Shark Bait
Encyclopedia
Shark Bait is a 2006
computer animated film. The plot revolves around Pi and his attempt to win the heart of Cordelia while dealing with a bullying shark
. The film was a commercial failure. It was harshly criticised for borrowing heavily from other films such as Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo
, Dreamwork's Shark Tale
and Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid
(and at one point, a reference to Star Wars
) and, despite the amount of talented actors and comedians involved in the voice over work, was a box office
failure. Despite being an American
-South Korea
n co-production, the movie did not receive a theatrical release in the United States, where it was released direct to DVD
in 2007.
), lives happily with his parents, until a fishing boat scoops them from the sea. Pi's parents manage to help him escape, but cannot escape themselves. Pi is taken by his porpoise friends to live with his aunt Pearl (Fran Drescher
) and cousin Dylan (Andy Dick
), on an exotic reef. As he tries to orient himself in this new world, the sweet and well-meaning Pi makes some good friends in his new home. When he reaches adulthood Pi falls for Cordelia (Evan Rachel Wood
), a celebrity fish who has appeared of the front cover of National Geographic
However, Troy (Donal Logue
), the meanest shark in the ocean, is not only tormenting everyone in the reef community, but also has his eye on Cordelia. Pi also learns about Nerissa (Rob Schneider
), a wise old hermit turtle who lives in the Old Ship Wreck and practices martial arts, leading to rumours that he is a wizard.
When Pi helps Cordelia after she gets a hook in her fin, she invites him to go to a concert with her. Afterwards, they look at the stars and she falls in love with him. An enraged Troy starts hurting Pi worse than ever, until Cordelia makes him a deal: if he leaves Pi alone, she will marry him (which, in this case, is done when someone "accepts someone else's pearl").
When Pi hears of this, he decides he has had enough of Troy's bullying, and asks Nerissa to teach him martial arts. Nerissa initially refuses, but Pi persists and he finally agrees.
After mastering the martial art, Pi and friends decide to band together to stop the bullying. After training his friends, Pi leads the charge and they deal with Troy's crew.
When Pi taunts Troy, Troy attacks him. Nerissa tries to help, but is badly hurt. Pi manages to goad Troy into chasing him, and tricks him into swimming into a fisherman's net. Pi is proclaimed a hero, and marries Cordelia.
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
computer animated film. The plot revolves around Pi and his attempt to win the heart of Cordelia while dealing with a bullying shark
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
. The film was a commercial failure. It was harshly criticised for borrowing heavily from other films such as Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo is a 2003 American comi-drama animated film written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin who, along with a regal tang called Dory , searches for his abducted son Nemo...
, Dreamwork's Shark Tale
Shark Tale
Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. In the story, a young fish named Oscar falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss to win favour with the mob boss' enemies and advance his own community standing...
and Walt Disney's The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was originally released to theaters on November 14, 1989 and is the twenty-eighth film in...
(and at one point, a reference to Star Wars
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
) and, despite the amount of talented actors and comedians involved in the voice over work, was a box office
Box office
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failure. Despite being an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n co-production, the movie did not receive a theatrical release in the United States, where it was released direct to DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2007.
Plot
Pisces, or Pi (Freddie Prinze, Jr.Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...
), lives happily with his parents, until a fishing boat scoops them from the sea. Pi's parents manage to help him escape, but cannot escape themselves. Pi is taken by his porpoise friends to live with his aunt Pearl (Fran Drescher
Fran Drescher
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher is an American film and television actress, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, author, singer, talk show host, political lobbyist and health activist...
) and cousin Dylan (Andy Dick
Andy Dick
Andrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio...
), on an exotic reef. As he tries to orient himself in this new world, the sweet and well-meaning Pi makes some good friends in his new home. When he reaches adulthood Pi falls for Cordelia (Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again...
), a celebrity fish who has appeared of the front cover of National Geographic
However, Troy (Donal Logue
Donal Logue
Donal Francis Logue is an Canadian actor perhaps most famous for his role as Sean Finnerty in Grounded for Life.-Personal life:...
), the meanest shark in the ocean, is not only tormenting everyone in the reef community, but also has his eye on Cordelia. Pi also learns about Nerissa (Rob Schneider
Rob Schneider
Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films Deuce Bigalow:...
), a wise old hermit turtle who lives in the Old Ship Wreck and practices martial arts, leading to rumours that he is a wizard.
