Editing Finding Nemo (section)

==Production==
===Development===
[[File:Andrew Stanton cropped 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Andrew Stanton]] wrote and directed the film.]]
The 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.<ref name="commentary">{{cite AV media |people=Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, and Bob Peterson |title=Finding Nemo — Audio Commentary |medium=DVD |year=2004 |publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment}}</ref> In 1992, shortly after his son was born, he and his family took a trip to [[Six Flags Discovery Kingdom]] (which was called Marine World at the time). There, after seeing the shark tube and various exhibits, he felt that the underwater world could be done beautifully in computer animation.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=[[The Pixar Story]] |people=[[Leslie Iwerks|Iwerks, Leslie]] (director) |year=2007 |type=Documentary film |publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]}}</ref> Later, in 1997, he took his son for a walk in the park but realized that he was overprotecting him and lost an opportunity to have a father-son experience that day.<ref name="commentary"/>

In an interview with ''[[National Geographic]]'' magazine, Stanton said that the idea for the characters of Marlin and Nemo came from a photograph of two clownfish peeking out of an [[Sea anemone|anemone]]:

{{blockquote|It was so arresting. I had no idea what kind of fish they were, but I couldn't take my eyes off them. And as an entertainer, the fact that they were called clownfish—it was perfect. There's almost nothing more appealing than these little fish that want to play peekaboo with you.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Prosek |first=James |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2010/01/clownfish-anemone-symbiotic-relationship/ |title=Beautiful Friendship |magazine=[[National Geographic]] |date=January 2010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427052617/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2010/01/clownfish-anemone-symbiotic-relationship/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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In addition, clownfish are colorful, but do not tend to come out of an anemone often. For a character who has to go on a dangerous journey, Stanton felt a clownfish was the perfect type of fish for the character.<ref name="commentary"/> Pre-production of the film began in early 1997. Stanton began writing the screenplay during the post-production of ''[[A Bug's Life]]''. As a result, ''Finding Nemo'' began production with a complete screenplay, something that co-director [[Lee Unkrich]] called "very unusual for an animated film".<ref name="commentary"/> The artists took [[scuba diving]] lessons to study the coral reef.<ref name="commentary"/>

Stanton originally planned to use flashbacks to reveal how Coral died but realized that by the end of the film there would be nothing to reveal, deciding to show how she died at the beginning of the movie.<ref name="commentary"/> The character of Gill also was different from the character seen in the final film. In a scene that was eventually deleted, Gill tells Nemo that he's from a place called Bad Luck Bay and that he has brothers and sisters in order to impress the young clownfish, only for the latter to find out that he was lying by listening to a patient reading a children's storybook that shares exactly the same details.<ref name="commentary"/>

===Casting===
[[William H. Macy]] was the first actor cast as Marlin. Although Macy had recorded most of the dialogue, Stanton felt that the character needed a lighter touch.<ref>{{cite book |last=Price |first=David A. |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307265753 |title=The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307265753/page/210/mode/1up 210] |year=2008 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |location=New York |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-307-26575-3}}</ref> Stanton then cast [[Albert Brooks]] in the role, and in his opinion, it "saved" the film.<ref name="commentary"/> Brooks liked the idea of Marlin being this clownfish who isn't funny and recorded outtakes of telling very bad jokes.

The idea for the initiation sequence came from a story conference between Stanton and [[Bob Peterson (animator)|Bob Peterson]] while they were driving to record the actors. Although he originally envisioned the character of Dory as male, Stanton was inspired to cast [[Ellen DeGeneres]] when he watched an episode of ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]'' in which he saw her "change the subject five times before finishing one sentence".<ref name="commentary"/> The pelican character named Gerald (who in the final film ends up swallowing and choking on Marlin and Dory) was originally a friend of Nigel. They were going to play against each other with Nigel being neat and [[wikt:fastidious|fastidious]] and Gerald being scruffy and sloppy. The filmmakers could not find an appropriate scene for them that did not slow the pace of the picture, so Gerald's character was minimized.<ref name="commentary" />

Stanton himself provided the voice of Crush the sea turtle. He originally did the voice for the film's [[Storyboard|story reel]] and assumed they would find an actor later. When Stanton's performance became popular in test screenings, he decided to keep his performance in the film. He recorded all his dialogue while lying on a sofa in Unkrich's office.<ref name="commentary"/> Crush's son Squirt was voiced by Nicholas Bird, the young son of fellow Pixar director [[Brad Bird]]. According to Stanton, the elder Bird was playing a tape recording of his young son around the Pixar studios one day. Stanton felt the voice was "this generation's [[Thumper (Bambi)|Thumper]]" and immediately cast Nicholas.<ref name="commentary"/>

[[Megan Mullally]] was originally going to provide a voice in the film. According to Mullally, the producers were stunned to learn that the voice of her character [[Karen Walker (Will & Grace)|Karen Walker]] on the television show ''[[Will & Grace]]'' was not her natural speaking voice. The producers hired her anyway, and then strongly encouraged her to use her Karen Walker voice for the role. When Mullally refused, she was dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/megan-mullally/news/megan-mullally-dropped-from-finding-nemo|title=Megan Mullally&nbsp;– Megan Mullally Dropped From Finding Nemo|website=[[Contactmusic.com]]|date=April 6, 2004|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002072943/http://www.contactmusic.com/megan-mullally/news/megan-mullally-dropped-from-finding-nemo|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Animation===
To ensure that the movements of the fish in the film were believable, the animators took a crash course in fish biology and oceanography. They visited aquariums, went diving in Hawaii, and received in-house lectures from an [[ichthyologist]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lovgren|first=Stefan|title=For Finding Nemo, Animators Dove into Fish Study|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0530_030530_findingnemo.html|work=National Geographic News|access-date=October 30, 2012|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307142501/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0530_030530_findingnemo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a result, Pixar's animator for Dory, [[Gini Cruz Santos]], integrated "the fish movement, human movement, and facial expressions to make them look and feel like real characters."<ref name=Annieawards>{{cite web |url=http://annieawards.org/31st-annie-awards |title=31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003) |website=[[Annie Awards]] |access-date=June 12, 2014 |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701220856/http://annieawards.org/31st-annie-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> Production designer [[Ralph Eggleston]] created pastel drawings to give the lighting crew led by [[Sharon Calahan]] ideas of how every scene in the film should be lit.<ref name="documentary">{{cite AV media |title=Making Nemo |location=|year=2004 |medium=DVD |publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment}}</ref>

