Shrek the Halls (2007) (TV)

Director:

Gary Trousdale

Writers:

Gary Trousdale (screenplay) &
Sean Bishop (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

28 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

This half-hour animated TV special features the Shrek characters putting their own spin on holiday traditions. |

Plot Keywords:

Shrek | Holiday | Dreamworks Animated Film | Family Relationships | Cartoon Cat

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Mike Myers	...	Shrek (voice)
Eddie Murphy	...	Donkey (voice)
Cameron Diaz	...	Princess Fiona (voice)
Antonio Banderas	...	Puss in Boots (voice)
Sean Bishop	...	Townsman (voice)
Cody Cameron	...	Pinocchio / Three Pigs (voice)
Susan Fitzer	...	Suzie Cookie (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Blind Mice (voice)
Gary Trousdale	...	Santa (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Gingerbread Man (voice)
Aron Warner	...	Wolf (voice)
Marissa Jaret Winokur	...	Bookstore Clerk (voice)
Miles Christopher Bakshi	...	Ogre Baby (voice)
Nina Zoe Bakshi	...	Ogre Baby (voice)
Dante James Hauser	...	Ogre Baby (voice)

Directed by
Gary Trousdale

Writing credits
Gary Trousdale		(screenplay) &
Sean Bishop		(screenplay) and
Theresa Cullen		(screenplay) &
Bill Riling		(screenplay)
William Steig		(book "Shrek!")

Produced by
Teresa Cheng	....	producer
Gina Shay	....	producer
Aron Warner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Harry Gregson-Williams

Film Editing by
William J. Caparella

Casting by
Leslee Feldman

Production Design by
Henrik Tamm
Peter Zaslav

Production Management
Ryan Harris	....	production supervisor: story/editorial
Robyn Mesher	....	production supervisor
Trinity Murphy	....	production supervisor
Carol Norton	....	senior production supervisor
Jason Lee Pope	....	production supervisor: story/editorial

Art Department
Elaine Bogan	....	storyboard artist
Paul Duncan	....	visual artist
Travis Koller	....	visual development artist
Erwin Madrid	....	visual development artist
Paul Shardlow	....	visual development artist
James Wood Wilson	....	visual development
Tracey Michelle Arnold	....	production artist (uncredited)
Bryan Gregg LaShelle	....	visual development artist (uncredited)
Andre Rodriguez Sr.	....	modeler (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
James Christopher	....	sound effects editor
Tamara Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas Jones	....	supervising sound editor
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Todd Murakami	....	sound effects editor
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr editor
Morten Folmer Nielsen	....	adr recordist
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	adr mixer
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Larry Winer	....	adr mixer

