After explaining this to his best friend Angie ( Renée Zellweger), she offers him a chance to pay back the money by pawning a pink pearl that was a gift from her grandmother. Soon after arriving, he's called to the office of his boss Sykes ( Martin Scorsese) to discuss the fact that he owes 'five thousand clams' and has to pay it back by the next day. It is DreamWorks's ninth animated feature film.Ī video game based on the film was released in 2004 on many platforms.Īn underachieving fish named Oscar ( Will Smith) fantasizes about being rich and famous while making his way to work by following in his father Earl's footsteps as a tongue scrubber at the local Whale Wash. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles. and Canada for its second and third weekends, and made $367 million worldwide against its $75 million budget, despite received mixed reviews from critics. The film opened at #1 with $47.6 million, which was the second-highest opening for a DreamWorks Animation film at the time, behind Shrek 2 ($108 million). Shark Tale premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 10, 2004, and was theatrically released by DreamWorks Pictures on October 1. It tells the story of a fish named Oscar (Smith) who falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss (De Niro) to advance his own community standing and teams up with the mobster's other son (Black) to keep up the other facade. Doug, Michael Imperioli, Vincent Pastore, Peter Falk, and Katie Couric. Other roles were provided by Ziggy Marley, Doug E.

The film stars Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, and Martin Scorsese (in his only voice acting role). Shark Tale (also known as Sharkslayer) is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, and Rob Letterman. “ Behind every little fish is a great white lie.” ―Tagline

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