The [[Great white shark]], Bruce, is in reference to the [[animatronic]] shark used in the [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] film ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''. The shark they had used on set was nicknamed "Bruce" after Bruce Raiman, who was [[Steven Spielberg]]'s divorce lawyer.<ref name="Shaffer2017">{{cite book|last=Shaffer|first=Joshua C.|title=Discovering the Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide – Second Edition|year=2017|publisher=Synergy Book Publishing|isbn=978-0-9991664-0-6|page=188}}</ref> The line "Here's Brucey!" is a reference to the [[Jack Nicholson]] line from the 1980 horror film, ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/541362/the-shining-pixar-easter-eggs|title=9 The Shining References Buried in Pixar Films|date=May 3, 2018|access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407223506/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/541362/the-shining-pixar-easter-eggs|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, the music that plays for the dentist's niece Darla is the theme music from the 1960 [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film, ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/tv/2020/5/29/21273680/every-character-from-finding-nemo-ranked|title=Every Character From 'Finding Nemo,' Ranked|date=May 29, 2020|website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]|access-date=March 31, 2022|archive-date=February 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227184648/https://www.theringer.com/tv/2020/5/29/21273680/every-character-from-finding-nemo-ranked|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film was dedicated to [[Glenn McQueen]], a Pixar animator who died of [[melanoma]] in October 2002.<ref name="Remembering">{{cite web|last=Rizvi|first=Samad|title=Remembering Glenn McQueen, 1960-2002|url=http://pixartimes.com/2010/12/24/remembering-glenn-mcqueen-1960-2002/|work=Pixar Times|date=December 24, 2010|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-date=January 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115033015/http://pixartimes.com/2010/12/24/remembering-glenn-mcqueen-1960-2002/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Finding Nemo'' shares many plot elements with ''[[Pierrot the Clownfish]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/24/books.film|title=Nemo finds way to French court|first=Jon|last=Henley|date=February 24, 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=October 26, 2017|archive-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027125719/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/24/books.film|url-status=live}}</ref> a children's book published in 2002, but allegedly conceived in 1995. The author, Franck Le Calvez, sued Disney for infringement of his intellectual rights and to bar ''Finding Nemo'' merchandise in France. The judge ruled against him, citing the color differences between Pierrot and Nemo.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lagorce |first=Aude |url=https://www.forbes.com/2004/03/12/cx_al_0312nemo.html |title=French Court Denies Disney Ban |work=Forbes |date=December 3, 2004 |access-date=September 30, 2012 |archive-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127161228/http://www.forbes.com/2004/03/12/cx_al_0312nemo.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Localization ===
[[File:Patrick Stump Infinity.jpg|thumb|251x251px|[[Patrick Stump]] performed a Navajo version of the end-credits song ''Beyond the Sea''.]]
In 2016, [[Disney Character Voices International]]'s senior vice president Rick Dempsey, in collaboration with the [[Navajo Nation Museum]], created a [[Navajo language|Navajo]] dubbing of the movie titled ''Nemo Há’déést’íí'' which was released in theaters March 18–24 of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-10|title='Nemo Há'déést'į́į́'|url=https://navajotimes.com/reznews/nemo-hadeestii/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Navajo Times|language=en-US|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128015433/https://navajotimes.com/reznews/nemo-hadeestii/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=July 18, 2015|first=Jim|last=Axelrod|title="Finding Nemo" aims to help Navajo language stay afloat|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/finding-nemo-aims-to-help-navajo-language-stay-afloat/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603140311/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/finding-nemo-aims-to-help-navajo-language-stay-afloat/|url-status=live}}</ref> The project was thought as a means to preserve Navajo language, teaching the language to kids through a Disney movie.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/7E6aewc6nxo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200829071204/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E6aewc6nxo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|title=Navajo Version of 'Finding Nemo' Aims to Promote Language|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E6aewc6nxo|website=YouTube| date=December 22, 2014 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> The end credits version of the song "[[Beyond the Sea (song)|Beyond the Sea]]", covered in the English version by [[Robbie Williams]], was also adapted into Navajo, with [[Fall Out Boy]]'s lead singer [[Patrick Stump]] performing it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-12-16|title=Making Movie Magic in Any Language|url=https://d23.com/making-movie-magic-in-any-language/|website=[[D23 (Disney)|D23]]|access-date=2020-06-03|language=en-US|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603102031/https://d23.com/making-movie-magic-in-any-language/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, ''Finding Nemo'' was the second movie to receive a dub in Navajo, after ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=2016-03-17 |title='Finding Nemo' Becomes Second Movie Dubbed Into Navajo |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/finding-nemo-becomes-second-movie-876575/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506080203/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/finding-nemo-becomes-second-movie-876575/ |archive-date=2021-05-06 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>