Visual Effects by
Florent Andorra	....	effects animator: PDI/Dreamworks
Jason Arold	....	matte painting technical director
Matt Baer	....	effects animator
Stephen Bailey	....	lead lighter
Ken Ball	....	lead lighter
Silviu Borac	....	senior fx r&d engineer
Markus Burki	....	visual effects animator
Kristopher Campbell	....	character effects animator
Craig Cannon	....	paint fixer
Gregg Carrier	....	software engineer
Mathieu Cassagne	....	senior lighter
Chloe Chao	....	research and development
Michael Collery	....	creative supervisor: matte painting
Lisa Slates Connors	....	surfacing artist
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Mark A. Decker	....	lighting artist
Philippe Denis	....	visual effects supervisor
Tarek Elaydi	....	surfacing technical director
Cassandra Fanning	....	paint/roto artist
Angela Ensele Firebaugh	....	modeler
Benjamin Fischler	....	lighter & compositor
Jerome Fournier	....	matte painting
Ryan Gong	....	animator
Katy Harrison	....	lighting technical director
Susan Hayden	....	cg supervisor
Katya Isichenko	....	character effects animator
Jeff A. Johnson	....	CG Lighter
Tobin Jones	....	effects animator
Jennifer Leigh King	....	digital artist
Robert Kopinsky	....	effects animator
John Lai	....	lighting artist: PDI/DreamWorks
Andre LeBlanc	....	visual effects lead
Fangwei Lee	....	visual effects artist
Jinwoo Lee	....	modeler
Michael H. Lee	....	supervising technical director
Minhyung Lee	....	lighter
David Lipton	....	head of effects
Fabio Lissi	....	production engineer
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	lighting artist
Mark Manfrey	....	digital effects artist
Michael Wei Mao	....	matte painter
Gerald McAleece III	....	senior layout artist
Steve McGrath	....	lead modeler
Cristian Moras	....	lighter & compositor
Stephanie Mulqueen	....	lead lighter: visual development
Tomijann Nabors	....	surfacer
Gaku Nakatani	....	lead lighter
Ori Neidich	....	media tools & post-production technology engineer
Nikita Pavlov	....	visual effects
Andrew Pearce	....	director of reseach and development
Olivier Pinol	....	lighting animator
Gene Ragan	....	technical lead
Damon Riesberg	....	character effects animator lead
Frank Ritlop	....	digital artist
Eli Rod	....	lighter
Carlos M. Rosas	....	senior character animator
Robert Rossoff	....	senior layout artist
Scott C. Sells	....	effects technical director
Jon Shih	....	lighting technical director
Geri Smith	....	lighting/compositing
Jessi Stumpfel	....	technical director
Koen Vroeijenstijn	....	visual effects animator
Nick Walker	....	head of layout
Jason Waltman	....	effects artist
Joshua West	....	modeler
Andrew Wheeler	....	effects lead
Lori Williams	....	digital artist
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Stephen Wood	....	visual effects animator
Ting Ting Wu	....	character effects technical director
Ken Yao	....	character effects animator
Emily Yi	....	digital artist (as Emily How)

Animation Department
Manuel Almela	....	animator
Keith Baxter	....	story artist
Elaine Bogan	....	story artist
Liz Borges-Herzog	....	digital paint artist
Guillermo Careaga	....	animator
Tim Cheung	....	animation supervisor
Paul Chung	....	supervising animator
Katrina Conwright	....	animator
Ryan Crego	....	additional story artist
Theresa Cullen	....	story artist
Cassidy Curtis	....	animator
Walt Dohrn	....	story artist
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator (as Robert Espanto Domingo)
Mark Donald	....	animator
Will Finn	....	additional story artist
Jerome Fournier	....	background artist
Ryan Gong	....	animator
Hamish Grieve	....	additional story artist
Ron Griswold	....	animation rig engineer
Bret Haaland	....	story artist
Mariko Hoshi	....	animator
Pamela Hu	....	final layout artist
Raman Hui	....	animator
Patrick Jensen	....	matte painter
Jeffrey Joe	....	animator
Maggie Kang	....	additional story artist
Darryl Kidder	....	additional story artist
Heather Knight	....	animator
Conan Low	....	senior layout artist
David Lux	....	additional story artist
Sean Mahoney	....	animator
Patrick Mate	....	character designer
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
Lucia Modesto	....	character technical supervisor
Brian Newlin	....	layout artist
Anna Newman	....	animation research and development
Bob Persichetti	....	story artist
Peter Ramsey	....	story artist
Bill Riling	....	story artist
Cory Rogers	....	animator
David P. Smith	....	additional story artist
Eunjin Suh	....	animator
Mark Williams	....	animator (as Mark A. Williams)
Catherine Yuh Rader	....	story artist

Casting Department
Leigh French	....	adr voice casting
Elena Siegel	....	casting assistant
Christi Soper	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Allison Bernardi	....	media coordinator
James Beshears	....	editorial and post-production executive
John Dorst	....	assistant editor (as J. John Dorst)
Susan Fitzer	....	associate editor
Mark Griffith	....	colorist
Alex McDonnell	....	assistant editor
Stephen L. Meek	....	assistant editor
Joe Monteleone	....	assistant editor
Paul Neal	....	editor: high definition
Michael Rogers	....	associate editor
Marcus Taylor	....	additional editor
Brian Perry	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Dan Arriaga	....	music consultant
Stephen Barton	....	composer: additional music
Kirk Bennett	....	orchestrator
David Buckley	....	composer: additional music
Peter DiStefano	....	musician: guitar
Meri Gavin	....	music editor
Charlene Ann Huang	....	music coordinator
Jamie Luker	....	music scoring engineer
Malcolm Luker	....	music scoring mixer
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
Jochen Schild	....	additional music engineer
Richard Whitfield	....	music editor

