25 years of Shrek? Well, the years start comin’ and they don’t stop comin’!

You’ve never met a hero quite like Shrek. The endearing ogre sparked a motion picture phenomenon and captured the world’s imagination with…the Greatest Fairy Tale Never Told! Relive every moment of Shrek’s (Mike Myers) daring quest to rescue feisty Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), with the help of his lovable loudmouthed Donkey (Eddie Murphy), and win back the deed to his beloved swamp from scheming Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Shrek is an ogre-sized adventure you’ll want to see again and again.

Image credit: Universal

Did you know?

  • Shrek won the inaugural Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
  • (at around 51 mins) The scene where Princess Fiona burps was written after a recording session where Cameron Diaz burped after drinking Coca-Cola. Eddie Murphy improvised Donkey’s response to Shrek, “She’s as nasty as you are!”
  • Computer animation production started on the project on October 31, 1996, and took more than four and a half years to complete.

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