Question 1

What unusual release strategy was used for this animated film?

Accepted Answer

Originally released in 2000, it was re-dubbed for English audiences and re-released in 2006 with new packaging to capitalize on Shark Tale (2004).

Question 2

How did this film indirectly help another animator's career?

Accepted Answer

Animator Mark Flood credits discovering this film's prize at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival with inspiring him to submit his own film, which was later accepted and screened at the same festival.

Question 3

What historical film inspired the crowd scenes led by the dictatorial pilot fish Joe?

Accepted Answer

The crowd scenes are inspired by the Nuremburg rally scenes in Leni Riefenstahl's The Triumph of the Will, with the symbol on the intelligence-giving bottle replacing the swastika.

Question 4

What is the main conflict in A Fish Tale?

Accepted Answer

Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after drinking a scientist's potion and must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours or remain fish forever.

Question 5

Which real crew member appears on Professor MacKrill's diploma in the film?

Accepted Answer

Matthias Lechner, the film's art director, has his name on Professor MacKrill's diploma.

A Fish Tale

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