Finding Nemo

Name: Finding Nemo

Directed by: Andrew Stanton

Co-Directed by: Lee Unkrich

Screenplay by: Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and Andrew Stanton

Original Story by: Andrew Stanton

Produced by: Graham Walters

Executive Producer: John Lasseter

Cinematography by: Sharon Calahan and Jeremy Lasky

Film Editing by: David Ian Salter

Production Design by: Ralph Eggleston

Music by: Thomas Newman

Studio: Pixar Animation Studios

Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

Airdate: May 30, 2003

Length: 100 minutes

Budget: $94 million

Box Office: $936.7 million

Pixar Movie Number: 516

Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, written and directed by Andrew Stanton. The film stars the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, and Willem Dafoe. It tells the story of the overprotective clownfish named Marlin who, along with a regal tang named Dory, searches for his abducted son Nemo all the way to Sydney Harbour. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself.

Finding Nemo; the 516th Pixar film was released on May 30, 2003, and has received universal critical acclaim. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and was nominated in three more categories, including Best Original Screenplay. Finding Nemo became the highest-grossing animated film at the time and was the second highest-grossing film of 2003, earning a total of $867 million worldwide by the end of its initial theatrical run.

The film is the best-selling DVD title of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006, and was the highest-grossing G-rated film of all time before Pixar's own Toy Story 3 overtook it. The film was re-released in 3D in 2012. In 2008, the American Film Institute named it the 10th greatest animated film ever made as part of their 10 Top 10 lists. A sequel, Finding Dory, was released on June 17, 2016.

Plot
Two ocellaris clownfish, Marlin and his wife Coral, admire their new home in the Great Barrier Reef and their clutch of eggs when a barracuda attacks, knocking Marlin unconscious. He wakes up to find out that Coral and all but one of the eggs have been eaten by the barracuda. Marlin names this last egg Nemo, a name that Coral liked.

Nemo develops a smaller right fin as a result of damage to his egg during the attack, which limits his swimming ability. Worried about Nemo's safety, Marlin embarrasses Nemo during a school field trip. Nemo sneaks away from the reef and is captured by scuba divers. As the boat departs, a diver accidentally knocks his diving mask overboard. While attempting to save Nemo, Marlin meets Dory, a good-hearted and optimistic regal blue tang with short-term memory loss. Marlin and Dory meet three sharks – Bruce, Anchor and Chum – who claim to be vegetarians. Marlin discovers the diver's mask and notices an address written on it. When he argues with Dory and accidentally gives her a nosebleed, the blood scent causes Bruce to enter an uncontrollable feeding frenzy. The pair escape from Bruce but the mask falls into a trench in the deep sea.

During a hazardous struggle with an anglerfish in the trench, Dory sees the diving mask and reads the address located in Sydney, Australia. The pair swims on, receiving directions to Sydney from a school of moonfish. Marlin and Dory encounter a bloom of jellyfish that nearly kills them. Marlin loses consciousness and wakes up on a sea turtle named Crush, who takes Marlin and Dory on the East Australian Current. Marlin tells the details of his long journey with a group of sea turtles, and his story is spread across the ocean. He also sees how Crush gets on well with his son Squirt.

Meanwhile, Nemo is placed in a fish tank in the office of a dentist named Phillip Sherman on Sydney Harbour. He meets aquarium fish called the Tank Gang, led by a moorish idol named Gill, who has a broken fin. The fish learn that Nemo is to be given to Sherman's niece, Darla, who killed a fish by constantly shaking its bag. Gill then reveals his plan to escape, jamming the tank's filter, forcing the dentist to remove the fish to clean it. The fish would be placed in plastic bags, and then they would roll out the window and into the harbor. After an attempt at the escape goes wrong, a brown pelican, Nigel, brings news of Marlin's adventure. Inspired by his father's determination, Nemo successfully jams the filter, but the dentist installs a new high-tech filter before they can escape.

