Finding Nemo - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Finding Nemo"
Finding Nemo (2003)
Timing: 1:40 (100 min)
Finding Nemo - TMDB rating
7.817/10
20421
Finding Nemo - Kinopoisk rating
7.941/10
383771
Finding Nemo - IMDB rating
8.2/10
1200000

Film crew

Director

Producer

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Graham Walters
Producer

Executive Producer

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John Lasseter

John Lasseter
Executive Producer

Casting

Mary Hidalgo
Casting
Kevin Reher
Casting
Matthew Jon Beck
Casting

Editor

Art Direction

Robin Cooper
Art Direction
Randy Berrett
Art Direction
Anthony Christov
Art Direction

Production Design

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Gary Rydstrom

Gary Rydstrom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gary Summers

Gary Summers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

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Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer

Production Supervisor

Marcia Gwendolyn Jones
Production Supervisor

Associate Producer

Jinko Gotoh
Associate Producer

Orchestrator

Thomas Pasatieri
Orchestrator

Director of Photography

Jeremy Lasky
Director of Photography
Sharon Calahan
Director of Photography

Musician

Bruce White
Musician
Frank Marocco
Musician
Mark Berrow
Musician
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Rachel Bolt
Musician
Andrew Findon
Musician
Anna Noakes
Musician
Jonathan Williams
Musician
Paul Kegg
Musician

Sound Effects Editor

E.J. Holowicki
Sound Effects Editor
Shannon Mills
Sound Effects Editor
Teresa Eckton
Sound Effects Editor

Supervising Sound Editor

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Gary Rydstrom

Gary Rydstrom
Supervising Sound Editor
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Michael Silvers
Supervising Sound Editor

Script Supervisor

Jason Katz
Script Supervisor
Dan Jeup
Script Supervisor

Character Designer

Dan Lee
Character Designer

Animation

Rich Quade
Animation
Billy Merritt
Animation
Brett Pulliam
Animation
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Bret Parker
Animation
Gini Cruz Santos
Animation
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Scott Clark
Animation
Andrew Gordon
Animation
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Shawn Krause
Animation
David DeVan
Animation
Stephen Gregory
Animation
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Bobby Podesta
Animation
Michael Berenstein
Animation
Brett Coderre
Animation
Doug Dooley
Animation
Nancy Kato
Animation
Bobby Beck
Animation
Tim Crawfurd
Animation
Ike Feldman
Animation
Karen Kiser
Animation
Wendell Lee
Animation
Daniel Mason
Animation
Amy McNamara
Animation
James Ford Murphy
Animation
Victor Navone
Animation
Andrew L. Schmidt
Animation
Patty Kihm Stevenson
Animation
David Tart
Animation
Jon Mead
Animation
Dave Mullins
Animation
Peter Nash
Animation
Ross Stevenson
Animation
J. Warren Trezevant
Animation
Michael Venturini
Animation
Tasha Wedeen
Animation
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Kureha Yokoo
Animation
Ron Zorman
Animation
Rodrigo Blaas
Animation
Michael Parks
Animation
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Steven Clay Hunter
Animation
Doug Sheppeck
Animation
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Carlos Baena
Animation
Travis Hathaway
Animation
Rob Jensen
Animation
Matt Majers
Animation
Cameron Miyasaki
Animation
Dale McBeath
Animation
Roger Rose
Animation
Ben Catmull
Animation
Ricardo Curtis
Animation

