Release Date
June 15, 2007 (LA/NY)
June 22, 2007 (Moderate)
June 22, 2007 (Moderate)
DVD Release Date
January 8, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Taika Waititi
Writer
Taika Waititi
Cast
Loren Horsley, Jemaine Clement, Brian Sergent, Rachel House, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck, Jackie van Beek
Studio
Running Time
87 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language, some sexuality, and brief animated violence
What is Eagle Vs. Shark about?
"Eagle Vs. Shark," directed by Academy Award®-nominee Taika Waititi (the short, "Two Cars One Night"), is a wry comedy that chronicles the quirky romance of two awkward misfits, Lily (Loren Horsley), a shy fast-food restaurant cashier, and her crush, Jarrod (Jemaine Clement, HBO's "One Night Stand: The Flight of the Conchords"), an electronic store clerk. On the day Lily gets fired from her job at Meaty Boy, she musters up the courage to attend Jarrod's... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Eagle vs. Shark, a quirky romantic comedy from New Zealand, arrives on DVD on Tuesday. Most easily compared to a slightly more realistic Napoleon Dynamite, the movie benefits from some pretty weird characters and situations but suffers from the fact that it is essentially a not-as-funny version of that film.
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