The idea for the critically acclaimed Finding Nemo traces back to when director Andrew Stanton was a child and loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home. Winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the film was the second highest-grossing film of 2003, behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, earning a total of $867 million worldwide in its initial release. This made it at the time of its release the eighth highest-grossing film of all time worldwide.
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly captured from Australia's Great Barrier Reef and taken to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to Marlin (Albert Brooks), his worrisome father, and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, to make the epic journey to bring Nemo home. Their adventure brings them face-to-face with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls and more. Marlin discovers a bravery he never knew, but will he be able to find his son?
Reviews
"The use of color, form and movement make the film a delight even apart from its story." –Roger Ebert
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This film has cinematography by Sharon Calahan and Jerrica Cleland and is produced by Jinko Gotoh.
