24 Facts About Finding Nemo

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Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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Finding Nemo noticed that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to return home.

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Finding Nemo is the best-selling DVD title 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.

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Marlin is overprotective of Finding Nemo, born with a stunted right fin.

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Finding Nemo is placed in an aquarium in the office of dentist Philip Sherman in Sydney.

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Finding Nemo meets the "Tank Gang": yellow tang Bubbles, starfish Peach, cleaner shrimp Jacques, blowfish Bloat, royal gramma Gurgle, and twin damselfish Deb and Flo, led by Gill, a Moorish idol.

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Finding Nemo is to be given to Sherman's niece Darla, who has killed her previous fish.

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Finding Nemo succeeds in blocking the filter and soon the aquarium is covered in green algae.

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Finding Nemo'srman has foiled the Tank Gang with a new high-tech filter.

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10.

When Darla arrives Finding Nemo plays dead and Nigel terrifies Darla, throwing the office into chaos.

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11.

Finding Nemo meets Dory but she does not remember him until her memory returns when she reads the word "Sydney" on a drainpipe.

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Inspiration for Finding Nemo sprang from multiple experiences, going back to director Andrew 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.

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Finding Nemo originally did the voice for the film's story reel and assumed they would find an actor later.

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Finding Nemo recorded all his dialogue while lying on a sofa in Unkrich's office.

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The studio held auditions on the reservation, but finding an age-appropriate native speaker to voice Nemo was hard, Dempsey said, as the majority of native Navajo speakers are over 40 years old.

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Finding Nemo was the second movie to receive a Navajo dubbing: in 2013, a Navajo version of Star Wars was created.

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Finding Nemo was the first Pixar film not to be scored by Randy Newman.

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Finding Nemo was advertised as promotional partners on other companies, like Frito-Lay, Keebler, Pepsi, Ralphs, Dreyer's, Jel Sert, Airheads, Orville Redenbacher's and THQ.

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Finding Nemo advertised the film on Vanilla Wafers, Chips Deluxe, Mini Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stripes, Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies, Rice Krispies Treats and limited edition Nemo-themed cookies.

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20.

Finding Nemo defeated The Matrix Reloaded to become the highest-grossing film of the 2003 summer season.

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Finding Nemo was the first film to reclaim the number one spot since Die Another Day and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002.

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Finding Nemo would hold the record for having the highest international gross for an animated film until 2009 when it was taken by Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

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23.

Finding Nemo won the Academy Award and Saturn Award for Best Animated Film.

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Finding Nemo was acknowledged as the 10th best film in the animation genre.

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