ANTECIPAÇÃO: FINDING NEMO

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O primeiro filme com que estreio esta secção é nada mais nada menos que o muito aplaudido e aguardado (ferverosamente) filme Finding Nemo/"À Procura de Nemo" (2003). Uma curiosidade: na compra do filme The Lion King/"O Rei Leão"(1994), edição especial em DVD (2 Discos), é oferecido um bilhete grátis (válido para uma pessoa) para ver a última obra do Pixar Animation Studios.

- Finding Nemo/"À Procura de Nemo"











Realizador: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
Vozes (Versão Original): Albert Brooks, Alexander Gould, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Allison Janney, Brad Garrett, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, Vicki Lewis,
Joe Ranft, Geoffrey Rush, Barry Humphries,Eric Bana, Bruce Spence, Andrew Stanton, Nicholas Bird, Elizabeth Perkins, Erik Per Sullivan, Erica Beck, Bill Hunter, John Ratzenberger.
Argumento: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds.
Duração: 100 minutos
Género: Animação / Família
Distribuidora: Lusomundo
País de Origem: EUA

Sinopse:FINDING NEMO, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, follows Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks), an overprotective clown fish father, as he desperately searches the sea for his missing son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). Marlin's journey leads him beyond the Great Barrier Reef into deeper and darker waters, where he meets Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a forgetful yet optimistic blue tang, and a number of not-so-friendly--and often very hungry--aquatic creatures. Meanwhile, little Nemo finds himself in a dentist's fish tank in Syndey, Australia, along with other underwater captives, including Gill (Willem Dafoe), the group's scarred Moorish idol leader. As Nemo works with his new friends on a plan to escape their tank, Marlin and Dory swim closer, but they'll need more than just fins to get into the dentist's office.

This fifth computer-animated outing by Pixar continues the company's remarkable winning streak that began with TOY STORY. Like other Pixar films, FINDING NEMO features a story with heart--this time, a father-and-son tale--and thoroughly charming leads--in this case, Marlin, Nemo, and Dory. And, of course, there's an army of fascinating supporting characters, including Bruce (Barry Humphries), a great white shark on a no-fish diet; Crush (director/screenwriter Stanton), a surfer-dude sea turtle; Peach (Allison Janney), a stuck-to-the-aquarium starfish; and Nigel (Geoffrey Rush), a bold pelican. However, what truly distinguishes NEMO from even its CGI cousins is its stunning depiction of aquatic life, from the colorful creatures on a coral reef to a blue whale on the vast expanse of the open ocean. By combining the aesthetic of a National Geographic marine life documentary with clever jokes and Hitchcock references, NEMO succeeds in its bid to up the ante for animated films yet again. And be sure to watch the credits or you just might miss something!
(fonte: Rotten)

Classificações:

Rotten: 99%; 8.8/10
IMDB:8.3/10

Comentários:

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- "Enchanting; written with an effortless blend of sweetness and silliness, and animated with such rainbow-hued beauty, you may find yourself wanting to freeze-frame it."
-- Moira MacDonald, SEATTLE TIMES

- "Pixar's masterpiece. It feels dizzy with color and drunk on its own otherworldly creation. Sure, it derives most of its splendor from what actually exists on our ocean floors, but that doesn’t make it any less wondrous."
-- Collin Souter, EFILMCRITIC.COM

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- "Unlike the greatest children's films, I never once forgot who the target market for Finding Nemo really was."
-- Steven Snyder, ZERTINET MOVIES

- "It's not really worth a full price admission, and you won't miss anything if you wait for the DVD release."
-- Kevin Carr, FILM THREAT

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Curiosidades:

- In the dentist's office, there is a Buzz Lightyear action figure lying on the floor.

- During the credits, Mike Wazowski (from Monsters, Inc. (2001)) can be seen doing a little deep-sea diving.

-Boo's fish mobile from Monsters, Inc. (2001) is hanging in the dentist's office.

-The boy in the dentist's waiting room is reading a "Mr. Incredible" comic book, a reference to the forthcoming Pixar film Incredibles, The (2004).

-The Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story (1995) and a car from the upcoming Pixar film Cars (2005) can be seen driving by the dentist's office.

-Among the names on the ships docked in Sydney are "The Surly Mermaid" and (partially visible) "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah."