Thanks

Chris Vallance
Thanks
Kiel Murray
Thanks
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Osnat Shurer
Thanks
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Kimberly Adair Clark
Thanks
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Elizabeth Greenberg
Thanks
Jonathan Flack
Thanks
Luis Alarcon-Cisneros
Thanks
Chris Balog
Thanks
Colin Bohrer
Thanks
Nils Erdmann
Thanks
Desirée Mourad
Thanks
Alex Orrelle
Thanks
Heather Feng
Thanks
Timothy Glass
Thanks
Heather D.C. Jackson
Thanks
Kristina Ruud
Thanks
Wendy Dale Tanzillo
Thanks
Deana Walker
Thanks
Annette Wang
Thanks
Lisa Ellis
Thanks
David R. Haumann
Thanks
Cherise Miller
Thanks
Karen Perry
Thanks
Sue Williams
Thanks
Marlon Castro
Thanks
Joni Superticioso
Thanks
Elyse Klaidman
Thanks
Meagan Miller
Thanks
Mary Conlin
Thanks
Dennis 'D.J.' Jennings
Thanks
Bill Polson
Thanks
Steven Argula
Thanks
Tom Carlisle
Thanks
Kenny Condit
Thanks
Craig Payne
Thanks
Clay Welch
Thanks
Randy Nelson
Thanks
Keith Johnson
Thanks
Leeann Alameda
Thanks
Omid Amjadi
Thanks
Anne Barson
Thanks
Hal Beral
Thanks
Shannon Brown
Thanks
Aaron Burt
Thanks
Benjamin Butcher
Thanks
Jeanmarie M. Carrasco
Thanks
Erin Cass
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Shelby Madeleine Cass
Thanks
Maria Elena Magana Cervantes
Thanks
Kathleen Chanover
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Mary Coleman
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Fernando Contreras
Thanks
Ena Chan Cratsenburg
Thanks
Ray Davis
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William de Ridder
Thanks
Roni Douglas
Thanks
Marty Eshoff
Thanks
Loretta Framsted
Thanks
Mark Frazitto
Thanks
Christine W. Freeman
Thanks
Joe Garcia
Thanks
Jody Giacomini
Thanks
Lola Gill
Thanks
Craig Gillespie
Thanks
Paul Gillis
Thanks
Daniel A. Goodman
Thanks
Gale Gortney
Thanks
Dawn Haagstad
Thanks
Karen Hartquist
Thanks
Stacey Hendrickson
Thanks
Anne Ho
Thanks
Michael Jones
Thanks
Paul Kim
Thanks
Keith Kolder
Thanks
Keith Kops
Thanks
Renee Lamri
Thanks
Brandon T. Loose
Thanks
Emery Low
Thanks
Candelaria Lozano
Thanks
Andrew Lyndon
Thanks
Linda McCampbell
Thanks
Lisa McCampbell
Thanks
Patricia Moran
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Cheryl Murata
Thanks
Maricela Navarro
Thanks
Molly Nealan
Thanks
Andrea Nordemann
Thanks
Edgar A. Ochoa
Thanks
Karen Paik
Thanks
Marcia Peck
Thanks
Sangeeta Prashar
Thanks
Jose Ramirez
Thanks
Jonathan G. Rodriguez
Thanks
Alice Rosen
Thanks
Guillermo Segovia
Thanks
Dylan Sisson
Thanks
Joan Smalley
Thanks
Michele Spane
Thanks
Beatrice Springborn
Thanks
Adam P. Summers
Thanks
Krista Swager
Thanks
Osvaldo Tomatis
Thanks
Monica VanDis
Thanks
Olga Velaszquez
Thanks
Valerie Villas
Thanks
Wendy Wirthlin
Thanks

Production Manager

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Lindsey Collins
Production Manager

Screenplay

First Assistant Editor

Axel Geddes
First Assistant Editor

Foley Artist

Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist

Sound Designer

Assistant Editor

Margaret Lily Andres
Assistant Editor

Foley Editor

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Al Nelson
Foley Editor

Camera Technician

Cosmic Don
Camera Technician
Jeff Wan
Camera Technician

Story

Music Supervisor

Tom MacDougall
Music Supervisor

Foley Mixer

Frank 'Pepe' Merel
Foley Mixer

Production Accountant

Nephi Sanchez
Production Accountant

Songs

Sculptor

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Jerome Ranft
Sculptor
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Greg Dykstra
Sculptor

