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Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named shrek mike myers whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters. In an odd twist, the movie is better than the book. Shrek by florencemcc tuesday, may 8, 2018 1 book vs movie adaptation, animation, books, childrens books, film permalink 0 i remember when shrek first came out way back in 2001. Readers can join shrek, donkey, and the gang as they embark on several hilarious madcap adventures, including a chase to rescue fiona from farquaads henchman thelonius on the evening of her honeymoon and an encounter with a gingerbread house gone rancid and its witchy owner. It then continues hitting racism in the face, and then shows that true love doesnt change for anyone. When dreamworks punished animators by making them work on. Book to movie comparison setting in the film shrek lived in a swamp located in the middle of the forrest, the home did not look appealing or put together shrek. In the story, an ogre called shrek myers finds his swamp overrun by fairy tale. The movie is a marvelous fairy tale, with a thrilling quest and a happilyeverafter ending. See more ideas about compare and contrast, books vs movies and the lorax book. Directed by andrew adamson and vicky jenson in their directorial debuts, it stars mike myers, eddie murphy, cameron diaz and john lithgow as the voices of the lead characters. This is a simple, funny childrens book that engages children in rhyme and make believe. Although shreks background is something of a mystery, it is assumed that despite these traits, shrek has always been an ogre of the nonhostile kind and unlike the fairytale ogre, doesnt eat children. But all of the sudden, the evil lord farquaad banishes a bunch of fairy tale creatures to shrek s swamp.

I used it to illustrate structure in my screenwriting book process to product. A picturebook delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. Unfortunately, there is very little that the movie and the book have in common. He wants only to be left alone, perhaps because he is not such an ogre after all but merely a lonely creature with an. Shrek is the third dreamworks animated film and the only film in the shrek series to have harry gregsonwilliams team up with john powell to compose the score following antz 1998 and chicken run 2000. That the book on which the movie is based does not feature a sensitive. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, more. In shrek, pinocchio is sold to lord farquaad by the man who created him. This movie begins with a total bop accidentally in love and starts with the wolf holding porks illustrated with a pig in a bikini on it.

The filmmaking team behind shrek takes the bare bones of william stiegs childrens book about an ogre who thinks filthiness is next to godliness and uses that as. Theres a great website to generate your own bingo cards. Shrek is an animated film that is original, funny and has an upbeat soundtrack. Stieg also published thirteen collections of drawings for adults.

With mike myers, eddie murphy, cameron diaz, john lithgow. John powell was left out to compose scores for later shrek films with williams due to a conflict. All ends well,everything even thing 1 and thing 2 is completely gone and back to normal before their mother comes home. The book served as the basis for the first shrek movie and the popular shrek film series over a decade after its publication. Parents need to know that shrek the musical is a dvd release of the broadway musical based on the shrek animated movie. Rated pg for some crude humor, brief substance reference and some suggestive content.

The steig book, which first appeared in 1990, is still the main event hey, if there were no steig story, there would be no shrek movies, but by now millions more people know only the cuddly. Shrek has the great themes of enduring myths, about believing in yourself, being loved for the person you really are, and good triumphing over evil. Shrek for all its merits, does not quite achieve what final fantasy and a bugs life did. The movie shrek has made a major influence on the animated movie industry and the viewers. Shreks voice is now performed by mike myers, with a voice thats an echo of his fat bastard the scotsman with a molasses brogue in austin powers. Shrek is jolly and wicked, filled with sly injokes and yet somehow possessing a heartebert. Shrek the musical is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by david lindsayabaire and. Shrek is a 2001 american computeranimated comedy film loosely based on the 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name by william steig. Shrek was portrayed as an ugly ogre who was judged by the whole town because of that. In the version of the film farley worked on, shrek was a teenage ogre who didnt want to. It is the third installment in the shrek film franchise that serves as a sequel to 2001s shrek and 2004s shrek 2. The movie included her sleeping in the glass coffin and the seven. Give each child a bingo card, a red crayon and a green crayon.

As with its predecessor, it has quite a bit of adult innuendo, potty humor, and grossout jokes, though the musical. Since it opened last week, shrek has become a boxoffice hit, with the second highest debut for an. The movie the cat in the hat starring mike myers and dakota fanning is quite different from the original dr. It has basically the same plot and characters and even much of the same dialogue as is in the original shrek movie but with added songanddance numbers. Shrek was loosely based on william steigs 1990 picture book, shrek. Heres a power point you can use to call out the bingo words and phrases.

