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The first thing you notice about Shrek the Ogre is that he is ugly. As drawn by William Steig in his picture book Shrek!, the ogre has rotten green skin, red eyes, ears that look like miniature elephant trunks, and a big, hairy, potato nose. Steig writes, "His mother was ugly and his father was ugly, but Shrek was uglier than the two of them put together." Creatures in the swamp where Shrek lives are all afraid of him. Flowers wilt in his presence. Shrek is ugly--very ugly.
But Shrek's red eyes and hairy nose haven't prevented him from becoming the star of a new animated movie, a movie which is attracting lots of attention and showing signs of becoming a huge success. Shrek took his first step towards movie stardom when his book caught the fancy of the two young children of movie producer John H. Williams. The two kids loved the story of the ugly ogre who leaves his jaw crusher swamp and goes out into the world in search of adventure. As he read the story over and over again to his children, Williams himself started to see Shrek's potential. "He was a great movie character in search of a movie," says Williams.
In the movie, Shrek's quiet life in the swamp is interrupted by the arrival of a band of fairy-tale characters, including blind mice, three little pigs, and a big, bad wolf. They've been banished into the swamp by the evil Lord Farquaad. In order to help his new acquaintances go home, and to 6)regain the peace and quiet of his own home, Shrek agrees to carry out a mission for Farquaad. He will rescue Princess Fiona from a dangerous, fire-breathing 8)dragon. Fiona will become Farquaad's bride, and the 1exiled mice, pigs, and wolf will be allowed to return home.
Providing the voices for the characters is a cast that includes Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow--all great comedy actors. Meyers, famous for his role as the funny spy Austin Powers, plays the title role of Shrek. He says he took the role in part because Shrek's tale is "a great story about accepting yourself for who you are." Director Andrew Adamson says that Meyers was able to step into his character and stay there, even between takes. Meyers became Shrek, and provided wonderful, improvised lines. "The improv moments were gold," says Adamson. "Those are the moments that give the animators the most to go on, because at that point, it's not a written piece of dialogue, it's a character come to life." Rotary dryer : http://www.hxjqcrusher.com/Dryer.html
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