Eagle vs Shark is a New Zealand-made romantic comedy directed by Academy Award nominee Taika Waititi and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission. The screenplay was also written by Waititi, based on the character of Lily created by Loren Horsley.
The film had its world premiere at Sundance in the World Cinema Dramatic section of the festival and opened in the US on June 15, 2007 in New York and Los Angeles.
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Eagle vs Shark is a New Zealand-made romantic comedy directed by Academy Award nominee Taika Waititi and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission. The screenplay was also written by Waititi, based on the character of Lily created by Loren Horsley.
The film had its world premiere at Sundance in the World Cinema Dramatic section of the festival and opened in the US on June 15, 2007 in New York and Los Angeles.
The soundtrack to Eagle vs Shark features New Zealand artists The Phoenix Foundation, Age Pryor, The Reduction Agents, and Tessa Rain, along with M Ward, Devendra Banhart and 1980s British group The Stone Roses. Along with a number of songs The Phoenix Foundation wrote the original score for the film. The soundtrack is available through Hollywood Records.
Lily is a shy, wistful girl, a songwriter when no one is listening, and a cashier at a fast food restaurant who has a crush from afar on Jarrod, a geek who works in a video game store.
With Jenny not at work one day, Jarrod...
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