Shark Bait
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 South Korean film poster |
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| Hangul | 파이 스토리 |
| RR | Pai seutori |
| MR | P‘ai sŭt‘ori |
| Directed by | Howard E. Baker John Fox |
| Written by | Scott Clevenger Chris Denk Anurag Mehta Timothy Wayne Peternel |
| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
| Editing by | Tom Sanders |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment The Weinstein Company (USA) Warner Bros. (UK) |
| Release date(s) | August 10, 2006 (South Korea) September 9, 2006 (UK) |
| Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | USA South Korea |
| Budget | $10,000,000 |
Shark Bait (The Reef in the UK and USA, Pi's Story in South Korea) 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 Korean co-production, the movie did not receive a theatrical release in the United States, where it was released direct to DVD in 2007.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Pisces, or Pi (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), 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.
[edit] Cast
- Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Pisces ("Pi")
- Rob Schneider as Nerissa
- Evan Rachel Wood as Cordelia
- Donal Logue as Troy
- Andy Dick as Dylan, Curious Shark
- Fran Drescher as Pearl
- John Rhys Davies as Thorton
- R. Lee Ermey as Jack
- Bruno Alexander as Pi's Dad
- Brice Beckham as Green Gossiping Fish, Cynical Shark
- Jimmy Bennett as Young Pi
- Dylan Cash as Young Percy
- Michael Cornacchia as Angler Fish
- Richard Epcar as Moe
- David Fickas as Max, Squid #3, Big Shark
- Trent Ford as Percy
- Reedy Gibbs as Pi's Mom
- Joel Michaely as Lou
- Megahn Perry 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
[edit] Crew
- Richard Epcar - Voice Director
[edit] References
[edit] External links
http://www.diveplanet.co.nz/paulmorrissharkattack/deathrollsharkbait.asp
- Shark Bait at the Internet Movie Database
- Shark Bait at HanCinema
- Time Out film reviewAnimated feature film