After leaving the East Australian Current, Marlin and Dory are engulfed by a blue whale. Inside the whale's mouth, Dory communicates with the whale, which carries them to Port Jackson and expels them through his blowhole. They meet Nigel, who recognizes Marlin from the stories he has heard, and he takes them to Sherman's office. Darla has just arrived and the dentist is handing Nemo to her. Nemo plays dead to save himself as Nigel arrives. Marlin sees Nemo and believes he is dead before Nigel is violently thrown out. In despair, Marlin leaves Dory and begins to swim home. Gill then helps Nemo escape into a drain that leads to the ocean. Dory loses her memory and becomes confused, and meets Nemo, who reached the ocean. Eventually, Dory's memory returns after she reads the word "Sydney" on a drainpipe. She directs Nemo to Marlin and they reunite, but then Dory is caught in a fishing net with a school of grouper. Nemo enters the net and orders the group to swim downward to break the net, enabling them to escape. After returning home, Nemo leaves for school, with Crush's son Squirt, and Marlin, no longer overprotective, proudly watches Nemo swim away with Dory at his side.

Meanwhile at the dentist's office, the high-tech filter breaks down and the Tank Gang escapes into the harbor, belatedly realizing they are still confined to their plastic bags. In a post-credits scene, Mike from Monsters Inc. swims past while a tiny green fish (shown earlier in the film) sees the anglerfish and swallows it whole.

Voice Cast
•	Albert Brooks as Marlin, an overly-concerned clownfish

•	Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, an energetic regal tang

•	Alexander Gould as Nemo, a juvenile clownfish and Marlin's son

•	Willem Dafoe as Gill, a moorish idol

•	Andrew Stanton as Crush, a 150-year old sea turtle

•	Barry Humphries as Bruce, a great white shark who attempts not to eat fish

•	Geoffrey Rush as Nigel, an Australian pelican

•	Brad Garrett as Bloat, a pufferfish

•	Allison Janney as Peach, a pink starfish

•	Austin Pendleton as Gurgle, a royal gramma

•	Stephen Root as Bubbles, a yellow tang

•	Vicki Lewis as Deb, a four-striped damselfish

•	Joe Ranft as Jacques, a cleaner shrimp

•	John Ratzenberger as the school of moonfish, a group of fish who help Marlin and Dory

•	Bob Peterson as Mr. Ray, a spotted eagle ray

•	Eric Bana as Anchor, a hammerhead shark and Bruce's friend

•	Bruce Spence as Chum, a mako shark and Bruce's friend

•	Bill Hunter as Dr. Philip Sherman, a dentist that lives in Australia

•	Elizabeth Perkins as Coral, Marlin's wife

•	Nicholas Bird as Squirt, Crush's son

•	Erik Per Sullivan as Sheldon, a seahorse that is one of Nemo's friends.

•	Jordy Ranft as Tad, a yellow longnose butterflyfish that is one of Nemo's friends

•	Erica Beck as Pearl, a flapjack octopus that is one of Nemo's friends

•	LuLu Ebeling as Darla, Dr. Sherman's niece

•	Jack Angel as Mr. Johansen, a grey flounder

•	Bob Bergen as Blenny, a frightening little green fish that does not speak

•	Laraine Newman as a pelican who tells Marlin's stories

•	Laura Marano, Vanessa Marano, Daryl Sabara and Evan Sabara as sea turtle kids

•	Rove McManus, David Ian Salter and Lee Unkrich as the crabs

•	Carlos Alazraqui as Bill, Tad's father.

•	Phil Proctor as Bob, Sheldon's father.

•	Jim Ward as Ted, Pearl's father.

•	Mickie McGowan as Barbara, Dr. Sherman's receptionist.

•	Katherine Ringgold as Kathy, one of Mr. Ray's students.

•	Jess Harnell, Jan Rabson and Andrew Stanton as the annoying seagulls

•	Marc John Jefferies as Gerald, a pelican who chokes on Marlin and Dory

Media Release

 * Finding Nemo is released on Disney DVD/video tape in November 4, 2003.

Aspect Ratios

 * 1.85:1 (Widescreen)
 * 1.33:1 (Fullscreen)

DVD Main Menu

 * Introduction
 * Play Movie
 * Scene Selection
 * Sneak Peeks
 * Setup and Audio
 * English
 * French
 * Spanish
 * Portuguese

Previews

 * The Incredibles Teaser Trailer (In Theaters 2004)
 * Home On The Range Trailer (In Theaters 2004)
 * The Lion King 1 ½ Trailer (In Theaters 2004)
 * The Santa Clause 2 Trailer (On Video/Disney DVD November 18th)

Quotes

 * To see the quotes page, click here: "Quotes".