Help! I'm a Fish
Help! I'm A Fish (Danish: Hjælp, jeg er en fisk; also known as A Fish Tale) is a 2000 animated science fantasy musical film directed by Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring and Michael Hegner, and written by Stefan Fjeldmark, Karsten Kiilerich, John Stefan Olsen and Tracy J. Brown. It stars the voices of Alan Rickman, Terry Jones and a then-unknown Aaron Paul.
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| Danish | Hjælp, jeg er en fisk |
| Directed by | Stefan Fjeldmark Michael Hegner Greg Manwaring (uncredited) |
| Written by | Stefan Fjeldmark Karsten Kiilerich John Stefan Olsen Tracy J. Brown |
| Produced by | Anders Mastrup Russell Boland |
| Starring | Jeff Pace Michelle Westerson Aaron Paul Terry Jones Alan Rickman David Bateson |
| Edited by | Per Risager |
| Music by | Søren Hyldgaard |
Production companies | A. Film APS Egmont Imagination Munich Animation GmbH Kinowelt Medien AG EIV Entertainment Filmproduktion TerraGlyph Rights Limited TV2 Denmark Eurimages |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film (Denmark) Kinowelt (Germany) HanWay Films and PID (Internationally) |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Countries | Denmark Germany Ireland |
| Languages | Danish English |
| Budget | 101 million DKK ($18 million USD) |
| Box office | $5.6 million |
It was released on 6 October 2000 in Denmark, 10 August 2001 in the United Kingdom, and 5 September 2006 in the United States. Danish teen-pop girl group Little Trees performed the title track, "Help! I'm a Fish (Little Yellow Fish)", which was released as a single in the UK. Fellow Danish girl group Creamy also recorded a version of the song. The Belgian girl group K3 also recorded a Dutch version of the song for the movie. Animation production was split between A. Film Production in Denmark, Munich Animation in Germany and Terraglyph Interactive Studios in Dublin, Ireland.