Finding Nemo Review

Finding Nemo

Release Date: 28th August 2003 - Australia


Production Companies

Walt Disney Pictures (presents)

Pixar Animation Studios

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia

Genre: Animation/Family/

Adventure/Comedy

Rating: G

Runtime: 100 minutes

Budget: $94,000,000

Box Office Gross: $940,352,645 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

After his young son Nemo gets snatched by a deep-sea diver and taken to an aquarium of a dentist's office, it's up to his father, a worrisome clownfish named Marlin, to go out on an adventure and find him and is accompanied by a forgetful blue tang fish, Dory.

They encounter vegetarian sharks, jellyfish, surfer turtles and more in the middle of their journey.

Will Marlin be able to find the courage and rescue his son?

Voice Cast
Albert Brooks - Marlin

Ellen DeGeneres - Dory

Alexander Gould - Nemo

Willem Dafoe - Gill

Brad Garrett - Bloat

Allison Janney - Peach

Austin Pendleton - Gurgle

Stephen Root - Bubbles
Vicki Lewis - Deb/Flo

Joe Ranft - Jacques

Geoffrey Rush - Nigel

John Ratzenberger - School of Moonfish

Andrew Stanton - Crush/

Additional Voices
Elizabeth Perkins - Coral
Nicholas Bird - Squirt

Bob Peterson - Mr. Ray/

Additional Voices

Barry Humphries - Bruce

Eric Bana - Anchor

Bruce Spence - Chum

Bill Hunter - Dentist

LuLu Ebeling - Darla
Jordan Ranft - Tad
Erica Beck - Pearl
Erik Per Sullivan - Sheldon

Rove McManus - Additional Voices (Cameo)

Crew

Original Story/Screenplay/

Director - Andrew Stanton

Supervising Editor/Co-Director -
Lee Unkrich

Screenplay - Bob Peterson
and David Reynolds

Associate Producer - Jinko Gotoh

Executive Producer - John Lasseter

Producer - Graham Walters

Production Designer - Ralph Eggleston
Art Director: Characters - Ricky Nierva

Art Director: Shading - Robin Cooper

Art Directors: Environments - Anthony Christov

and Randy Berrett

Character Designer - Dan Lee

Additional Character Designer - Jason Deamer

Story Supervisors - Ronnie Del Carmen,

Dan Jeup and Jason Katz

Production Supervisor - Marcia Jones

Directors of Photography - Sharon Calahan,
Jeremy Lasky and Jerrica Cleland (Uncredited)

Camera Supervisor - Louis Rivera

Production Supervisor - Marcia Gwendolyn Jones

Production Manager - Lindsey Collins
Supervising Animator - Dylan Brown

Directing Animators - Alan Barillaro

and Mark A. Walsh

Supervising Technical Director - Oren Jacob

Technical Development Lead - William Reeves

Computer Graphics Supervisors: Ocean Unit -

Lisa Forssell and Danielle Feinberg

Computer Graphics Supervisor: Reef Unit -

David Eisenmann

Computer Graphics Supervisor: Sharks/

Sydney Unit - Steve May

Film Editor - David Ian Salter

Second Film Editors - Kevin Nolting,

Katherine Ringgold and Stan Webb

First Assistant Editor - Axel Geddes
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/
Re-Recording Mixer: Skywalker Sound -
Gary Rydstrom

Supervising Sound Editor: Skywalker Sound -

Michael Silvers

Sound Effects Editors: Skywalker Sound -

Teresa Eckton and Shannon Mills

Re-Recording Mixer: Skywalker Sound -

Gary Summers

Foley Editor - Al Nelson

Foley Artists - Dennie Thorpe and Jana Vance

Music - Thomas Newman

Executive Music Producer - Chris Montan

Music Production Supervisor - Tom MacDougall

Awards

2004 Academy Awards
Best Animated Feature - Andrew Stanton (Won)
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Best Writing, Original Screenplay -

Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and

David Reynolds (Nominated)
Best Music, Original Score - Thomas Newman (Nominated)
Best Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom
and Michael Silvers (Nominated)

Review
Not only does FINDING NEMO have striking humour, but it also has terrific character development and a storyline suited for an underwater family feature. Well-known Australian actors such as Barry Humphries, AKA Dame Edna Everage, Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush and the late Bill Hunter are providing the voices. Most notably, Ellen DeGeneres gives a hilarious performance as the forgetful blue tang known as Dory.

FINDING NEMO is a near-breathtaking CGI film that is likely Pixar's finest for young children and animation-loving movie-goers.

Did I mention that FINDING NEMO got re-released on 3D? It should be interesting for those who have or have not watched the 2D version of the classic.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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