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Fiona overhears and decides to be kind to Shrek. That night, after setting up camp and with Fiona alone in a cave, Shrek confides in Donkey about his frustration with being feared and rejected by others over his appearance. When Shrek removes his helmet revealing he is an ogre, Fiona stubbornly refuses to go to Duloc, demanding Farquaad arrive in person Shrek carries her against her will. Shrek locates Fiona, who is appalled by his lack of romanticism, and they flee the castle after rescuing Donkey. Shrek and Donkey travel to the castle and are attacked by Dragon. Shrek negotiates to have the fairy-tale creatures relocated if he succeeds, and Farquaad accepts. Farquaad proclaims them champions and demands that they rescue Fiona. Shrek and Donkey arrive during the tournament and defeat Farquaad's knights. Unwilling to perform the task himself, he organizes a tournament in which the winner will receive the "privilege" of rescuing Fiona. Farquaad chooses Princess Fiona, who is imprisoned in a castle tower guarded by a dragon. Meanwhile, Farquaad is presented with Snow White's Magic Mirror, who tells him that in order to become a king, he must marry a princess. He reluctantly allows the talkative Donkey, who was exiled as well, to tag along and guide him to Duloc. Angered by the intrusion, he decides to visit Farquaad and demand they be moved elsewhere. His life is interrupted after the dwarfish Lord Farquaad of Duloc unknowingly exiles a vast number of fairy-tale creatures to Shrek's swamp. Shrek is an anti-social and highly-territorial green ogre who loves the solitude of his swamp. Plans for a fifth film were cancelled and then revived in 2016, although it has since stalled and has yet to begin production. In 2020, Shrek was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Three sequels have been released- Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Shrek Forever After (2010)-along with a spin-off film and other productions in the Shrek franchise. The film's success helped establish DreamWorks Animation as a competitor to Pixar in feature film computer animation. It earned six nominations at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), winning for Best Adapted Screenplay. Shrek was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won for Best Animated Feature. It was widely praised by critics for its animation, voice performances, soundtrack, writing and humor, which they noted catered to both adults and children. The film was theatrically released by DreamWorks Pictures in the United States on and grossed over $487 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2001. 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. Shrek parodies other fairy tale adaptations, primarily animated Disney films. The film was initially intended to be created using motion capture, but after poor test results, the studio hired Pacific Data Images to complete the final computer animation. Chris Farley was cast as the voice for the title character, recording most of the required dialogue, but died in 1997 before his work on the film was finished Myers was hired to replace him, and gave Shrek his iconic Scottish accent. Jeffrey Katzenberg began development of Shrek in 1995, immediately following the studio's purchase of the rights from Spielberg. Williams convinced him to bring the project to the newly founded DreamWorks in 1994. With the help of Donkey (Murphy), Shrek agrees to rescue Princess Fiona (Diaz) for Farquaad to regain his swamp.Īfter purchasing rights to Steig's book in 1991, Steven Spielberg sought to produce a traditionally-animated film adaptation, but John H. In the film, the ogre Shrek (Myers) finds his swamp overrun by fairy tale creatures banished by Lord Farquaad (Lithgow). Schulman, the film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson in their directorial debuts from a screenplay written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. It is the first installment in the Shrek franchise. Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 picture book of the same name by William Steig.