Eagle Vs Shark
Also known as: Eagle vs. Shark
- Studio
- Whenua Films, Defender Films Limited
- Distributor
- Miramax Films
Synopsis
Lily, a lonely oddball and fast-food waitress, also happens to be a hopeless romantic. Jarrod, the man of Lily's dreams, is another lonely oddball and video game clerk, who has spent the last decade plotting ultimate vengeance on a bully from his high school past. When these two connect at a "dress as your favorite animal" party, she's an anemic Shark and he's a fluffy-headed Eagle. It's a match that seems made in outcast heaven, but when Lily decides to risk everything for love, her hopes are nearly dashed. After a brief fling, Jarrod dumps Lily because he's too busy "training" for his all-important payback mission. But neither of them can anticipate just what kind of grit the steadfastly optimistic Lily will show in her heartbreak. As Jarrod's day of reckoning arrives, and everything hits the fan, Jarrod and Lily will find something that goes beyond romantic fantasies and revenge- faith in who they are.
Characters
(Live Action): Lily, Jonah, Nancy, Doug Davis, Damien, Mason, Vinny, Gordon, Zane, Tracy, Eric Elisi, Jenny, Tony, Burger Staff, Burger Girl Customer, Meaty Love Girl, Meaty Love Boy, Mark, Duncan, Kids, Party Woman, Party Man, Kissing Girl, Kissing Boy, Skateboarding Boy, Flight Extras, Jarrod's Mum, Jarrod
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Taika Waititi Taika Cohen
- First Assistant Director
- Axel Paton
- Second Assistant Director
- Emma Cross
- Third Assistant Director
- Jacqui Pryor
Producing
- Producer
- Ainsley Gardiner. Cliff Curtis
- Executive Producer
- Emanuel Michael
- Line Produdcers
- Georgina Allison, Simon Ranginui
Writing
- Writer
- Taika Waititi Taika Cohen
- Story
- Loren Horsley, Taika Waititi Taika Cohen
Voices
- Voice
- Brian Sergent (Jonah), Rachel House (Nancy), Craig Hall (Doug Davis), Joel Tobeck (Damien), Cohen Holloway (Mason), Morag Hills (Vinny), Taika Waititi Taika Cohen (Gordon), Bernard Stewart (Zane), Gentiane Lupi (Tracy), David Fane (Eric Elisi), Chelsie Preston Crayford (Jenny), Adam Gardiner (Tony), Jackie Van Beek (Burger Staff), Miranda Manasiadis (Burger Staff), Ban Abdul (Burger Staff), Mike King (Burger Staff), Madeleine Sami (Burger Girl Customer), Anna Horsley (Meaty Love Girl), Dylan Taylor (Meaty Love Boy), Cori Gonzalez-Macuer (Mark), Aaron Cortesi (Duncan), Kura Sanderson (Kid #1), Riley Brophy (Kid #2), Rosie Graham (Kid #3), Justin Wu (Kid #4), Monique Bradley (Party Woman), Luke Buda (Party Man), Rachel Forman (Kissing Girl), Matt Wheelan (Kissing Boy), Tyrell Samia (Skateboarding Boy), Tammy Davis (Flight Extra), Julian Arahanga (Flight Extra), Tanea Heke (Jarrod's Mum), Jemaine Clement (Jarrod)
Music
- Music
- The Phoenix Foundation
Editing
- Editor
- Jonno (Jonathan) Woodford-Robinson
- Assistant Editor
- Shannon Leef
- Avid Editor
- Julie Alp
- Additional Editor
- Yana Gorskaya
- Dialogue Editor
- Polly McKinnon
Crew
- Director of Photography
- Adam Clark
- Body Double (Selected Scenes)
- Felicity Hamill
- Focus Puller
- Angus Ward
- Clapper Loader
- Blair Ihaka
- Video Split
- Kyle Clifton
- Still Photograph
- Matt Grace
- Lab Manager
- K.C. Yeung
- Telecine Manager
- Jon Newell
- Color Timer
- Lynne Reed
- Rostrum Camera
- Reiner Schoenbrunn
- Lab Liaison
- Andy Wickens
- Telecine Colorist
- David Hollingsworth
- Film Scanning and Recording (Weta Digital Ltd.)
