouse Blind 3	Simon J. Smith	Moisés Iván Mora				Alexandre Moreno		Éric Métayer							Tommy Karlsen											José Javier Serrano					Giora Kenneth
	Magic Mirror	Chris Miller	Mario Filio			Minoru Inaba	Márcio Simões	Michael Nowka	Edgar Givry	Pino Insegno	Zbigniew Suszyński	Bram Bart	Forgács Gábor	Stefan Brag	Antti Pääkkönen	Håvard Bakke	Lars Thiesgaard	Yiannis Stephopoulos			Marian Marinov						Eduardo Elías			Carlos Freixo			Ayhan Kahya
	Thelonious	Christopher Knights	Raúl de la Fuente			Yū Shimaka	Anderson Coutinho	Jürgen Mai		Michele Kalamera	Jarosław Boberek	Stan Limberg	Vizy György	Fredrik Hiller													Enrique Serra Frediani						Murat Șenol
	Monsieur Hood	Vincent Cassel	Enrique Mederos			Jiro Osama	Guilherme Briggs	Michael Pan	Vincent Cassel	Massimiliano Manfredi	Janusz Zadura	Jon van Eerd	Forgács Péter	JeanPierre Barda	Teuvo Matala	Johannes Joner	Steen Springborg	Telemachus Krevaikas									Daniel García						Volkan Severcan
	Merry Man 1	Guillaume Aretos	Jorge García						Éric Métayer
	Merry Man 2	Matthew Gonder
	Merry Man 3	Calvin Remsberg
	Merry Man 4	Jean-Paul Vignon
	Merry Man 5	John Bisom
	Merry Man 6	Guillaume Aretos
	Captain of the Guard	Jim Cummings	Martín Soto			Katsumi Suzuki	Jorge Lucas	Detlef Bierstedt			Krzysztof Banaszyk	Fred Meijer	Rosta Sándor	Andreas Nilsson		Christian Skolmen											Gonzalo Abril			Paulo B.		Ami Mandelman	AliEkber Diribaş
	Gepetto	Chris Miller	César Árias				Miguel Rosenberg	WolfRüdiger Reutermann	Gérard Hernandez	Ambrogio Colombo	Andrzej Gawroński	Reinder vanderNaalt	Izsóf Vilmos	Gunnar Uddén		Roy Bjørnstad											Francisco Alborch			Pedro Pinheiro		Uzi Fox	Murat Șenol
	Clockwork Chorus	PattyCornell	ArturoEcheverría	Ricardo Silva	Leyla Rangel		AnaLúciaMenezes																				Silvia Guillem	XavierRibera	Carmen Ros
		SusanFitzer	Nicolás Silva	MaruGuzmán			MabelCezar																				RamónLlenas	XavierMateu	AlbertMuntanyola
	Cinderella	N/A
	Snow White	N/A
	Ogre Hunter 1	Andrew Adamson	Ismael Mondragón				Maurício Berger		Christophe Lemoine		Adam Bauman					Håvard Bakke											Manuel Osto
	Ogre Hunter 2	Sim Evan-Jones	Carlos del Campo				Clécio Souto		Emmanuel Garijo		Zbigniew Konopka																Carlos Vicente
	Ogre Hunter 3	Clive Pearse	Roberto Mendiola				Christiano Torreão				Jacek Kopczyński					Tommy Karlsen
	Ogre Hunter 4	Peter Dennis	Roberto Mendiola				Alexandre Moreno				Jacek Kopczyński					Tommy Karlsen
	Duloc Mascot	Andrew Adamson
	Wrestling Fan	Jacquie Barnbrook	Nelly Horsman				Melise Maia
	Baby Bear	Bobby Block	Alondra Hidalgo				Caio César	MijailVladimir Verona		Ilaria Stagni	Krzysztof Królak		Lamboni Anna	Tomas Futvoye		Benjamin Helstad											Marta Covas
	Peter Pan	Michael Galasso	Carlos Díaz				João Cappelli					Olaf Wijnauts	Skolnik Rudolf			Benjamin Helstad
	Bishop	Val Bettin	César Árias				Miguel Rosenberg	Hasso Zorn	Gérard Hernandez	Valerio Ruggeri		Reinder van der Naalt	Kőmíves Sándor			Roy Bjørnstad											Vicente Antonio Gómez			Pedro Pinheiro		Giora Kenneth	Zafer Önen
	Old Woman	Kathleen Freeman	Ángela Villanueva			Sayuri Sadaoka	Geisa Vidal	Luise Lunow	Denise Metmer	Elena Magoia	Ewa Smolińska	Karin Jacobs	Bókai Mária	Birgitta Pettersson	Seela Sella	Kirsti Grundvig	Grethe Mogensen	Soúla Diakátou		Jana Postlerová	Vasilka Sugareva	Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir	Shegushe Bebeti	Nina Lunëva	Marta Martorell	Carmen RodríguezDorado	Marta Martorell			Carmen Santos		Rosina Cambus	Bedia EnerÖztep
	Pied Piper	N/A
	Dwarf		Carlos Íñigo				Carlos Marques									Christoffer Staib
	Wrestling Fan 2		Elena Ramírez
	Guard		Jorge García
	Farquaad's Guard 1		Herman López													Håvard Bakke
	Farquaad's Guard 2		Roberto Mendiola													Tommy Karlsen
	Farquaad's Guard 3		Jorge García
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