Music Editor

Bill Bernstein
Music Editor

ADR Recordist

David Lucarelli
ADR Recordist

Storyboard Artist

Post Production Coordinator

Paul Springer
Post Production Coordinator
Miguel Ángel Poveda
Post Production Coordinator

Concept Artist

James S. Baker
Concept Artist

Story Consultant

Will Csaklos
Story Consultant

Co-Director

In Memory Of

Glenn McQueen
In Memory Of

Post Production Supervisor

Paul Cichocki
Post Production Supervisor
Miguel Ángel Poveda
Post Production Supervisor

Production Assistant

Jessica Donohoe
Production Assistant

Scoring Mixer

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Simon Rhodes
Scoring Mixer

Animation Director

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Alan Barillaro
Animation Director
Mark A. Walsh
Animation Director

CG Supervisor

David Eisenmann
CG Supervisor
Brian Green
CG Supervisor
Anthony A. Apodaca
CG Supervisor
Steve May
CG Supervisor
Jesse Hollander
CG Supervisor
Lisa Forssel
CG Supervisor
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Danielle Feinberg
CG Supervisor
Michael Fong
CG Supervisor
Michael Lorenzen
CG Supervisor
Lisa Forssell
CG Supervisor

ADR Editor

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Steve Slanec
ADR Editor

Production Office Assistant

Jon Darrell Handy
Production Office Assistant
Peter T. Schreiber
Production Office Assistant

Original Story

CG Artist

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Louis Gonzales
CG Artist

Sound Mix Technician

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Juan Peralta
Sound Mix Technician
Jurgen Scharpf
Sound Mix Technician

Security

Chris Balog
Security
Marlon Castro
Security
Joni Superticioso
Security
Michael Jones
Security
Keith Kops
Security
Jonathan G. Rodriguez
Security
Valerie Villas
Security

Temp Music Editor

David Slusser
Temp Music Editor

Visual Development

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Dominique Louis
Visual Development
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Geefwee Boedoe
Visual Development
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Carter Goodrich
Visual Development
Peter DeSève
Visual Development
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Tony Fucile
Visual Development
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George Hull

George Hull
Visual Development
Bruce Zick
Visual Development
Mark Whiting
Visual Development
D.J. Cleland-Hura
Visual Development
Simon Varela
Visual Development

Unit Manager

Ethan Owen
Unit Manager
A.J. Riebli III
Unit Manager
Joshua Hollander
Unit Manager
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Kim Collins
Unit Manager
Kelly T. Peters
Unit Manager
Michael Warch
Unit Manager
Siouxsie Stewart
Unit Manager

Matte Painter

Paul Topolos
Matte Painter

Administration

Heather Feng
Administration
Wendy Dale Tanzillo
Administration
Ena Chan Cratsenburg
Administration
Marty Eshoff
Administration
Mark Frazitto
Administration
Anne Ho
Administration
Paul Kim
Administration
Linda McCampbell
Administration
Lisa McCampbell
Administration
Cheryl Murata
Administration
Molly Nealan
Administration
Andrea Nordemann
Administration
Joan Smalley
Administration

Sound Editor

Kent Brown
Sound Editor

Foley Recordist

Travis Crenshaw
Foley Recordist

ADR Engineer

Derek Casari
ADR Engineer

Color Timer

Terry Claborn
Color Timer

Animation Manager

Jenni Tsoi
Animation Manager

Public Relations

Desirée Mourad
Public Relations
Mary Conlin
Public Relations
Steven Argula
Public Relations
Clay Welch
Public Relations
Leeann Alameda
Public Relations
Anne Barson
Public Relations
Shannon Brown
Public Relations
Benjamin Butcher
Public Relations
Jeanmarie M. Carrasco
Public Relations
Kathleen Chanover
Public Relations
Karen Hartquist
Public Relations
Keith Kolder
Public Relations
Emery Low
Public Relations
Patricia Moran
Public Relations
Michele Spane
Public Relations
Krista Swager
Public Relations

