What a load of...(sound of toilet flush)." Torn out pages were used by Shrek as toilet paper.Introduced by the tune "All Star" performed by Smash Mouth (during the credits), Shrek was a large, surly, sarcastic, wisecracking, Scottish-accented greenish ogre with a round face and stinky breath, who took a mud shower outdoors near his swamp home, and blew fart bubbles in a mud pool.Originally however, the Rank Organisation studio thought hat it was an artistic over-indulgence and denied the film proper financial backing and publicity, since it was already over-budget and presumed a failure.The poetic verse is taken fromMiss Kilmansegg: Her Moralby early 19th century writer Thomas Hood.The film opens with an iris-in long shot of the tree-covered mountains of California""s gold country (Placer County), filmed in documentary style.Astonished by the brownish, dry and arid landscape, Leslie asked: "Is hat Texas?" The train tracks were next to the Benedict stockyards where Reata cattle were shipped to market.Linton""s horses.Heathcliff: Let him look after his own.Cathy: Heathcliff! (She is restrained by Edgar)Edgar: I""ve already done so.Cathy (to Heathcliff): Apologize to Mr.Linton at once.(Heathcliff walks out of the room without a word)The polished, but feckless Edgar utters his contempt for Heathcliff in Cathy""s presence, and she vehemently defends her friendship for him:Edgar: I simply cannot understand how your brother can allow that beast of a gypsy to have the run of the house.