- Nick Booth, Daniel Ashton, David Hampton
- Camera Operator
- Charles Edwards
- Cast Coordinator
- Tina Cleary
- Casting
- Loren Horsley, Taika Waititi Taika Cohen
- Additional Casting
- Tina Cleary
- Completion Guarantor (Film Finances Inc)
- Anni Browning
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Pamela Harvey-White
- Continuity
- Veronique Lawrence
- Unit Manager
- Peter Tonks
- Additional Location Scout
- Claire Ashton
- Production Coordinator
- Lisa Gilbert Thomas
- Location Manager
- Peter Tonks
- Art Director
- Simon Harper
- Art Department Assistants
- Rupert Grobben, Tony Weinberg
- Production Designer
- Joe Bleakley
- Set Dresser
- Amber Richards
- Wardrobe Assistant
- Lucy McLay
- Seamstress
- Julie Zavala Ron
- Assistant Seamstress
- Sheree Roud
- Makeup Artist
- Leanne Karena
- Makeup Assistant
- Angela Mooar
- Additional Makeup Assistant
- Susan Durno
- Costume Designer
- Amanda Neale
- Boom Operator
- Ferand Peek
- Stop-Motion Animation (Another Planet Ltd.)
- Guy Capper, Francis Salole
- Graphic Designer
- Campbell Read
- VFX Director (Another Planet Ltd.)
- Tim Capper
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Tim Capper
- Digital Imaging Manager (Weta Digital)
- Pete Williams
- Game Design (Another Planet Ltd.)
- Brett Johansen
- Modelmakers (Another Planet Ltd.)
- John Craney, Magumi Ogo
- Digital Paint (Another Planet Ltd.)
- Chris Williamson, Brett Johansen, Tomi Svehla
- Computer Systems (Another Planet Ltd.)
- Jason Bain
- Optical
- Brian Scadden
- End Titles
- Wynter Blathwayt
- Stunt Coordinator
- Sam Williams
- LX Assistant
- Chris Emerre
- Technical Director (Another Planet Ltd.)
- Chris Williamson
- Key Grip
- Melissa Ririnui
- Grip Assistant
- Maurice Kapua
- Low Loader Grip
- Darren Bradnock
- Gaffer
- Adrian Hebron
- Best Boy
- Sam Fordham
- Original Music
- The Phoenix Foundation
- Additional Music
- Reduction Agents, Age Pryor
- Original Score Performed By
- The Phoenix Foundation, Luke Buda, Will Ricketts, Warner Emery, Samuel Scott, Richie Singleton, Conrad Wedde, Lee Prebble
- Score Mixer
- Lee Prebble
- Song Performer ("Cosmic Danse, " "Blue Summer, " "Seaside")
- Luke Buda
- Song Performer ("The Pool, " "80's Celebration")
- Reduction Agents
- Song Performers ("Funny Shadow")
- Tessa Rain, Age Pryor
- Song Performer ("I Love You, Awesome, " "Brain, " "Hitchcock, " "Lily's Theme, "
- The Phoenix Foundation
- Song Performers ("I Don't Want")
- The Marvellous Medicine, Age Pryor
- Song Performers ("I Don't Want [Reprise]")
- The Marvellous Medicine, Age Pryor
- Song Performer ("The Body Breaks")
- Devendra Banhart
- Song Performer ("This Is The One")
- The Stone Roses
- Song Performer ("Idillio Italiano")
- Doro Kraus String Quartet
- Music Supervisors (Mana Music)
- Julie Spinks, Chris Gough
- Music Sound Editor
- Samuel Scott
- Assistant Music Editors
- Lee Prebble, Christian Biegai
- Music Supervision
- Mana Music
- Score Recorded At
- The Surgery
- Foley Editor
- Robyn McFarlane
- Foley Artist
- Carolyn McLaughlin
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Dave Whitehead
- Assistant Sound Editors
- Christian Biegai, Justin Webster
- Sound Manager
- John Neill
- Sound Recordist
- Nic McGowan
- ADR Recordists
- Chris Ward, Neil Aldridge
- Additional ADR Recordist
- Nigel Scott
- Re-Recording Mixers
- Gilbert Lake, Michael Hedges
- Mix Sound Editor
- Matthew Stutter
- Unit Publicist
- Maramena Roderick
- EPK
- Julian Arahanga, Nathan Hickey
- VFX Accountant (Another Planet Ltd.)
