FINDING NEMO

FINDING NEMO

Nemo is a very pretty clown-fish, but handicapped by an under-sized fin, much to the chagrin of his dad, Marin. However, the little one, who intends to be left behind by nothing or nobody, decides to brave his handicap and swim to the surface in front of his amazed friends. Lack of luck, he gets caught by a diver 

To dabble like a fish in water in the universe imagined by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, before the broadcast of Find Nemo Sunday, and refresh your memory, here are five things to know about the film.

Speak like a fish

In the original version, to double the small fish, we used the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, William Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, but also Andrew Stanton, the director, who its pretty stamp to Crush (George). In Quebec, Pierre Auger, Anne Dorval, Guy Nadon and Xavier Dolan (in the role of Tad) lend their voices to the characters.

Fish in danger

It's not just in Find Nemo that fish are in danger. In real life too. After the release of the film, British and American pet shops recorded an increase in sales of cute little colorful fish by 30 to 40%. However, in the minds of their new - and young - owners, it was about doing "as in the film" to help their Nemo find the way to the sea via ... the toilet bowl. Today, after fisheries estimated at 1 million fish per year, it is estimated that the species is extinct in the Philippines and parts of Thailand and Sri Lanka.


An ocean of references

In addition to the usual references to the world of Pixar (the Pizza Planet truck, a figurine Buzz lightning that drags) and Disney (the belly of the whale, as in Pinocchio), Find Nemo is a nice wink to the Teeth of the sea (the shark is called Bruce, as the name given by Spielberg to his shark model), to The Shining (the shark, still him, continues Marin and Dory, like Jack Nicholson), Wallace and Gromit , Monty Pythons or Psychose.

Small fish, great recipes

With his bubbles and his adventures, Nemo has melted the hearts of the public, to the point of reap the greatest success of all time for an animated film (record held before him by The Lion King). This achievement earned him a place in the select club of the 10 greatest American hits in history, alongside Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. Oh, of course, Find Nemo also won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2003!


Like fish in the water

Perfectionists and animated by a particular attention to detail, Pixar's cartoonists were inspired by visits to aquariums, advice from ichthyologists and dives in Hawaii (hard work), and had an aquarium installed in the premises. of Pixar. No wonder that the preparation of Find Nemo lasted almost 5 years with a team of 180 people.