Finding NemO

Finding Nemo is a 2003 computer-animated American family film. It was written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin (Albert Brooks), who along with a regal tang called Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), searches for his son Nemo (Alexander Gould). Along the way he learns to takes risks and that his son is capable of taking care of himself.The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was a financial blockbuster as it grossed over $864 million worldwide. It is the best-selling DVD of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006. In 2008, the American Film Institute named it the 10th greatest American Animated film ever made during their 10 Top 10.This film was rated G by the MPAA.AWARDSFinding Nemo won the Academy Award and Saturn Award for Best Animated Film. It also won the award for best Animated Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, the National Board of Review Awards, the Online Film Critics Society Awards, and the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.The film received many awards, including:* Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards for Favourite Movie and Favourite Voice from an Animated Movie, Ellen Degeneres.Finding Nemo was also nominated for:* Two Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress, Ellen DeGeneres* A Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy* Two MTV Movie AwardsIn June 2008 the American Film Institute revealed its "Ten top Ten", the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres, after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Finding Nemo was acknowledged as the 10th best film in the animation genre. Finding Nemo was the most recently released film on the list, one of three movie made after the year 2000, the others being Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Shrek.