Information Systems Manager

Erik Forman
Information Systems Manager
Christopher C. Walker
Information Systems Manager
Alisa Gilden
Information Systems Manager
May Pon
Information Systems Manager
Peter Kaldis
Information Systems Manager
Alex Stahl
Information Systems Manager
Warren Hays
Information Systems Manager

Craft Service

Luis Alarcon-Cisneros
Craft Service
Meagan Miller
Craft Service
Fernando Contreras
Craft Service
Loretta Framsted
Craft Service
Candelaria Lozano
Craft Service
Maricela Navarro
Craft Service
Jose Ramirez
Craft Service
Guillermo Segovia
Craft Service
Osvaldo Tomatis
Craft Service
Olga Velaszquez
Craft Service

Finance

Nils Erdmann
Finance
Timothy Glass
Finance
Heather D.C. Jackson
Finance
Kristina Ruud
Finance
Deana Walker
Finance
Annette Wang
Finance
Karen Perry
Finance
Sue Williams
Finance

Negative Cutter

Mary Beth Smith
Negative Cutter

Editorial Services

Phred Lender
Editorial Services
Andra Smith
Editorial Services
Jeff Whittle
Editorial Services

Foley

Jana Vance
Foley

Supervising Technical Director

Oren Jacob
Supervising Technical Director

Story Artist

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Jim Capobianco
Story Artist

Supervising Animator

Dylan Brown
Supervising Animator

Script Coordinator

Adam Bronstein
Script Coordinator
Rachel Raffael-Gates
Script Coordinator

Story Coordinator

Adam Bronstein
Story Coordinator

Editorial Coordinator

Noelle P. Case
Editorial Coordinator

Story Supervisor

Camera Supervisor

Louis Rivera
Camera Supervisor

Additional Dialogue

Vince Caro
Additional Dialogue

Projection

John Hazelton
Projection

Systems Administrators & Support

Adam Wood

Adam Wood
Systems Administrators & Support
Jessica Giampietro McMackin
Systems Administrators & Support
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Jason Topolski
Systems Administrators & Support
M.T. Silvia
Systems Administrators & Support
Domenic Allen
Systems Administrators & Support
Chuck Waite
Systems Administrators & Support
Adam Woodbury
Systems Administrators & Support
Cory Knox
Systems Administrators & Support
Matthew Lindahl
Systems Administrators & Support
Terry Lee Moseley
Systems Administrators & Support
Ian Westcott
Systems Administrators & Support
Lars R. Damerow
Systems Administrators & Support
Jennifer Becker
Systems Administrators & Support
Gabriel Benveniste
Systems Administrators & Support
Edward Escueta
Systems Administrators & Support
Grant Gatzke
Systems Administrators & Support
Bethany Jane Hanson
Systems Administrators & Support
Ling Hsu
Systems Administrators & Support
Jason 'Jayfish' Hull
Systems Administrators & Support
Nelson Siu
Systems Administrators & Support
Elle Yoko Suzuki
Systems Administrators & Support
Andy Thomas
Systems Administrators & Support
Jay Weiland
Systems Administrators & Support
BoB 'Naked BoB' Morgan
Systems Administrators & Support
Jose Ignacio
Systems Administrators & Support
James G. Dashe
Systems Administrators & Support
Edgar Quinones
Systems Administrators & Support
Bryan Bird
Systems Administrators & Support
Mark Pananganan
Systems Administrators & Support
Michael O'Brien
Systems Administrators & Support
Ross Dickinson
Systems Administrators & Support
Will Phan
Systems Administrators & Support
Auburn C. 'Aubie' Schmidt
Systems Administrators & Support
Jason B. Hendrix
Systems Administrators & Support
Humera Yasmin Khan
Systems Administrators & Support
Neftalí Álvarez 'El Magnífico'
Systems Administrators & Support
James Bartel
Systems Administrators & Support
Miles Egan
Systems Administrators & Support
Sandy Falby
Systems Administrators & Support
Joshua Grant
Systems Administrators & Support
Kenneth 'Yo' Huey
Systems Administrators & Support
Elise Knowles
Systems Administrators & Support
Jeanie T. Oh
Systems Administrators & Support
Kathleen H. Parmelee
Systems Administrators & Support

