Shrek the Halls
| Shrek the Halls | |
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| Directed by | Gary Trousdale |
| Written by | Gary Trousdale Sean Bishop Theresa Pettengill Bill Riling |
| Produced by | Gina Shay Teresa Cheng Aron Warner |
| Starring | Mike Myers Eddie Murphy Cameron Diaz Antonio Banderas Conrad Vernon Cody Cameron Aron Warner |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Distributed by | ABC Television DreamWorks Animation |
Release dates | November 28, 2007 (U.S.) December 24, 2007 (UK) |
Running time | 21 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shrek the Halls is a television special that premiered on the American television network ABC on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. The thirty minute show included Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas reprising their roles from the feature films. The television special was released on iTunes on November 2, 2008.
Synopsis
The special is set shortly after the events of Shrek the Third (and presumably before the events of the upcoming Shrek Goes Fourth), as Shrek and Fiona's children are still infants.
Shrek is quietly living in the swamp with his family when the Christmas season arrives. Under Donkey's urging, Shrek reluctantly promises Princess Fiona a special Christmas surprise. Shrek goes to the local bookstore to try to find a present for Fiona, but since he doesn't know what Christmas is all about, the shopkeeper gives Shrek a copy of Christmas For Village Idiots, a step-by-step guide to celebrating the holiday.
Shrek proceeds to follow the book's advice by decorating the house and getting a tree so he can spend a quiet Christmas Eve with his family, but Donkey brings the entire "family" to the swamp, ruining Shrek's plans.
As Shrek tries to tell his own version of "A Visit from St. Nicholas (the night before Christmas)"; Gingerbread Man , Donkey, and Puss in Boots interrupt and each tell their own version of a Christmas story. Donkey tells of floats coming to the swamp. At the end, Donkey tells of licking a 50 ft (15 m) tall Santa figure that is made out of waffles, but in reality he accidentally started licking Shrek's leg. Puss tells his version of the story of Santa Claus, but ends up playing with the ball point of his Santa hat. Gingy's story was not happy, though, but horrifying, as he tells about how his girlfriend Suzy got eaten up by Santa Claus.
Donkey finds Shrek's Christmas for Village Idiots book, and the ensuing fight over the book destroys all of Shrek's decorations, furniture and the tree. Shrek ends up kicking his friends out of the house in a fit of temper.
Christmas spirit ruined, Fiona and Shrek argue, after which she takes the children and leaves the swamp to go and apologise to their friends. Shrek feels downhearted that he spoiled Christmas Eve.
Fiona catches up to their friends and explains to Donkey what Shrek had wanted for Christmas. Shrek catches up with the group, and apologises for losing his temper. Donkey is shocked to learn that this is Shrek's 1st Christmas. "Ogres don't celebrate Christmas". Donkey also apologizes for his annoying nature, and explains that Christmas never goes as planned and someone has to cry for everything to turn out fine in the end.
After a snowball fight, the friends return to the swamp, and Shrek tells his story, featuring not Santa, but Ogre Claus. Soon they hear bells and go outside to see Santa and his reindeer, although Gingy runs back inside screaming in terror.
Cast
- Mike Myers as Shrek
- Eddie Murphy as Donkey
- Cameron Diaz as Fiona
- Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots
- Conrad Vernon as Gingy
- Cody Cameron as Pinocchio
- Aron Warner as Big Bad Wolf
- Chris Knights as Three Blind Mice
- Cody Cameron as Three Little Pigs
- Marissa Jaret Winokur as the Bookstore Clerk
- Sean Janson as The Sheriff of Nottingham
Ratings
The rating info is courtesy of Your Entertainment Now [1] and ABC Medianet [2]
DVD release
On Portugal, the film was released into stores in November in DVD.[3] The Blu-Ray release is expected to release in 2009.
U.S. Nielsen ratings
| Airing # | Air Date | Rating | Share | Rating/Share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) |
Rank (week) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 28, 2007 | 11.0 | 17 | 7.2/20 | 21.06 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | December 11, 2007 | 5.7 | 9 | 3.4/9 | 9.97 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | December 1, 2008 | 6.2 | 10 | 3.3/9 | 11.17 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | December 22, 2008 | 3.7 | 6 | 1.8/6 | 6.51 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
UK Figures
| Airing | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|
| December 24, 2007 | 7.9[4] |
Television Broadcast
| Country | Channel | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Nine Network | December 1, 2007 |
| Australia | Nine Network | December 24, 2008 |
| Colombia | RCN TV | December 16, 2007 |
| Canada | CTV | December 3, 2007 |
| Argentina | Telefé | December 23, 2007 |
| Belgium | RTL-TVI / vtm | December 23, 2007 |
| Brazil | Rede Globo | December 25, 2007 |
| Bulgaria | bTV | December 25, 2007 |
| Chile | Canal 13 | December 23, 2007 |
| Czech Republic | TV Nova | December 24, 2007 |
| Denmark | TV 2 | December 25, 2007 |
| Estonia | TV3 | December 25, 2007 |
| France | TF1 | December 23, 2007 |
| Germany | ProSieben | December 23, 2007 |
| Hong Kong | TVB Pearl | December 16, 2007 |
| Hungary | TV2 | December 25, 2007 |
| Iceland | Stöð 2 | December 26, 2007 |
| India | Pogo TV | December 25, 2007 |
| Ireland | RTÉ Two | December 25, 2007 |
| Italy | Canale 5 | December 24, 2007 |
| Lithuania | TV3 | December 28, 2007 |
| Latvia | TV3 | December 24, 2007 |
| Malaysia | TV3 | December 25, 2007 |
| Mexico | Televisa Network | December 16, 2007 |
| New Zealand | TV 2 | December 23, 2007 |
| Philippines | Studio 23 | December 25, 2007 |
| Poland | TVN | December 25, 2007 |
| Portugal | SIC | December 24, 2007 |
| Russia | Channel One | January 1, 2008 |
| Romania | Pro TV | December 25, 2007 |
| Singapore | Channel 5 | December 25, 2007 |
| South Africa | M-Net | December 24, 2007 |
| Spain | Antena 3 | December 25, 2007 |
| Turkey | Show TV | December 31, 2007 |
| United Arab Emirates | MBC3 | December 20, 2007 |
| United Kingdom | BBC One | December 24, 2007 |
| United States | ABC | November 28, 2007 |
| Venezuela | Venevisión | December 25, 2007 |
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