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| name = Finding Nemo
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|image = Finding Nemo 2003 Poster.jpg
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|director = [[Andrew Stanton]]
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| image = Nemo.jpg
 
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|producer = Graham Walters
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| director = [[Andrew Stanton]] <br> [[Lee Unkrich]] (co-director)
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|story = Andrew Stanton
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|studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures]]<br>[[Pixar]]
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| producer = [[Graham Walters]]
 
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|distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures]]
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| eproducer = [[John Lasseter]]
 
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|runtime = 100 minutes
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| aproducer = [[Graham Walters]]
 
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|release = May 30, 2003 (United States)<br>August 17, 2003 (Turkey)
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| writer = [[Andrew Stanton]] (story/script) <br>Bob Peterson (script) <br> David Reynolds (script)
 
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|country = {{United States}}
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| starring = [[Alexander Gould]] <br> [[Albert Brooks]] <br> [[Ellen DeGeneres]] <br> [[Willem Dafoe]] <br> [[Jess Harnell]] <br> [[Frank Oz]] <br> [[Nicholas Bird]] <br> [[Andrew Stanton]] <br> Bob Peterson <br> [[Vicky Lewis]] <br> Bruce Spence <br> [[John Ratzenberger]]
 
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|language = English
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| music = [[Randy Newman]]
 
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|rating = {{G}}<br>[[File:G2.png|20px]] (Australia)
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| cinematography = [[Sharon Calahan]]<br>[[Jeremy Lasky]]
 
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|budget = $94 million
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| editing = [[David Ian Salter]]
 
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|gross = $936.7 million
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| distributor = [[Walt Disney Pictures]], Pixar
 
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|title = Finding Nemo
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| released = [[May 30]], [[2003]]
 
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|imdb_id = 0266543
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| runtime = 100 min
 
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|tagline =
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| country = USA
 
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|screenplay = Andrew Stanton<br>[[Bob Peterson]]<br>[[David Reynolds]]
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| awards = 1 Oscar ([[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]], 3 Nominations
 
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| language = English
 
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|cast = [[Albert Brooks]] as Marlin<br>[[Ellen DeGeneres]] as Dory<br>[[Alexander Gould]] as Nemo<br>[[Willem Dafoe]] as Gill <br>[[Brad Garrett]] as Bloat<br>[[Allison Janney]] as Peach<br>[[Austin Pendleton]] as Gurgle<br>[[Stephen Root]] as Bubbles<br>[[Vicki Lewis]] as Deb (& Flo)<br>[[Joe Ranft]] as Jacques<br>[[Geoffrey Rush]] as Nigel<br>[[Elizabeth Perkins]] as Coral<br>[[Nicholas Bird]] as Squirt<br>[[Bob Peterson]] as Mr. Ray<br>[[Barry Humphries]] as Bruce<br>[[Eric Bana]] as Anchor<br>[[Bruce Spence]] as Chum<br>[[Bill Hunter]] as Dentist<br>[[Lulu Ebeling]] as Darla<br>[[Jody Ranft]] as Tad<br>[[Erica Beck]] as Pearl<br>[[Erik Perk Sullivan]] as Sheldon<br>[[John Ratzenberger]] as Fish School
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| budget = $94 million
 
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|cinematographer = Sharon Calahan <br>Jeremy Lasky
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| gross = '''Domestic''': $339,714,978<br>'''Worldwide''': $864,625,978
 
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|composer =
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| preceded_by = [[Monsters, Inc.]] (2001)
 
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|music by = [[Thomas Newman]]
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| followed_by = [[The Incredibles]](2004)
 
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|editor = [[David Ian Salter]]
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|release date = {{Film date|2003|05|30}}
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|location = {{Australia}}
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}}'''''Finding Nemo''''' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by [[Pixar]] and released by [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. Written and directed by [[Andrew Stanton]], 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 let Nemo take care of himself.
   
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Originally released on May 30, 2003, the film was eventually re-released in 3D on September 14, 2012, and it was released on Blu-ray on December 4, 2012. The film received widespread critical acclaim, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and was nominated in three more categories including Best Original Screenplay. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2003, earning a total of $936 million worldwide. ''Finding Nemo'' is the best-selling DVD 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. It is the 31st highest-grossing film of all time, as well as the 5th highest-grossing animated film. 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]]'', is in production, set to be released on June 17, 2016.
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'''''Finding Nemo''''' is an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning [[computer animation|computer-animated]] [[film]] produced by [[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]] and released to theaters by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] and [[Buena Vista Distribution]]. It was released in the [[United States]]/[[Canada]] on May 30<sup>th</sup>, [[2003]], in Australia on August 28<sup>th</sup>, [[2003]], and in the UK on October 10<sup>th</sup>, [[2004]]. The movie is the fifth [[Disney]]/Pixar feature film and the first to be released during the summer season.
 