-The coloration of Gill's face simulates the characteristic lines around the mouth of voice actor Willem Dafoe.

-he seagulls ("Mine, mine") were modeled after the penguins in the claymation Wallace and Gromit short Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993).

-When Marlin is talking to the school of fish, they form a ship and the song "A Whale of a Tale" from Disney's _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)_ (which featured a hero/villain named Captain Nemo) can be heard.

-When the fish tank turns dirty, they show a shot of a sunken ship. On the front of the sunken ship is the mermaid covered in scum from Pixar's, Knick Knack (1989), which is also shown before the movie begins.

-Co-writer Bob Peterson doubled as the voice of "Mr. Ray" the Schoolteacher.

- Had the biggest opening weekend for any animated film upon its US release (30 May 2003).

- Afraid that kids would try releasing their pet fish by flushing them down a drain, a company that manufactures equipment used by water filtration and sewage treatment plants released a warning the Thursday after the film came out saying that even though drains do eventually reach the Ocean before it would the water would go through equipment which breaks down solids, and basically went on to say that in real life the movie would more appropriately be called "Grinding Nemo".

- Director Andrew Stanton is a fan of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) and included a couple of references. The shark is called "Bruce" (from a sketch about the Philosophy Department of the University of Woolloomooloo where everyone was called Bruce (it's also the nickname of the animatronic shark used in Jaws (1975))). The krill say, "Swim away, swim away," (from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)).

-Dedicated to the memory of Glenn McQueen (1960-2002), a Pixar animator.

-The waiting room in the dentist's office was modeled after the waiting room in a real dentist's office in Emeryville, California, where Pixar Animation Studios has its headquarters.

-Darla is named after Pixar producer Darla K. Anderson.

-The scene where the seagulls attack mimics several of the shots in Alfred Hitchcock's Birds, The (1963). The music that accompanies Darla's entry is a pastiche of Bernard Herrmann's score for Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).


- Nigel the Pelican says that the dentist is a "Diver Dan" - a reference to a character in the popular Australian TV Show _"Seachange" (1998) .


- This is the #1 animated motion picture of all time in the USA, with a gross of $340,000,000. It beat the previous record holder, Lion King, The (1994), by $12,000,000.

Sobre os Estúdios de Animação Pixar:

Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR, http://www.pixar.com) combines creative and technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of computer animation. Pixar has created five of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Academy Award®-winning Toy Story (1995); A Bug's Life (1998); Golden Globe-winner Toy Story 2 (1999); the Academy Award®-winning Monsters, Inc. (2001); and Finding Nemo (2003). Pixar's five films have earned more than $2.2 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern California studio's next two film releases are The Incredibles (November 5, 2004) and Cars (holiday 2005). Pixar's films are released by Walt Disney Pictures.

(fonte: IMDB, Pixar)

Notícia:

FINDING NEMO Sells 8 Million Units on DVD and Video in First Day Becoming Fastest-Selling DVD and Video Ever.



BURBANK, Calif., November 5, 2003 - On its first day of availability, Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film, FINDING NEMO sold 8 million units on DVD and video in North America, it was announced today by Steve Jobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR), Michael Eisner, Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Bob Chapek, President of Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The 8 million units sold to date has FINDING NEMO "swimming circles" around the previous industry record of first day sales of 5 million units held by MONSTERS, INC., also a Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film. Based on this first day sales figure alone, FINDING NEMO is now on track to be the best-selling DVD and video of 2003 and the top selling DVD of all time.

"We couldn't be more excited about the overwhelming success of FINDING NEMO," said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. "Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Graham Walters and the Pixar crew have created an amazing film that has touched the hearts of millions."

"The computer-animated blockbuster that captivated adults and children alike with oceans of fun continues to deliver with its debut on video and DVD, which just goes to show the power of blending superior story telling with cutting-edge technology," said Michael D. Eisner, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company. "FINDING NEMO'S position as the #1 movie in the U.S. so far this year makes it no surprise that there's such a high demand for this film from consumers and retailers alike."

President of Buena Vista Home Entertainment Bob Chapek added, "We're thrilled that the public has embraced the FINDING NEMO DVD and video in this wonderful way. We are working furiously around the clock with our duplication facilities to keep up with this overwhelming consumer demand across North America." Commenting on the first day sales record, Chapek added, "With the tremendous support by both retail and consumers this new day one record reinforces the admiration that audiences have for this wonderful film."

