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Basic Info
Finding Nemo is an Academy Award-winning computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. It was released in the United States and Canada on May 30, 2003, in Australia on August 28, 2003, and the UK on October 10, 2003. The movie is the fifth Disney/Pixar feature film and the first to be released during the summer season.
The title character's name alludes to Captain Nemo, the submarine captain in two of Jules Verne's novels:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and
The Mysterious Island.
The movie was released on a two-disc DVD on November 4, 2003 in the United States and Canada, and in Australia on January 16, 2004. It went on to become one of the biggest selling DVD's of all time!
Box Office Totals
- Domestic Grosses: $339,714,978
- Overseas Grosses: $524,911,000
Cast
- Anchor: Eric Bana
- Bloat: Brad Garrett
- Bruce: Barry Humphries
- Bubbles: Stephen Root
- Chum: Bruce Spence
- Coral: Elizabeth Perkins
- Crush: Andrew Stanton
- Dory: Ellen DeGeneres
- Deb/Flo: Vicki Lewis
- Gill: Willem Dafoe
- Gurgle: Austin Pendleton
- Jacques: Joe Ranft
- Marlin: Albert Brooks
- Mister Ray: Bob Peterson
- Nemo: Alexander Gould
- Nigel: Geoffrey Rush
- Peach: Allison Janney
- Pearl: Erica Beck
- Sheldon: Erik Per Sullivan
- Squirt: Nicholas Bird
- Tad: Jordy Ranft
- Charade Fish School: John Ratzenberger
- Dentist: Bill Hunter
- Darla: LuLu Ebeling
Awards Won
- Oscar: Best Animated Feature
- Saturn Award: Best Animated Film
- Saturn Award: Best Supporting Actress (Ellen DeGeneres)
- Annie: Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature
- Annie: Outstanding Character Animation
- Annie: Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Annie: Outstanding Directing in an Animated Feature Production
- Annie: Outstanding Effects Animation
- Annie: Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production
- Annie: Outstanding Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Annie: Outstanding Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Ellen DeGeneres)
- Annie: Outstanding Writing in an Animated Feature Production
- BMI Film Music Award
- BFCA Award: Best Animated Feature
- DVDX Award: Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers [Tie]
- DVDX Award: Best Games and Interactivities
- DVDX Award: Best Menu Design
- Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Animated Film
- Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Animation
- Genesis Awards: Feature Film - Animated
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Animated Film
- Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Movie
- Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (Ellen DeGeneres)
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Best Animated Film
- Motion Picture Sound Editors USA: Best Sound Editing in Animated Features: Music
- National Board of Review USA: Best Animated Feature
- Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Animated Feature
- Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Best Animated Film
- Visual Effects Society Awards: Outstanding Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
- Young Artist Awards: Best Family Feature Film - Animation
- Young Artist Awards: Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor
(Alexander Gould)
- Young Artist Awards: Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actress
(Erica Beck)
Species in the Movie
- Marlin, Coral, & Nemo: Clownfish
- Dory: Regal Tang
- Gill: Moorish Idol
- Bloat: Pufferfish
- Bubbles: Yellow Tang
- Peach: Starfish
- Gurgle: Royal Gramma Basslet
- Jacques: Cleaner Shrimp
- Deb/Flo: Four-Stripe Damselfish
- Bruce: Great White Shark
- Chum: Mako Shark
- Anchor: Hammerhead Shark
- Crush & Squirt: Sea Turtle
- Monster: Anglerfish
- Mr. Ray: Spotted Eagle Ray
- Tad & Bill: Tropical Fish
- Pearl: Flapjack Octopus
- Ted: Octopus
- Sheldon & Bob: Seahorse
- Nigel & Gerald: Brown Pelican
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