   
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==Plot==
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The movie was released on a two-disc DVD on November 4<sup>th</sup>, [[2003]] in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], and in Australia on January 16<sup>th</sup>, [[2004]]. It went on to become the best selling DVD of all time at 28 million copies sold.
 
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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 that Coral and all but one of the eggs have disappeared. Marlin names this last egg Nemo, a name that Coral liked.
   
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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 โ€“ Bruce, Anchor and Chum โ€“ who are trying to make friends with fish in an old minefield. 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.
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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 swim 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.
   
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Meanwhile, Nemo is placed in a fish tank in the office of a dentist named Philip 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 Tank Gang includes Bloat, a puffer fish; Bubbles, a yellow tang; Peach, an ochre starfish; Gurgle, a royal gramma; Jacques, a pacific cleaner shrimp; and Deb, a blacktailed humbug.
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''Finding Nemo'' set a record as the highest grossing opening weekend for an animated feature, making $70 million (surpassed in [[1999 in film|1999]] by ''[[Toy Story 2]]''). It was, for a time, the highest grossing animated film of all time, eclipsing the record set by ''[[The Lion King II; Simba's Pride]]''. However, in less than four weeks of release, ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' surpassed.
 
   
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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 shot 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 gracefully jams the filter, but the dentist installs a new high-tech filter before they can escape.
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==Voice actors and characters==
 
   
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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 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.
   
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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 in plastic bags.
   
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==Voice cast==
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*[[Albert Brooks]] as Marlin
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*[[Ellen DeGeneres]] as Dory
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*[[Alexander Gould]] as Nemo
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*[[Willem Dafoe]] as Gill
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*[[Elizabeth Perkins]] as Coral
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*[[Allison Janney]] as Peach
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*[[Brad Garrett]] as Bloat
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*[[Vicki Lewis]] as Deb (& Flo)
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*[[Stephen Root]] as Bubbles
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*[[Austin Pendleton]] as Gurgle
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*[[Joe Ranft]] as Jacques
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*[[Andrew Stanton]]ย as Crush
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*[[Nicholas Bird]] as Squirt
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*[[Barry Humphries]] as Bruce
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*[[Bill Hunter]] as Dr. Philip Sherman
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==Additional Voices==
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*[[Dee Bradley Baker]]ย - Barracuda (uncredited)
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*[[James S. Baker]] - Dolphin
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*[[Bob Bergen]]ย - Blenny
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*[[Bobby Block]] - Fish Kids
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*[[Susan Blu]]
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*[[Geoff Brooks]] - Blue Diver
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*[[Jane Carr]]ย - Fish Mom
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*[[Jennifer Darling]] - Female Albatross
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*[[Paul Eiding]]ย - Trump the Grey Fish
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*[[Laura Marano]]ย - Sea Turtle Kid
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*[[Evan Sabara]] - Sea Turtle Kid, Krill
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*[[David Ian Salter]] - Kung Fu Crab
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The film's prominent use of clownfish prompted mass purchase of the animals for children's pets in the United States, even though the movie portrayed the use of fish as pets negatively and saltwater aquariums are notably tricky and expensive to maintain.<ref>{{cite news| first= Elizabeth | last= Jackson | author= | url= http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/busrpt/stories/s1000651.htm | title= Acquiring Nemo | work= | publisher= The Business Report | pages= | page= |date= 29 November 2002 | accessdate= 2006-11-10}}</ref> As of 2003, in Vanuatu, clownfish were being caught on a large scale for sale as pets, motivated by the demand.<ref>{{cite news| first= Mark | last= Corcoran | author= | url=http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2004/s1239666.htm| title=Vanuatu - Saving Nemo| work= | publisher=ABC Foreign Correspondent | pages= | page= |date= 9 November 2004 | accessdate= 2006-10-23}}</ref>
 
   
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At the same time, the film had a central theme that "all drains lead back to the ocean." (A main character escapes from imprisonment by going down a sink drain and ending up in the sea.) This allegedly caused many children to flush their living fish down toilets in imitation of the picture. Major sewage companies teamed with Disney to release press statements that attempted to address the situation with humor. "Although all drains DO lead to water," they read, "water always passes through a turbine before leading to the ocean."{{fact}} Of course, in the case of Sydney, much of the sewer system does pass directly to outfall pipes deep offshore, without a high level of treatment (although pumping and some filtering occurs).<ref>{{cite web
 