Disc one of this Collector's Edition features the 'widescreen' presentation of the film and includes a visual commentary with deleted scenes, features on the creation of the film, virtual aquariums, art galleries and more. Disc two features the 'full frame' version of the film and includes a family friendly menu of games, underwater explorations, fish encyclopedia, virtual aquariums and more. This tidal wave of laughs, adventure and heartfelt emotion is available on DVD for $29.99 (S.R.P.) and on VHS for $24.99 (S.R.P.).

(fonte: Pixar)

Crítica de Roger Elbert:

FINDING NEMO
****(G)

"Finding Nemo" has all of the usual pleasures of the Pixar animation style--the comedy and wackiness of "Toy Story" or "Monsters Inc." or "A Bug's Life." And it adds an unexpected beauty, a use of color and form that makes it one of those rare movies where I wanted to sit in the front row and let the images wash out to the edges of my field of vision. The movie takes place almost entirely under the sea, in the world of colorful tropical fish--the flora and fauna of a shallow warm-water shelf not far from Australia. The use of color, form and movement make the film a delight even apart from its story.

There is a story, though, one of those Pixar inventions that involves kids on the action level while adults are amused because of the satire and human (or fishy) comedy. The movie involves the adventures of little Nemo, a clown fish born with an undersized fin and an oversized curiosity. His father, Marlin, worries obsessively over him, because Nemo is all he has left: Nemo's mother and all of her other eggs were lost to barracudas. When Nemo goes off on his first day of school, Marlin warns him to stay with the class and avoid the dangers of the drop-off to deep water, but Nemo forgets, and ends up as a captive in the salt-water aquarium of a dentist in Sydney. Marlin swims off bravely to find his missing boy, aided by Dory, a blue tang with enormous eyes who he meets along the way.

These characters are voiced by actors whose own personal mannerisms are well known to us; I recognized most of the voices, but even the unidentified ones carried buried associations from movie roles, and so somehow the fish take on qualities of human personalities. Marlin, for example, is played by Albert Brooks as an overprotective, neurotic worrywart, and Dory is Ellen DeGeneres as helpful, cheerful and scatterbrained (she has a problem with short-term memory).

The Pixar computer animators, led by writer-director Andrew Stanton, create an undersea world that is just a shade murky, as it should be; we can't see as far or as sharply in sea water, and so threats materialize more quickly, and everything has a softness of focus. There is something dreamlike about the visuals of "Finding Nemo," something that evokes the reverie of scuba-diving.

The picture's great inspiration is to leave the sea by transporting Nemo to that big tank in the dentist's office. In it we meet other captives, including the Moorish Idol fish Gill (voice by Willem Dafoe), who are planning an escape. Now it might seem to us that there is no possible way a fish can escape from an aquarium in an office and get out of the window and across the highway and into the sea, but there is no accounting for the ingenuity of these creatures, especially since they have help from a conspirator on the outside--a pelican with the voice of Geoffrey Rush.

It may occur to you that many pelicans make a living by eating fish, not rescuing them, but some of the characters in this movie have evolved admirably into vegetarians. As Marlin and Dory conduct their odyssey, for example, they encounter three carnivores who have formed a chapter of Fish-Eaters Anonymous, and chant slogans to remind them that they abstain from fin-based meals.

The first scenes in "Finding Nemo" are a little unsettling, as we realize the movie is going to be about fish, not people (or people-based characters like toys and monsters). But of course animation has long since learned to enlist all other species in the human race, and to care about fish quickly becomes as easy as caring about mice or ducks or Bambi.

When I review a movie like "Finding Nemo," I am aware that most members of its primary audience do not read reviews. Their parents do, and to them and adults who do not have children as an excuse, I can say that "Finding Nemo" is a pleasure for grown-ups. There are jokes we get that the kids don't, and the complexity of Albert Brooks' neuroses, and that enormous canvas filled with creatures that have some of the same hypnotic beauty as--well, fish in an aquarium. They may appreciate another novelty: This time the dad is the hero of the story, although in most animation it is almost always the mother.

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