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Shrek Shrek is a 2001 American animated comedy film based on the 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name by William Steig. The Movie Shrek is directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, with it starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow as the voices of the lead characters.

Shrek (voiced by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Myers) is a great, green Scottish ogre, with the  common and well known phrases of "get out my swamp donkey" and "ogres have layers" ogres are a mythological creature, known to eat humans, but Shrek isn't like that, he just wants to prove his worth, by going on a dangerous and deadly mission with his new companion donkey (Eddie Murphy), to defeat the dragon and bring home the beautiful princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), who also turns out to have a life-changing secret...  and that's only the first movie! Theres four more after, each one containing another one of Shrek and Fiona's thrilling adventures!

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 receive that honour. It was widely praised as an animated film that featured adult-oriented humour and themes, while catering to children at the same time. The film was theatrically released in the United States of America on May 18, 2001, and earned $484.4 million worldwide against 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 also earned six award nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), ultimately winning Best Adapted Screenplay. the films popularity encouraged them to produce three sequels— 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. Contents