- Jane Howley
- Production Accountant
- Linus Murphy
- Production Insurance
- Crombie Lockwood
- Props Buyer
- Melissa Spicer
- Standby Props
- Sarah Weinberg
- Legal Advisor
- Emery Legal
- Acting Coach (to Mr. Clement)
- Brita McVeigh
- Acting Coach (to Ms. Horsley)
- Brita McVeigh
- Creative Consultants
- Gyula Gazdag, Myron Kerstein, Suzy Elmiger, Barbara Tulliver, Ann Collins
- Runner
- Stuart Rutherford
- Cast Driver
- Nigel Nally
- Unit Assistant
- Gabe Page
- Additional Unit
- Erina Epiha
- Swinger Driver
- Ardy Matthews
- Facilities Coordinator
- Peti Nohotima
- Production Assistant
- Dallas O'Neil
- Chaperone
- Don Hills
- Traffic and Safety
- Scott Hollingshead
- Set Catering
- Boomerang Services
- Grip Equipment
- Gripping Stuff
- Negative Cutters
- Jay Berryman, Reiner Schoenbrunn
- Music Legal Services
- Mana Music
Companies and other credits
- Sound Mixing Facility: Park Road Post Ltd
- Poster Design: Nic Inc
- Lighting Equipment: Lightin Up Film Services
- Negative Cutter: Upper Deck Film Services
- Completion Guarantee: Film Finances
- Completion Guarantee: Inc
- Distribution Sales: New Zealand Film Commission
- Financiers: New Zealand Film Commission
- Financiers: Unison Films
Production notes
Live action with animated fantasy sequences.
"The story is a mix of super-authentic interaction between the characters and these sort of dreamlike moments that Lily falls into," explained director Taika Waititi. "I've always been interested in mixing mediums, and the animation came out of my being interested in seeing the themes of the film explored in another totally different and very condensed metaphorical way."
Filmed in Wellington, New Zealand.
"The story is a mix of super-authentic interaction between the characters and these sort of dreamlike moments that Lily falls into," explained director Taika Waititi. "I've always been interested in mixing mediums, and the animation came out of my being interested in seeing the themes of the film explored in another totally different and very condensed metaphorical way."
Filmed in Wellington, New Zealand.
Awards
Feature Film Award, Best Comedy, Taika Cohen, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2007.
Best Actor Award, Best Actress, Loren Horsley, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Best Actor Award, Best Female Performance, Loren Horsley, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Jury Award, Best Film, Taika Cohen, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature, Taika Cohen, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Film Discovery Jury Award, Best Screenplay, Taika Cohen, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, 2007.
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema - Dramatic, Taika Cohen, Sundance Film Festival, 2007
Best Actor Award, Best Actress, Loren Horsley, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Best Actor Award, Best Female Performance, Loren Horsley, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Jury Award, Best Film, Taika Cohen, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature, Taika Cohen, Newport International Film Festival, 2007.
Film Discovery Jury Award, Best Screenplay, Taika Cohen, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, 2007.
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema - Dramatic, Taika Cohen, Sundance Film Festival, 2007