Shrek VHS w/ Case Mike Myers Eddie Murphy Cameron Diaz Dreamworks Full Screen

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Shrek [VHS]
Mike Myers (Actor), Eddie Murphy (Actor), Andrew Adamson (Director), Vicky Jenson (Director) Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: VHS Tape

In this fully computer-animated fantasy from the creators of Antz, we follow the travails of Shrek (Mike Myers), a green ogre who enjoys a life of solitude. Living in a far away swamp, he is suddenly invaded by a hoard of fairy tale characters, such as the Big Bad Wolf, the Three Little Pigs, and Three Blind Mice, all refugees of their homes who have been shunned by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). They want to save their homes from ruin, and enlist the help of Shrek, who is in the same situation. Shrek decides to offer Lord Farquaad a deal; he will rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), who is intended to be Farquaad’s bride. Accompanying Shrek on his adventure is the faithful but loquacious Donkey (Eddie Murphy), who has a penchant for crooning pop songs. The two must face various obstacles in order to locate the Princess, but they find their world challenged when she reveals a dark secret that will affect the group. Shrek is based on the children’s book by William Steig, and features additional voice-work by Vincent Cassel, Cody Cameron, and Kathleen Freeman.

Winner of the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Shrek sparked a motion picture phenomenon and captured the world’s imagination with the Greatest Fairy Tale Never Told! Relive every moment of Shrek’s daring quest to rescue the feisty Princess Fiona with the help of his loveable loudmouthed Donkey and win back the deed to his beloved swamp.

Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel
Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Writers: Chris Miller, Cody Cameron, Conrad Vernon, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Special Edition, NTSC
Language: English
Rated: PG
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Run Time: 90 minutes

On the tape:
Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron preview
E.T. 20th Anniversary preview
Antz preview
How the Grinch Stole Christmas preview
Shrek Soundtrack promo

Shrek is loosely based on William Steig’s 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!, and somewhat serves as a parody film, targeting other films adapted from numerous children’s fantasies (mainly animated Disney films). The film’s soundtrack includes music by Smash Mouth, Eels, Joan Jett, The Proclaimers, Jason Wade, Baha Men, and John Cale (covering Leonard Cohen).

The rights to the books were originally bought by Steven Spielberg in 1991, before the founding of DreamWorks, when he thought about making a traditionally animated film based on the book. However, John H. Williams convinced him to bring the film to DreamWorks in 1994, the time the studio was founded, and the film was put quickly into active development by Jeffrey Katzenberg after the rights were bought by the studio in 1995. Shrek originally cast Chris Farley to do the voice for the title character, recording about 80%–90% of his dialogue. After Farley died in 1997 before he could finish, Mike Myers was brought in to work for the character, who after his first recording decided to record his voice in a Scottish accent.

Shrek won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was also nominated for six British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Eddie Murphy for his voice-over performance as Donkey, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film’s main (and title) character was awarded his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2010.

The VHS includes Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party!, a 3-minute musical short film, that takes up right after Shrek’s ending, with film’s characters performing a medley of modern pop songs.

0-7832-6313-9

Case has a small piece ripped away on left side. VHS itself is near mint. Tape is completely rewinded for your convenience. Full screen. Stereo surround.