a b "Beyonce, Janet, Will Music For 'Shark's Tale' ". Netscape. December 31, 2003. Archived from the original on September 22, 2004 . Retrieved December 28, 2013. McNary, Dave (January 10, 2005). "Spidey pic catches 6 f/x noms from VES". Variety. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014 . Retrieved September 8, 2014. Oscar buys some Valentine's Day gifts for Angie, but he finds out that Lino kidnapped her to force a sit-down before he can present them to her. Lenny comes along, now disguised as a whale-washing dolphin named Sebastian. They arrive at the meeting to find Lola next to Lino while Angie is bound and gagged with duct tape and presented to Lino on a plate, who prepares to eat her if Oscar doesn't comply. Oscar just laughs, and Lenny, as "Sebastian" lunges forward to scoop Angie into his mouth, freeing her from Lino and giving Oscar dominance over the sharks. However, he spends too much time threatening the sharks and doesn't realize how much pain Lenny is in, and Angie is regurgitated onto the table. Lino suddenly realizes it's Lenny and proceeds to chase Oscar through the reef, but Oscar heads for the whale wash and ends up trapping both sharks. Given an ovation by the other fish, Oscar finally confesses that he is not a "Sharkslayer" and that it was an anchor that had killed Frankie. He then strongly urges Lino not to prejudge people before he knows them properly and to not make the mistake he made in prejudging his wealth, so Lino and Lenny reconcile. Oscar forsakes all the wealth he has acquired, makes peace with the sharks, becomes manager of the Whale Wash (now frequented by sharks), and starts dating Angie. Meanwhile, Lola attempts to reconcile with Oscar but later ends up with Crazy Joe. Shark Tale was initially scheduled for release on November 5, 2004, but was later moved up to October 1. This shift was reportedly made to avoid competition with Pixar's The Incredibles, which was released on the same weekend. [13] The film had its worldwide premiere on September 10, 2004, in Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. [14] Screening as part of the Venice Film Festival, it marked the first time that Piazza San Marco was closed for a premiere of a major feature film. [14] The film was projected on the largest inflatable screen in the world, measuring more than six stories tall and over 3,900 square feet (360m 2). It required 20,000 cubic feet (570m 3) of air to inflate and more than 50 tons of water for stabilization. [14] The premiere was attended by 6,000 visitors, [15] including Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, and Michael Imperioli. [14] Jeffrey Katzenberg, the executive producer of the film, explained that they "wanted to find a unique way to introduce this movie to the world. We needed a big idea. … More than anything, we are in showbusiness. This is the show part." [15] Home media [ edit ] Nominees/Winners". Casting Society of America. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019 . Retrieved July 10, 2019.

The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 77th Academy Awards, but lost to Pixar's The Incredibles.Michael Imperioli as Frankie, Lenny's older brother and Don Lino's eldest son, who is embarrassed by Lenny's vegetarian views. It was also compared to previous "Finding Nemo" and people said that Dreamworks ripped off the aforementioned Pixar film with bad pop culture jokes. a b c d DreamWorks Animation (September 2, 2004). "DreamWorks Animation's 'Shark Tale' Swims Up the Venice Canals for World Premiere" (Press release). PR Newswire. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014 . Retrieved August 24, 2014. James Gandolfini was initially set to voice the kingpin shark, named Don Lino, but he dropped out, with Robert De Niro taking over the role. [8] [12]

John Mancini, the founder of the Italic Institute of America, protested Shark Tale for perpetuating negative stereotypes of Italian-Americans in its antagonists. DreamWorks reacted by changing the name of Peter Falk's character from Don Brizzi to Don Feinberg. However, Mancini demanded that everything Italian — character names, the mannerisms, the forms of speech — be dropped. The American Family Association, a Christian conservative organization, raised concerns about Shark Tale, suggesting that it was designed to promote the acceptance of gay rights by children. Variety Staff (February 17, 2005). " 'Aviator,' Spidey win effects hardware". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020 . Retrieved February 7, 2020. a b c Godfrey, Leigh (April 2, 2002). "DreamWorks Sets Up For Sharkslayer". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved August 23, 2015.Ziggy Marley and Doug E. Doug as Ernie and Bernie, two jellyfish with Jamaican accents and Sykes' enforcers, who enjoy torturing Oscar with their painful stingers when he is in trouble with their boss. It is paired with Shrek 2, Balto III: Wings of Change, and The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses. This is also the last film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio that was distributed worldwide by DreamWorks Pictures (the then label from Universal Pictures). a b c "Shark Tale (2004)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021 . Retrieved June 11, 2021. This is the first computer-animated film by DreamWorks Animation to be produced at their Glendale studio. The studio that previously animated DreamWorks Animation's hand drawn animated films The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.