Art Department Manager

Doug Nichols
Art Department Manager

Sound Design Assistant

Dee Selby
Sound Design Assistant

Editorial Production Assistant

Gabrielle Siegel
Editorial Production Assistant
Gregory Amundson
Editorial Production Assistant
Jacob Parsons
Editorial Production Assistant

Fix Animator

Paul Mendoza
Fix Animator
Chris DiGiovanni
Fix Animator

Story Manager

Blake Tucker
Story Manager

Animation Department Coordinator

Graham Moloy
Animation Department Coordinator
Kearsley Higgins
Animation Department Coordinator

Second Film Editor

Katherine Ringgold
Second Film Editor
Stan Webb
Second Film Editor
Kevin Nolting
Second Film Editor

CG Painter

Glenn Kim
CG Painter
Laura Phillips
CG Painter
Jamie Frye
CG Painter
Yvonne Herbst
CG Painter
Andrea Warren
CG Painter
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Bert Berry
CG Painter

Additional Storyboarding

James S. Baker
Additional Storyboarding

Supervising Film Editor

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Lee Unkrich

Lee Unkrich
Supervising Film Editor

Schedule Coordinator

Heidi Cruz
Schedule Coordinator

Photoscience Manager

David DiFrancesco
Photoscience Manager
James Burgess
Photoscience Manager
James Burgess
Photoscience Manager

Production Artist

Albert Lozano
Production Artist
Nathaniel McLaughlin
Production Artist
Bud Thon
Production Artist
Ellen Moon Lee
Production Artist
Nelson 'Rey' Bohol
Production Artist
David Fulp
Production Artist
James Pearson
Production Artist

