Release date: April 22, 2001 (USA)
Directors: Vicky Jenson, Andrew Adamson
Writers: William Steig (book), Ted Elliott (screenplay)
Featured song: I'm a Believer
MPAA rating: PG
Story by: William Steig
Starring (Cast): The film's voice cast Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad, Vincent Cassel as "Monsieur" Robin Hood, Conrad Vernon as Gingerbread Man, Chris Miller as Geppetto/ Magic Mirror, Cody Cameron as Pinocchio / The Three Little Pigs, Simon J. Smith as Three Blind Mice, Christopher Knights as Three Blind Mice and Thelonius, Aron Warner as Big Bad Wolf, Jim Cummings as Captain of the Guards, Kathleen Freeman as Old Woman (Donkey's ex-owner), Andrew Adamson as Duloc Mascot (a man dressed in a suit that looks like Lord Farquaad), Bobby Block as Baby Bear from the Three Bears, Michael Galasso as Peter Pan, Elisa Gabrielli as additional voices.
Storyline: Shrek, a green ogre who loves the solitude in his swamp, finds his life interrupted when many fairytale characters are exiled there by order of the fairytale-hating Lord Farquaad. Shrek tells them that he will go ask Farquaad to send them back. He brings along a talking Donkey who is the only fairytale creature who knows the way to Duloc.
Farquaad tortures the Gingerbread Man into giving the location of the remaining fairytale creatures until his guards rush in with something he has been searching for: the Magic Mirror. He asks The Mirror if his kingdom is the fairest of them all but is told that he is not even a king. To be a king he must marry a princess and is given three options, from which he chooses Princess Fiona, who is locked in a castle tower guarded by lava and a dragon. The Mirror tries to mention "the little thing that happens at night" but is unsuccessful.
Shrek and Donkey arrive at Farquaad's palace in Duloc, where they end up in a tournament. The winner gets the "privilege" of rescuing Fiona so that Farquaad may marry her. Shrek and Donkey easily defeat the other knights in wrestling-match fashion, and Farquaad accepts his offer to move the fairytale creatures from his swamp if Shrek rescues Fiona.
Shrek and Donkey travel to the castle and split up to find Fiona. Donkey encounters the dragon and sweet-talks the beast before learning that it is female. Dragon takes a liking to him and carries him to her chambers. Shrek finds Fiona, who is appalled at his lack of romanticism. As they leave, Shrek saves Donkey, caught in Dragon's tender clutches, and forces her to chase them out of the castle. At first, Fiona is thrilled to be rescued but is quickly disappointed when Shrek reveals he is an ogre.
As the three journey to Duloc, Fiona urges the two to camp out for the night while she sleeps in a cave. Shrek and Donkey stargaze while Shrek tells stories about great ogres and says that he will build a wall around his swamp when he returns. When Donkey persistently asks why, he says that everyone judges him before knowing him; therefore, he feels he is better off alone, despite Donkey's admission that he did not immediately judge him when they met.
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