Finding Dory (2016): 15 Crazy Facts About The Movie!!

Finding Dory (2016) is sequel to Finding Nemo (2003). This time the team goes on an adventure to find Dory’s family and everyone learns few things about the family along the way.

Find Dory here?
Find Dory here?

Finding Dory (2016) is directed by Andrew Stanton and the cast includes Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Idris Elba, Bill Hader, Dominic West, Andrew Stanton, and Kaitlin Olson. The film is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures.

Finding Dory poster
Finding Dory poster

Let’s look at some of the interesting facts and details about the movie Finding Dory (2016).

Finding Dory movie facts
Finding Dory movie facts

15. Less runtime maybe more fun! 

Finding Dory (2016) has 5 minutes less runtime (95 minutes) as compared to Finding Nemo (2003) which had a runtime of 100 minutes.

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Movie facts

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14. Director is Actor.. Again! 

Director Andrew Stanton reprises his role as the sea turtle Crush after Finding Nemo (2003).

Crush and Nemo
Crush and Nemo

13. Finding Dory is late! 

Finding Dory (2016) was originally scheduled to be released on November 25,2015. After Pixar’s other film The Good Dinosaur (2015) was pushed to that date, this film was pushed back as well to release on 17th June, 2016.

Movie Details Facts
Movie Details Facts

12. Dory and Ellen DeGeneres! 

Finding Dory (2016) was first announced by Ellen DeGeneres (Voice of Dory) on her talk show. The trailer was also first launched on her talk show.

Movie trivia
Movie trivia

11. Not 13 years only 6 months! 

Finding Dory 2016) is set only six months after the events of Finding Nemo (2003).

Movie Details
Movie Details

10. Different setting! 

The setting of this film was changed from an aquatic Park to a Marine Biology Institute after the controversial documentary Blackfish (2013) was screened for the crew of Pixar.

Movie Details Facts and Trivia
Movie Details Facts and Trivia

9. Dory is a winner on Facebook too! 

Dory is the most liked character on Facebook (25 million likes) from any Disney or Pixar film.

Facts about Dory
Facts about Dory

8. Idris Elba × 3

Idris Elba gave voice in three Disney films in the year 2016. This marks his last film in 2016, after Zootopia (2016) and The Jungle Book (2016). In all three films he voices roles of animal characters.

Idris Elba as Fluke
Idris Elba as Fluke

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7. Finding Dory on IMAX.. Wow! 

Finding Dory will be the first Pixar Animation film to be shown in IMAX format since Cars 2 (2011).

Destiny and dory
Destiny and dory

6. 3rd time female lead in PIXAR! 

This is the 3rd Pixar Animation film to have a Female as Main character. The other two are Inside Out (2015) and Brave (2012).

Dory is here finally
Dory is here finally

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5. Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel! 

The catchy song featured in the second trailer of Finding Dory is “Solsbury Hill” by Peter Gabriel.

Movie Details Facts and Trivia
Movie Details Facts and Trivia

4. Change of Voice Actors! 

The voice actors are replaced in the film from the previous film. Hayden Rolence replaces Alexander Gould as the voice of Nemo, due to the fact that Gould has outgrown his original role in Finding Nemo (2003). The other characters whose voice actors were replaced are Sheldon, Tad, Pearl, Squirt, and Jacques.

Marlin and Nemo
Marlin and Nemo

3. Fluke and Rudder together! 

Finding Dory (2016) co-stars Dominic West (Rudder) and Idris Elba (Fluke) have also appeared together in famous tv show The Wire (2002).

Fluke and Rudder
Fluke and Rudder

2. Lots change from Finding Nemo to Findin Dory! 

This film marks 3rd Pixar production film where supporting character from the previous film takes on the role of main character. Marlin was main character in Finding Nemo (2003) but in this film Dory is the main character. The other 2 films are Monsters University (2013) (where Mike takes the role of main character from Sullie in Monsters, Inc (2001)) and Cars 2 (2011) (where Mater takes on the role of Main character from Lightning McQueen in Cars (2006)).

Dory in trouble again
Dory in trouble again

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1. Nemo was G Dory is PG! 

Finding Dory (2016) is first Pixar production sequel to have different MPAA rating from its predecessor Finding Nemo (2003). Finding Nemo (2003) was rated G but Finding Dory is Rated PG.

Not G its PG this time
Not G its PG this time

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Finding Nemo (2003): 16 Fun Facts About The Animated Movie!!

Finding Nemo (2003) is an animated adventure/comedy genre movie produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is directed and written by Andrew Stanton. The movie characters are voiced by Albert Brooks (Marlin), Ellen Degeneres (Dory), Alexander Gould (Nemo), Willem Dafoe (Gill), and many more.