Other crew
Holly Allen	....	production engineer
Rain Angeles	....	operations system administration
Tracey Michelle Arnold	....	production coordinator
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Mark Baldo	....	pre-production director
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Grant Callaghan	....	technical resource administrator
Sarah Counnas	....	technology production manager
Patrick Danford	....	audio visual engineer
Sanjay Das	....	director of research and development
Jayson DeLancey	....	production engineer
Sean Ellis	....	network engineer
Jannette Eng	....	production coordinator
Paul Franz	....	technical resource administrator
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production office supervisor
Stephanie Huber	....	administrative assistant
Daniel Inkeles	....	production intern
David Isetta	....	production coordinator
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
Geoffrey Jarrett	....	technical resource administrator
Sean Kamath	....	system architect
Jim Leuper	....	effects engineer
Nicholas Long	....	technical lead
Melissa MacKay	....	assistant to director and producers
Rich Marco	....	engineering systems administrator
Mark J. Matthews	....	research and development
Alyssa Mauney	....	assistant to producers
Chris Miller	....	dialogue director
Olivier Mouroux	....	unit publicist
Anna Newman	....	research and development manager
Jeffrey Nickerson	....	technology coordinator
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Mary M. Quinn	....	production coordinator
Paul Replicon	....	technical resource administrator
Daniel Rich	....	engineering system administrator
Joshua F. Richards	....	research and development
Jason Richman	....	production intern
Andrew Richmond	....	production intern
Andre Rodriguez Sr.	....	production assistant
Stephen E. Ross	....	systems administrator
David Ian Salter	....	pre-production director
Hayyim Sanchez	....	surfacing artist
Donald Schmidt	....	research and development
Jon Eric Schmidt	....	production assistant
Marty Sixkiller	....	media tools supervisor
Morgan J. Steele	....	administative assistant
Ben Taylor	....	technical resource administrator
Blake Taylor	....	production intern
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager of digital resources
Tim Toll	....	engineering system administrator
Alexander Wu	....	production coordinator
Daniel Yu	....	research and development

Thanks
Debbie L. O'Keeffe	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation
• Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2007) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• TV2 (2007) (Hungary) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL4)
• TV3 (2007) (Estonia) (TV)

Other Companies

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)  supplier: AMD Opteron Processors for rendering
• Hewlett Packard  supplier: workstations, servers, and rendering services
• Technicolor Sound Services  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Runtime:

21 min (excluding commercials) | 30 min (with commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Australia:G

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Quotes:

Shrek:T'was the night before Christmas, not a swamp rat did creep / As mother and babe played kazoo in their sleep / Now, the sight of the house would make any ogre droop / For it was sickeningly sweet as unicorn poop / Yet who is arriving to help this lost cause? / The foul, the vile... and handsome Ogre Claus!
Shrek:[as Ogre Claus] Hey. How's it going?
Shrek:He looked all around and scratched at his beard / and said... and said...
Shrek:[as Ogre Claus] This place is worse than I thought... uh, feared!
Shrek:So he grabbed up his belly and screwed up his face / And let loose a...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Because We Can

Shrek the Halls may become a holiday classic for a new generation

This Shrek the Halls holiday special can be both frantic and funny and enjoyable and maybe a little exasperating all at the same time and will probably be another classic to be enjoyed for years to come for adults and children and their families in subsequent Decembers to come. Eddie Murphy's Donkey still has that endearingly irritating quality that makes him often the funniest character in this franchise. Mike Myers's Shrek still has that exasperated appeal we can identify with when Donkey almost goes too far in his constant cheeriness. Cameron Diaz' Fiona makes a nice balance for Shrek when he needs cheering up. Antonio Banderas' Puss in Boots is still at his suave and cute best. And the Gingerbread Man's frightening reaction to Santa Claus is a great touch of a twist in this wonderful parody of various animated Christmas specials over the years! So if you thought there weren't any more original holiday shows to be made, Shrek the Halls may slightly change your mind about that.