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The [[France|French]] children's book author Franck Le Calvez sued [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], claiming that the story and the characters were stolen from his book ''Pierrot Le Poisson-Clown'' (Pierrot the Clownfish). The idea of Pierrot was protected in 1995 and the book was released in France in November 2002.<ref>{{cite news| first= Kim | last= Willsher | author= | url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/12/28/wdiz28.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/12/28/ixnewstop.htmlm | title= Disney 'copied my idea for Nemo' claims French author | work= | publisher= Telegraph | pages= | page= |date= 28 December 2003 | accessdate= 2006-11-10}}</ref> [http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2004-03-15-author-loses-to-nemo_x.htm] Franck Le Calvez and his lawyer, Pascal Kamina, demanded from Disney a share of the profits from merchandising articles sold in France. Le Calvez and Kamina lost the lawsuit on March 12, [[2004]], but intended to file an appeal on October 5. {{fact}}
 
   
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Queensland, Australia also used Finding Nemo to draw tourists to promote its state for vacationers.<ref>{{cite news| first= Anthony | last= Dennis | author= | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588323028.html?from=storyrhs | title=Sydney ignores Nemo | work= | publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald | pages= | page= |date= 11 August 2003 | accessdate= 2006-10-23}}</ref>
 
   
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==Awards==
 
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== Sequel ==
 
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Due to the box office response to ''Finding Nemo'', Laurie Craig had been hired to write the screenplay for a ''Finding Nemo''.<ref name="Nemo 2 screenplay">[http://animatedviews.com/2012/bob-hilgenberg-and-rob-muir-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-disneys-circle-7-animation/ Animated Views], "Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir on the Rise and Fall of Disneyโ€™s Circle 7 Animation"</ref> One of the drafts for ''Finding Nemo 2'' flipped the premise of the first film so that Nemo had to search for his father, Dory regained her memory by a hit on the head, and Nemo was given a long-lost brother.<ref name="Nemo 2 draft">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721033450/http://www.cc2konline.com/movies/script-reviews/1856-script-review-finding-nemo-2 Script Review: Finding Nemo 2], by Russell Davidson, CC2K. Retrieved via the Internet Archive</ref>
 
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Prior to this, Disney CEO Michael Eisner and Pixar owner Steve Jobs began to disagree on how the relationship between the two companies would continue, resulting in Jobs announcing in January 2004 that Pixar would not renew their agreement with Disney and would look for other distributors for their films. In response, Eisner created [[wikipedia:Circle 7 Animation|Circle 7 Animation]] to make sequels for the seven Pixar films they owned the rights for, including ''Finding Nemo''. The new division was created as a bargaining chip to either force Jobs to completely break off negotiations, opening the way for Disney to make sequels cheaper than Pixar could, or would push Pixar to renew the agreement.<ref name="Sequel unit">[http://articles.latimes.com/2005/mar/16/business/fi-animate16 Los Angeles Times]: "Disney Plans Life After Pixar With Sequel Unit"</ref><ref name="Toy Story">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1204709,00.html Entertainment Weekly]: "Woody: The Untold Story"</ref>
 
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Work on a ''Finding Nemo'' sequel ended until 2012, at which point a new sequel was announced: ''[[Finding Dory]]''. It is currently in production for a June 17, 2016 release. Many of the cast from the first movie will reprise their roles.
 
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Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Andrew Stanton, 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 let Nemo take care of himself.

Originally released on May 30, 2003, the film was eventually re-released in 3D on September 14, 2012, and it was released on Blu-ray on December 4, 2012. The film received widespread critical acclaim, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and was nominated in three more categories including Best Original Screenplay. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2003, earning a total of $936 million worldwide. Finding Nemo is the best-selling DVD 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. It is the 31st highest-grossing film of all time, as well as the 5th highest-grossing animated film. 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, is in production, set to be 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 that Coral and all but one of the eggs have disappeared. 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 โ€“ Bruce, Anchor and Chum โ€“ who are trying to make friends with fish in an old minefield. 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 swim 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 Philip 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 Tank Gang includes Bloat, a puffer fish; Bubbles, a yellow tang; Peach, an ochre starfish; Gurgle, a royal gramma; Jacques, a pacific cleaner shrimp; and Deb, a blacktailed humbug.

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 shot 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 gracefully 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 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.

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 in plastic bags.

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