Supervisor of Production Resources

Susan T. Tatsuno
Supervisor of Production Resources

Digital Storyboarding

Courtney Booker
Digital Storyboarding

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film is dedicated to the memory of Glenn McQueen (1960-2002), a Pixar animator.
  • Initially, composers Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer were considered to write the music.
  • The dentist's office was modeled after a real dental practice located in the same building as Pixar.
  • Darla was named after Pixar producer Darla K. Anderson.
  • One of the boats is named after Pixar sculptor Jerome Ranft.
  • The seagull scene is a parodic quote from Alfred Hitchcock's film 'The Birds'.
  • According to the DVD, the names of nine boats from Sydney Harbour are: Sea Monkey, Major Plot Point, Bow Movement, iBoat, Knottie Buoy, For the Birds, Pier Pressure, Skiff-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (a reference to the most famous song from the film "Song of the South" (1946) – "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah") and The Surly Mermaid.
  • Gill's facial coloring mimics the characteristic lines around the mouth of his voice actor, Willem Dafoe.
  • Co-writer Bob Peterson also voiced Mr. Ray.
  • The highest box office gross for an animated film following its American release (May 30, 2003).
  • There was concern that after viewing the film, children would try to release their pet fish into the wild, flushing them down the toilet. A company that manufactures water filtration equipment and is involved in wastewater treatment issued a warning on Thursday, after the film's release, stating that while sewage does eventually reach the ocean, before it gets there the water passes through equipment that breaks down solid matter. Furthermore, the company said that in real life the film would more appropriately be titled "Grinding Nemo."
  • Andrew Stanton always believed that Albert Brooks would be best suited to voice Marlin. Although Brooks had participated in several episodes of "The Simpsons," working on a full-length animated film was significantly different for him in that he had to work alone, rather than with the other actors. He didn't particularly enjoy this kind of experience.
  • Work on the film initially began in 1997. And production actually started in January 2000 with a team that eventually numbered 180 people.
  • The flowing strands of the anemone on the seabed are animated using the same program that was used to create Sully’s hair in the animated film "Monsters, Inc." (2001).
  • The look and feel of the underwater world were crucial to the film's success. To this end, the entire development team was sent to an aquarium, then scuba diving in Monterey and Hawaii, they were given lessons in front of Pixar's own 25-gallon aquarium, and a series of lectures were even given by an ichthyologist.
  • The number of people on the animation team ranged from 28 to 50.
  • Andrew Stanton shared his ideas and story with Pixar's head, John Lasseter, during an hour-long conversation, using elaborate visuals and character voices. At the end of his presentation, exhausted Stanton asked Lasseter what he thought, to which Lasseter replied, "You've reeled me in."
  • For the jellyfish scenes, Pixar staff created an entirely new shading system they dubbed “transblurrency” – transparent, yet blurry, like a frosted bathroom window.
  • During the scene with the turtle ride, approximately 200 turtles were drawn in the background.
  • For research purposes, key figures involved in the film's creation had to obtain scuba certification to travel to the Great Barrier Reef at John Lasseter's insistence.
  • One of the dentist's patients, "little Davey Reynolds," is a reference to David Reynolds, one of the film's screenwriters.
  • To see how realistic the picture could be, the art team was asked to make exact copies of shots of the underwater and above-water worlds. Ultimately, the results were deemed "too realistic" for an animated film.
  • According to information on the DVD, the film contains certain allusions to Massachusetts, due to the fact that one of its creators is from Rockport (Massachusetts) (a small town on Cape Ann, about an hour north of Boston). In the dentist's office, there are two "Beacon Lamps" modeled after the twin lighthouse on Thatcher Island (practically next to the Rockport coastline). Also in the office is a framed picture – "Motive Number One," a building frequently photographed by tourists in the center of Rockport. And finally, while various marine creatures discuss Marlin's adventures throughout the ocean, in one scene a group of lobsters speaks with a Boston accent, using slang. There is no mistake in the DVD commentary that lobsters exist in Australia. They do, but the lobsters shown in the film are clawed lobsters. The world's largest population of lobsters are actually spiny lobsters (langoustines). However, since the lobsters discuss Marlin's adventures with an English accent, it is quite possible that they are from areas adjacent to Massachusetts, emphasizing that Marlin's story is known to everyone in the marine world.
  • In the USA, the animated film set a record for first-day sales – 8 million copies sold (80% of which were on DVD).
  • As of January 2005, it was the best-selling DVD in the world of all time – 22 million copies sold.
