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Shrek the Halls 
Distributed by ABC
DreamWorks AnimationDirected by Gary Trousdale Produced by Gina Shay
Teresa Cheng
Aron WarnerWritten by Gary Trousdale
Sean Bishop
Theresa Pettengill
Bill RilingStarring Mike Myers
Eddie Murphy
Cameron Diaz
Antonio Banderas
Conrad Vernon
Cody Cameron
Aron Warner
Christopher Knights
Marissa Jaret WinokurMusic by Harry Gregson-Williams Production company DreamWorks Animation
Pacific Data ImagesCountry United States Language English Release date November 28, 2007 Running time 21 minutes Shrek the Halls is a television special that premiered on the American television network ABC on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. The thirty minute Christmas special included the following: 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. It was shown again on December 9, 2009, December 4, 2010 and December 9, 2010 on ABC.
Contents
Synopsis
Shrek film series chronology
Shrek
Shrek 4-D
Shrek 2
Shrek the Third
Shrek the Halls
Shrek Forever After
Scared ShreklessThe special is set shortly after the events of Shrek the Third (and before the events of Shrek Forever After), 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 in Far, Far Away to try to find a present for Fiona, but since he does not 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)"; Gingy, 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 an enormous Santa figure that is made out of waffles, but in reality he accidentally starts 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, while in reality he is playing with one of the baubles from the christmas tree. However, Gingy's story is not happy, but horrifying, as he tells about how his girlfriend Suzy got eaten up by Santa Claus. To which Donkey finds it unbelievable, with Gingy screaming "You weren't there!".
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 ejecting his friends from the house in a fit of anger.
Christmas spirit ruined, Fiona and Shrek have a talk, after which she takes the children and leaves the swamp to go and apologize to their friends. Shrek feels downhearted that Christmas Eve did not go as he hoped it would.
Fiona catches up to their friends and explains to Donkey what Shrek had wanted for Christmas. Shrek catches up with the group, and apologizes for losing his temper. Donkey is shocked to learn that this is Shrek's first Christmas, because "ogres don't celebrate anything." Donkey also apologizes for being annoying, and explains that Christmas never goes as planned and according to his mother, "'Christmas ain't Christmas until somebody cries', and that's usually me."
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 and The Three Little Pigs
- Aron Warner as Big Bad Wolf
- Christopher Knights as Three Blind Mice
- Marissa Jaret Winokur as Bookstore Clerk
Production
Shrek the Halls was produced by DreamWorks Animation, concretely, at the PDI/DreamWorks studio. Gary Trousdale directed the special during the pre-production, but he was later replaced by Mark Baldo. The film was produced by Teresa Cheng, Gina Shay and Aron Warner and was screenplayed by Bill Riling, Theresa Cullen, Gary Trousdale and Sean Bishop.
DVD release
Shrek the Halls was released on DVD in the U.S. on November 4, 2008. It was originally available by itself, or in a bundle pack with Shrek the Third. It is unknown when a Blu-ray version will be released.
Ratings
The rating info is courtesy of Your Entertainment Now[1] and ABC Medianet.[2]
U.S. Nielsen ratings
# 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 5 November 30, 2009 TBA TBA 3.2/8 10.01 TBA TBA TBA 6 December 9, 2009 TBA TBA 2.6/8 8.53 TBA TBA TBA UK Figures
Airing Viewers
(millions)December 24, 2007 7.9[3] December 24, 2008 6.92*[4] * 6.32 million (BBC One viewers) + 0.60 million (BBC Three viewers) = 6.92. Both shown at the same time.
Television Broadcast
Country Channel Date Arab World MBC Max December 24, 2009 Australia Nine Network December 1, 2007 Australia Nine Network December 24, 2008 Australia Nine Network December 24, 2009 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 24, 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 Finland MTV3 December 24, 2007 France TF1 December 23, 2007 Germany ProSieben December 23, 2007 Hong Kong TVB Pearl December 16, 2007 Hungary TV2 December 25, 2007 Iceland Stod 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 Netherlands Net 5 December 27, 2008 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/HD 5 in HD December 25, 2007 Slovenia POP TV January 1, 2010 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 Kingdom BBC One, BBC Three and BBC HD December 24, 2008 United Kingdom BBC Three and BBC HD December 25, 2009 United Kingdom BBC One, BBC One North West and BBC HD December 24, 2010 United States ABC November 28, 2007 Venezuela Venevisión December 25, 2007 References
- ^ Calabria, Rosario T. (2007-11-29). "Broadcast TV Ratings for Wednesday, November 28, 2007 « Your Entertainment Now". Entertainmentnow.wordpress.com. http://entertainmentnow.wordpress.com/2007/11/29/broadcast-tv-ratings-for-wednesday-november-28-2007/. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ^ ABC Medianet
- ^ "BARB". BARB. 2010-06-06. http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklyterrestrial&RequestTimeout=500. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ^ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Barb.co.uk. 2010-06-06. http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopProgrammesOverview. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
External links
Shrek Films Book Shrek! · William Steig (author)Short films Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party! (2001) · Shrek 4-D (2003) · Far Far Away Idol (2004) · Shrek the Halls (2007) · Scared Shrekless (2010) · Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010) · Thriller Night (2011) · The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011)Spin-offs Puss in Boots (2011)Theme park attractions Theatrical adaptations Shrek the MusicalCharacters Video games Shrek · Shrek: Hassle at the Castle · Shrek Extra Large · Shrek Super Party · Shrek 2 · Shrek SuperSlam · Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing · Shrek the Third · Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys · Shrek n' Roll · Shrek Forever After · Super Star KartzMiscellaneous Music and discography · Shrek Ever AfterDreamWorks Animation Feature films Computer-animated- Antz (1998)
- Shrek (2001)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Shark Tale (2004)
- Madagascar (2005)
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- Bee Movie (2007)
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- Shrek Forever After (2010)
- Megamind (2010)
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
- Puss in Boots (2011)
Traditionally animated- The Prince of Egypt (1998)
- The Road to El Dorado (2000)
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Produced with
Aardman Animations- Chicken Run (2000)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
- Flushed Away (2006)
Upcoming films- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
- Rise of the Guardians (2012)
- The Croods (2013)
- Turbo (2013)
- Me and My Shadow (2013)
- Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Franchises - Shrek (2001–present)
- Madagascar (2005–present)
- Kung Fu Panda (2008–present)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010–present)
TV series Computer-animated- Father of the Pride (2004–2005)
- The Penguins of Madagascar (2008–present)
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011–present)
Traditionally animated- Toonsylvania (1998)
- Invasion America (1998)
- Alienators: Evolution Continues (2001)
- Neighbors from Hell (2010, with 20th Century Fox Television)
Television
specials- Shrek the Halls (2007)
- Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
- Merry Madagascar (2009)
- Scared Shrekless (2010)
- Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special (2010)
Direct-to-video Short films - Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party (2001)
- Shrek 4-D (2003)
- Cyclops Island (2003)
- Far Far Away Idol (2004)
- Club Oscar (2005)
- The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005)
- First Flight (2006)
- Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006)
- Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
- B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)
- Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010)
- Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-tacular (2010)
- Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011)
- Thriller Night (2011)
- Monsters vs. Aliens: Night of the Living Carrots (2011)
- The Pig Who Cried Werewolf (2011)
- Book of Dragons (2011)
- Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)
Themed lands
(attractions)Films directed by Gary Trousdale 1990s Beauty and the Beast (1991) · The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)2000s Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) · The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) · Shrek the Halls (2007)Categories:- English-language films
- 2007 films
- Shrek
- Christmas television specials
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