When Pi helps Cordelia after she gets a hook in her fin, she invites him to go to a concert with her. Afterwards, they look at the stars and she falls in love with him. An enraged Troy starts hurting Pi worse than ever, until Cordelia makes him a deal: if he leaves Pi alone, she will marry him (which, in this case, is done when someone "accepts someone else's pearl").
When Pi hears of this, he decides he has had enough of Troy's bullying, and asks Nerissa to teach him martial arts. Nerissa initially refuses, but Pi persists and he finally agrees.
After mastering the martial art, Pi and friends decide to band together to stop the bullying. After training his friends, Pi leads the charge and they deal with Troy's crew.
When Pi taunts Troy, Troy attacks him. Nerissa tries to help, but is badly hurt. Pi manages to goad Troy into chasing him, and tricks him into swimming into a fisherman's net. Pi is proclaimed a hero, and marries Cordelia.
Cast
- Freddie Prinze, Jr.Freddie Prinze, Jr.Freddie James Prinze, Jr. is an American actor. He rose to fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s, after starring in several Hollywood films aimed at teenage audiences, I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , as well as She's All That , Summer...
as Pisces ("Pi") - Rob SchneiderRob SchneiderRobert Michael "Rob" Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films Deuce Bigalow:...
as Nerissa - Evan Rachel WoodEvan Rachel WoodEvan Rachel Wood is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again...
as Cordelia - Donal LogueDonal LogueDonal Francis Logue is an Canadian actor perhaps most famous for his role as Sean Finnerty in Grounded for Life.-Personal life:...
as Troy - Andy DickAndy DickAndrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio...
as Dylan, Curious Shark - Fran DrescherFran DrescherFrancine Joy "Fran" Drescher is an American film and television actress, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer, author, singer, talk show host, political lobbyist and health activist...
as Pearl - John Rhys Davies as Thorton
- R. Lee ErmeyR. Lee ErmeyRonald Lee Ermey is a retired United States Marine Corps drill instructor and actor.Ermey has often played the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in...
as Jack - Bruno Alexander as Pi's Dad
- Brice BeckhamBrice BeckhamJames Brice Beckham is an actor most famous for his role as Wesley T. Owens in the television sitcom Mr. Belvedere and for his role as Corey in I Hate My 30's. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is a member of LA's Namaste theater group.-Biography:Beckham attended Walter B...
as Green Gossiping Fish, Cynical Shark - Jimmy BennettJimmy BennettJames Michael "Jimmy" Bennett is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as a child actor in Daddy Day Care, Hostage, Poseidon, and more recently in Orphan and as young James T. Kirk in Star Trek...
as Young Pi - Dylan CashDylan CashDylan Cash is an American child actor known for his contract role as Michael Corinthos on ABC's daytime drama General Hospital. He began the role on a recurring basis in March 2002, but was put on contract in April 2005 following increased story-line...
as Young Percy - Michael CornacchiaMichael CornacchiaMichael Cornacchia is an American actor.-Education:Michael graduated from Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and the University of Southern California with a degree in theatre.-Career:...
as Angler Fish - Richard EpcarRichard EpcarRichard Epcar is an American actor voice actor / director, mostly specializing in the field of voice acting in games, animation and anime. He is the husband of voice actress Ellyn Stern, with whom he owns and operates Epcar Entertainment, Inc., a voiceover production service company based in Los...
as Moe - David Fickas as Max, Squid #3, Big Shark
- Trent FordTrent FordTrent Ford is a British-American actor and model.-Biography:Ford was born in Akron, Ohio to a US Navy test pilot father and an English mother from Birmingham...
as Percy - Reedy Gibbs as Pi's Mom
- Joel MichaelyJoel MichaelyJoel Michaely is an American actor and film producer.He has appeared in such films as Can't Hardly Wait, But I'm a Cheerleader, Ghost World, The Rules of Attraction, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Cruel World, Factory Girl and Itty Bitty Titty Committee. On television, Michaely has appeared in Unhappily Ever...
as Lou - Megahn PerryMegahn PerryMegahn Perry is an American actress. She attended John B. Dey elementary, Great Neck Junior, and Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia....
as Percy's Mum, Female Parrotfis - Matthew Rauch as Mussel #2, Sponge, Buddy
- Mel Rodriguez as Manny, Dr. Tang
- Tahnee Shah as Prawn
- Tia Shah as Prawn
- Kirk Zipfel as Mussel #1, Squid #1
External links
http://www.diveplanet.co.nz/paulmorrissharkattack/deathrollsharkbait.asp- Shark Bait at HanCinema
- Time Out film review