  • Although this was never mentioned in the film, according to the director in the commentary, Crush and his team of adventure-seeking turtles were swimming to Hawaii. The commentary also notes that the shells of the young turtles were modeled after Hawaiian shirts.
  • Processing a single frame lasting about 1/24th of a second in the film could take up to four days, due to the complexity of the underwater environment with sunlight passing through the water and reflecting off the fish scales.
  • One of the musical themes composed by Thomas Newman for the film never appeared in the final cut, but it is featured in one of the trailers and on one of the DVD menus for the film.
  • Dory Lane and Marlin Drive are intersecting streets in a suburb of Redwood City, directly across the bay from the Pixar offices.
  • The names of the two main turtles are also the names of popular citrus soda brands in the US: Crush and Squirt.
  • Director Andrew Stanton initially planned to reveal the fate of Marlin's wife gradually through flashbacks appearing periodically throughout the film. After several test screenings, he felt that Marlin came across as a very anxious character, and he decided to reveal the entire backstory, resulting in Marlin becoming more relatable due to the reason for his overprotectiveness being revealed.
  • Initially, the whale that swallows Marlin and Dory approaches them from the front. This version was present in early trailers. The final version, where the whale appears from behind, was created after being inspired by early animation tests showing the whale emerging from the darkness of the ocean behind a small fish.
  • Animators studied dog facial expressions, paying particular attention to the eyes, to bring life and make the fish's facial expressions more emotional.
  • In Latin, the word “Nemo” means “no one.” This is also a reference to Captain Nemo in Jules Verne’s novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”
  • William H. Macy was originally intended to voice Marlin, and all of Marlin’s dialogue had been recorded with him. However, he was ultimately replaced by Albert Brooks.
  • The character Jacques is partially based on actor Fritz Feld, whose signature move was to slap his lips with his hand to express his superiority and annoyance.
  • Dory is the first role written specifically for Ellen DeGeneres.
  • Nigel's line, "Fish should swim, birds should eat," is a reference to the phrase "Fish must swim, birds must fly" from the song "Can't Help Lovin' That Man" from the Broadway musical "Show Boat."
  • The great white shark in the film is named Bruce. This name was given to the shark model used in the film "Jaws" (1975), named after Steven Spielberg's lawyer – Bruce Ramer.
  • For the DVD extras, Albert Brooks spent an entire day in the studio improvising heavily altered versions of the sea anemone joke; none of the versions he told were repeated. And throughout the day, he was accompanied by a team of technicians recording his improvisations.
  • When Gill is thinking about escaping, the camera pans to the window, and outside, a "Planet Pizza" truck from the animated film "Toy Story" (1995) can be seen.
  • The dentist's camera model number is A-113, and this number appears in all Pixar films as a reference to the audience of the California Institute of the Arts, where Pixar Studios animators work.
  • The dentist's diploma is taken from the Pixar University School of Dentistry.
  • At the bottom of the aquarium, algae cover a model boat topped with a mermaid from the cartoon "Tin Toy" (1989).
  • Among the toys in the waiting room are a Jack-in-the-box and Buzz Lightyear, and on the shelf is the airplane he used to fly in "Toy Story" (1995), and a ball with the Pixar logo from "Luxo Jr." (1986).
  • To make Nigel's voice sound the way it does when Marlin and Dory are in his mouth, Geoffrey Rush pressed his tongue while voicing him.
  • In the English version, Breeze (Deb)'s sister (reflection) is named Flo. This is a direct reference to a character from the future films "Cars" (2006) and "Cars 2" (2011).
  • At the end of the credits, Mike Wazowski from the movie "Monsters, Inc." (2001) appears.
  • In the scene where the pelican arrives with Marlin and Dory, there's a moment where a boy is sitting with his mother at the dentist's office reading a comic book about Mr. Incredible from the future movie "The Incredibles" (2004).
  • Wallaby Way Street is named after a graphic design agency on Commonwealth Street in Sydney.
  • In one of the promotional trailers for the Moldovan TV channel "Jurnal TV", a clownfish, Nemo, was in the aquarium.
  • When the girl Darla smiles, music from the film "Psycho" (1960) plays (the main scene with the knife in the shower).
  • When the fish in the aquarium observe the dentist at work, Blott asks if an isolation dam and clamp were used. Another fish replies that they were, but when the patient is shown, they are not present.
  • When Mr. Ray sings his song "Let's Name the Species," he is actually not naming species. Sponges, cnidarians, ctenophores, bryozoans, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates are all phyla. Hydroids, scyphozoans, and coral polyps are classes within the phylum Cnidaria (cnidarians), and gastropods are a class within the phylum Mollusca. The order of classification is: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Phyla and classes are certainly not the same as species, although the DVD mentions that Mr. Ray is not a real scientist. In that case, it is quite possible that he mistook one for the other, unaware that he was spreading misinformation.
