Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a 2003 American animated <a href="/facts/Comedy-drama/bNHltlNB">comedy-drama</a> <a href="/facts/Adventure_film/4w5RCrVI">adventure film</a> produced by <a href="/facts/Pixar_Animation_Studios/McUyzor2">Pixar Animation Studios</a> for <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_Pictures/22zg1xut">Walt Disney Pictures</a>. The film was directed by <a href="/facts/Andrew_Stanton/8181ERUa">Andrew Stanton</a>, co-directed by <a href="/facts/Lee_Unkrich/7a9yV70z">Lee Unkrich</a>, and produced by Graham Walters, from a screenplay written by Stanton, <a href="/facts/Bob_Peterson_(filmmaker)/s68MRSBy">Bob Peterson</a>, and <a href="/facts/David_Reynolds_(screenwriter)/drT02AFp">David Reynolds</a>, based on a story by Stanton. The film stars the voices of <a href="/facts/Albert_Brooks/D5sTdEo5">Albert Brooks</a>, <a href="/facts/Ellen_DeGeneres/j5Qhhv2L">Ellen DeGeneres</a>, <a href="/facts/Alexander_Gould/d7TMnPbm">Alexander Gould</a>, <a href="/facts/Willem_Dafoe/N1csrG7q">Willem Dafoe</a>, and <a href="/facts/Geoffrey_Rush/DaQ0UdkG">Geoffrey Rush</a>. It tells the story of an overprotective <a href="/facts/Clownfish/ah4qoQXf">clownfish</a> named Marlin (Brooks) who, along with a forgetful <a href="/facts/Regal_blue_tang/aa23pnlG">regal blue tang</a> named Dory (DeGeneres), searches for his missing son Nemo (Gould). Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself.
Pre-production of the film began in 1997. The inspiration for Finding Nemo sprang from multiple experiences, going back to Stanton's childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home. To ensure that the movements of the fish in the film were believable, the animators took a crash course in fish biology and oceanography. <a href="/facts/Thomas_Newman/XD04YaTG">Thomas Newman</a> composed the score for the film.
First premiering at the <a href="/facts/El_Capitan_Theatre/J3QtjFBU">El Capitan Theatre</a> in <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles/pyXpYEX9">Los Angeles</a> on May 18, Finding Nemo was released in theaters in the United States on May 30. Upon its release, it received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the visual elements, screenplay, animation, Newman's score and characters that have been cited as funny to both young moviegoers and their parents. It became the <a href="/facts/List_of_highest-grossing_animated_films/fomqqzxj">highest-grossing animated film</a> at the time of its release, and the <a href="/facts/2003_in_film/qDyGvJmW">second-highest-grossing film of 2003</a>, as well as the <a href="/facts/List_of_highest-grossing_films/64Qtvz8F">sixth-highest-grossing film overall</a> at the time of its release, earning a total of $871 million worldwide by the end of its initial theatrical run. The film received four nominations at the <a href="/facts/76th_Academy_Awards/1SxxzLmu">76th Academy Awards</a>, and won the award for <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Feature/cCHt3MjJ">Best Animated Feature</a>, becoming the first Pixar and Disney film to do so. In 2008, the <a href="/facts/American_Film_Institute/DhNpmV60">American Film Institute</a> named it as the 10th greatest American animated film as part of their <a href="/facts/AFI%2527s_10_Top_10/Y0xju4dY">10 Top 10</a> lists. Since then, it has been widely regarded as one of the <a href="/facts/Greatest_films_of_all_time/pGV2gfUG">greatest animated films of all time</a>.
Finding Nemo is the best-selling <a href="/facts/DVD/7fJsHJrN">DVD</a> title of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006, and was the highest-grossing <a href="/facts/Motion_Picture_Association_film_rating_system/18ScNqTj">G-rated</a> film of all time before Pixar's own <a href="/facts/Toy_Story_3/rbYoYxxY">Toy Story 3</a> overtook it. The film was re-released in <a href="/facts/3D_film/nuwLrplG">3D</a> in 2012. A sequel, <a href="/facts/Finding_Dory/JDscK807">Finding Dory</a>, was released in June 2016.

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