The story of Nemo the clownfish is told in striking animation in the Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo which was released in the United States in May 2003, and in Australia the following August. The DVD version is sure to continue to fascinate the Nemo lovers.
It all starts in the Great Barrier Reef, among the corals and anemones, where Nemo is captured, then brought to Sydney to live life as a captive in the fish tank of a Sydney dentist.
But the cavalry to the rescue, although this time it is Marlin, Nemo's father, together with Bruce the white pointer, Dory the blue tang and Nigel the pelican, who come charging on an underwater rescue mission from the Reef to Sydney.
Finding Nemo seems set to become one of the world's highest grossing animated films, if not the highest.
Finding Nemo portrays an attractive, luminous Sydney and highlights the irresistible lure of the Great Barrier Reef along the coast of northern Queensland.
Dinki-di Aussie voices
For Australians, an added feature of the film is the use, although not entirely, of dinki-di Australian voices, such as those of Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries, Bruce Spence and Bill Hunter.
Humphries provides the voice for Bruce the vegetarian shark while Bana gives voice to another shark, Anchor. Rush's is the voice of the pelican Nigel who has a soft spot for all species unless they're seagulls.
Among the voices of non-Australian actors are those of Albert Brooks (Marlin), Ellen DeGeneris (Dory) and newcomer Alexander Gould (Nemo).
And yes, you can find Nemo — or at least one of Australia's clownfish — in Sydney itself, perhaps not in a dentist's office but certainly at Sydney Aquarium. Or take the time and travel to the Great Barrier Reef, and dive down to where the anemone and coral grow, to the home of the clownfish.
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