  • The instrument the dentist is using is called a "Gates Glidden" drill, not a "Gator Glidden" drill. It is also visible that the dentist is using it to access the root canal. This instrument is actually used for cleaning and shaping it. The correct instrument used for endodontic access is a solid carbide bur.
  • Crush (the sea turtle) claims to be 150 years old and still young. In reality, the lifespan of a sea turtle is only 80 years. Contrary to popular belief, no species of turtle has a lifespan exceeding 100 years. Land tortoises are known as long-lived creatures. Currently, the record stands at 188 years, not much older than Crush.
  • When the dentist takes Nemo out of the aquarium, you can see his bag with a zipper on top. The next time the bag is shown, the zipper is gone.
  • When Bruce is chasing Marlin and Dory, the mask in his mouth is sometimes on the left side and sometimes on the right.
  • When Nemo swims with Mr. Ray in the school scene, he hides behind his right eye, and then reappears on his back at the end of the scene.
  • When the fish in the ocean swim downwards to escape the fishing nets, a piece of wood breaks off when the net falls to the bottom. However, the wood is not visible in subsequent shots.
  • When Marlin tells his story to the little turtles (55:47), their shells look different than in other scenes.
  • Nigel the Pelican is an American brown pelican, scientifically known as Pelecanus occidentalis. The film is set in Australia, where brown pelicans are not found, but Australian pelicans are, known as Pelecanus conspicillatus. These birds look completely different.
  • The dive flag (red with a white stripe) on the dentist's boat is an American marine flag designed to warn others that underwater descents are being made from the vessel. This flag is not used in Australia, and it is unlikely to have appeared on the Great Barrier Reef. The Australian version is blue with a white flag.
  • Marlin and Dory are advised to swim in the back of a whale's throat and then be blown out through the whale's blowhole. This is physically impossible, as the whale's mouth and digestive system are not connected to its respiratory system.
  • Coral should be larger than Marlin. Female clownfish are typically larger than males (often even twice as large).
  • The divers' boat has a pivoting column with two propellers. When it starts working, both propellers rotate in the same direction, but they should rotate in opposite directions.
  • Blot (Longnose pufferfish/Diodon holacanthus) and Jacques (Cleaner shrimp/Lysmata amboinensis) should not be kept in the same aquarium because invertebrates are a primary food source for Diodon holacanthus.
  • Mr. Ray is not actually a 'Mr.' as he lacks claspers (male reproductive organs).
  • Nigel the pelican has nostrils. Pelicans do not have nostrils. They breathe through their mouths.
  • When Dory and Marlin are inside the whale’s mouth, they see a uvula at the back of the throat. No animal has a uvula, it is unique to humans.
  • If a fish is in a bag of water that is floating in the ocean, the water level inside the bag must be equal to the ocean's surface.
  • According to the DVD, the names of the nine boats from Sydney Harbour are: Sea Monkey, Major Plot Point, Bow Movement, iBoat, Knottie Buoy, For the Birds, Pier Pressure, Skiff-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (a reference to the most famous song from the film 'Song of the South' (1946) – 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah') and The Surly Mermaid.
  • According to information on the DVD, the film contains several allusions to Massachusetts, due to the fact that one of its creators is from Rockport, Massachusetts (a small town on Cape Ann, about an hour north of Boston). In the dentist's office, there are two 'Lighthouse Lamps' modeled after the twin lighthouses on Thatcher Island (practically adjacent to the Rockport coastline). The office also features a framed painting – 'Motive Number One,' a building frequently photographed by tourists in downtown Rockport. Finally, while various marine creatures discuss Marlin’s adventures throughout the ocean, in one scene a group of lobsters converse with a Boston accent, using slang. The DVD commentary corrects the error that lobsters are found in Australia. They are, but the lobsters shown in the film are clawed lobsters. The world's most abundant lobsters, Australian lobsters, are actually spiny lobsters. However, since the lobsters discuss Marlin’s adventures with an English accent, it is quite likely they are from areas adjacent to Massachusetts, emphasizing that Marlin’s story is well-known throughout the marine world.
  • When Mr. Ray sings his song “Let’s Name the Species,” he is not actually naming species. Sponges, cnidarians, ctenophores, bryozoans, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates are all phyla. Hydroids, scyphoids, and coral polyps are classes within the phylum Cnidaria (cnidarians), and gastropods are a class within the phylum Mollusca. The order of classification is: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Phyla and classes are certainly not the same as species, although the DVD mentions that Mr. Ray is not a real scientist. In that case, it is quite possible that he mistook one for the other, unaware that he was spreading misinformation.
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