It is one of those movies that are adored and watched by the whole family and so much more. It gives more laughs and giggles than any other movie. Shrek mike meyers and his uninvited sidekick, donkey eddie murphy set out to rescue a princess. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The following tasks combine the viewing of some scenes from the first shrek movie with a reading of selections from steigs picture book. Yes, it was a book first and the original star was chris farley. Shrek by florencemcc tuesday, may 8, 2018 1 book vs movie adaptation, animation, books, childrens books, film permalink 0 i remember when shrek first came out. In the movie, despite his ugliness, shreks love is depicted better in the movie, than in the picture book. In the book, shrek was proud to be ugly and wanted everyone to be afraid. The description of the movie said it was based on the book by william steig but the movie did took huge and creative liberties.

Last week i wrote about my first mixed age program i will be doing once a month. A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. How shrek went from the worlds biggest animated franchise to the. Dreamworks pictures presents an animated film directed by andrew adamson, kelly asbury and conrad vernon. Snow white the grimm brothers wrote snow white in 1812. Williams thought steigs shrek was a character born to be in a movie, but the book. If a word, phrase, or character comes up that they didnt hear in the picture book, then it came from the movie. Shrek 2 is bright, lively and entertaining, but its no shrek. So, if you are looking for a book based on the movie, check out the one by ellen weiss. One day shrek meets donkey, a fasttalking and funny animal, and soon after, shreks isolated life is turned into chaos when hundreds of fairy tale beings invade his swamp. Its the story of a terrifying green ogre by the name of shrek, who lives in a swamp. So shrek now must go on a quest to save princess fiona, along with a fasttalking donkey whose name is literally donkey in order to get his swamp back. The beauty of steigs story is in shreks devilish enjoyment of his hideous world. Donkey explains to shrek that lord farquaad, of the distant land of duloc, probably forced the creatures on to.

It is, however, great for little kids, maybe even those learning to read, and its fun in the same way that dr. I will be focusing on picture books that were made into movies. I had no idea that the original movie was based on a childrens book. If you think the highestgrossing animated movie in u. Shrek the third also known as shrek 3 is a 2007 american computeranimated comedy film directed by chris miller and codirected by raman hui.

As suspected, no one takes to shrek and fionas entrance, and king harold and shrek end up in a big fight during dinner. The dreamworks project went from doomed to successful when the antifairy tale fairy tale. Shrek is an ogre who lives in a swamp surrounded by keep out and beware the ogre. The name shrek is the romanization of the yiddish word. In fact shrek is evolutionary only, if you want to have a revolutionary visual experience, see final fantasy, a contemporary photo realistic computer generated movie. In february, 2014 the news came out that a fifth shrek movie might be in production.

The characters are wonderful, and the structure is textbook literally. Posted on november 28, 20 january 22, 2014 by mrsshaia. The film stars mike myers, eddie murphy, cameron diaz, antonio banderas, rupert everett, julie andrews and john cleese reprising their. People would run away in fright at the sight of him, and it made him upset. This wiki is a collaborative resource for the shrek community and all editors are welcome to come and contribute. The main characters are an ogre named shrek and a talking donkey. Rating is available when the video has been rented. The name shrek is derived from the german word, schreck, and the yiddish word, both meaning fright or terror. Shrek 5 was the planned fifth film in the shrek series, the sequel for shrek forever after, and it will be the last film in the series development. Themoviesanddreamworksanimation therearefourmoviesthathavebeenspunofffromthebookshrek theoriginal. Wherever he goes, every living creature flees because he is so repulsive. Shrek is the titular main character of the book and movies of the same name. Welcome to the shrek wiki shrek is a cgianimated franchise by dreamworks animation loosely based on a 1990 book about an ogre in a fairy tale land who just wants to live in his swamp undisturbed, but is dragged against his will into fighting for the fate of entire kingdoms. Shrek, a horrid little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and.

King harold decides to get rid of shrek and hired puss in boots, a cat with an attitude, and boots. Schrecken in german and yiddish means to scare, terrify, or horrify, and the ogre shrek on the cover of steigs book is a scary figure. The princess has been locked in a castle which is guarded by a fire eating dragon. Shrek 4 movie collection anniversary edition bluray unboxing duration. Shrek 2001 cast and crew once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named shrek mike myers whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale. Shrek by mark evanier meet your next favorite book. Shrek 5 is happening and itll be a big reinvention. While talking about his new movie, the boss baby, screenwriter michael mccullers told thr that a new shrek movie is in the wings. William steig 19072003 was a cartoonist, illustrator and author of awardwinning books for children, including shrek. My sevenyearold son loved this shreks grossness, and. It is also a delicious satire, tweaking all of our assumptions about ogres, princesses, rescues, and even firebreathing dragons.