Finding Nemo (2003) tells the story of a timid clownfish and his adventure to rescue his only son “Nemo” who got captured at the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, Australia.

The movie has won several awards including an Academy Award in Best Animated feature category. Finding Nemo (2003) was released on 30th May, 2003 and earned close to 1$ billion on its theatrical run. Let’s have a quick look about the interesting facts and details about movie Finding Nemo (2003).

Finding Nemo movie poster
Finding Nemo movie poster
16. Finding Nemo (2003) surpassed  The Lion King (1994) to become the highest-grossing animated film at that time. The Lion King (1994) producer Don Hahn called director Andrew Stanton to congratulate him and said, "It's about time".
Finding Nemo and The Lion King
Finding Nemo and The Lion King
15. Director Andrew Stanton did the voice of Crush the sea turtle (lying on his couch) in his office. Squirt the sea turtle is voiced by Nicholas Bird, the young son of Pixar director Brad Bird. 
Marlin, Dory, Crush and Squirt
Marlin, Dory, Crush and Squirt
14. The look and feel of the underwater world was essential to the film's success. To achieve that, the production crew were all exposed to visits to aquariums, diving stints in Monterey and Hawaii. They attended study sessions in front of Pixar's own 25-gallon fish tank and even a series of in-house lectures from an ichthyologist.
Finding Nemo movie
Finding Nemo movie
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13. Rendering a frame which lasted about 1/24th of a second in the film Finding Nemo (2003) could take up to four days. It was because of the complexity of the underwater environment with sunlight coming through the water and hitting fish scales.
Marlin and dory
Marlin and dory
12. 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 got there the water would go through equipment which breaks down solids, and went on to say that in real life the movie would more appropriately be called "Grinding Nemo".
Marlin and dory finding nemo
Marlin and dory finding nemo
11. Though never mentioned in the film, it is revealed by the directors in the commentary that Crush and his crew of thrill-seeking turtles are headed for Hawaii.
Sea Turtle Drive
Sea Turtle Drive
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Monsters, Inc (2001): 16 Awesome Facts From The Animated Movie!!

Monsters, Inc. (2001) is an animated/adventure /comedy movie directed and written by Pete Docter and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Andrew Stanton wrote the screenplay. The characters of movie Monsters Inc (2001) are voiced by many actors such as John Goodman (Sulley), Billy Crystal (Mike), Mary Gibbs (Boo), Steve Buscemi (Randall) etc.

Movie Details Facts and Trivia
Movie Details Facts and Trivia

Monsters, Inc (2001) is the story of two monsters (Mike and Sulley) working at Monsters, Inc. The employees generate their city’s power by targeting and scaring human children, but they are themselves afraid that the children may contaminate them. When one child enters Monstropolis, Mike and Sulley must return her unharmed.

Monsters at Work
Monsters at Work

Monsters, Inc (2001) was released on 2nd November, 2001 in USA. The movie won 1 Academy Award in Best Music, Original Song category although it lost to Shrek (2001) in Best Animated Picture category. The movie earned $525 million dollars worldwide.
Well, let’s have a look at the interesting facts and details about movie Monsters, Inc (2001).

Monsters,Inc movie poster
Monsters,Inc movie poster

16. Actress Mary Gibbs (Boo) was so young that it proved difficult to get her to stand in the recording studio and act her lines. Instead, they simply followed her around with a microphone and cut Boo’s lines together from the things she said while she played.

Mary Gibbs as Boo
Mary Gibbs as Boo

15. It normally took 11 to 12 hours to render a single frame of monster Sulley because of his 2.3 million individually animated hair strands (Total number of hairs: 2,320,413).

Sulley in Monsters, Inc
Sulley in Monsters, Inc

14. Actor John Goodman (Sulley) pushed for actor Steve Buscemi to voice the villain monster Randall in Monsters, Inc. (2001).

Monster Sulley and Randall
Monster Sulley and Randall

13. Actor John Goodman (Sulley) and Billy Crystal (monster Mike)  sometimes recorded their lines in the same room together. It is an unusual move for animated films, where actors more often work alone. Steve Buscemi and Frank Oz (Randall and his assistant Fungus) also recorded their lines together for the bathroom scene.

Monsters Sulley , Mike, Randall, and Fungus
Monsters Sulley , Mike, Randall, and Fungus

Check Out13 Crazy Facts About Disney’s Animated Movie Brave (2012)!! 12. In early drafts of Monsters, Inc. (2001), the character of Boo was written to be six years old. The writers decided to make Boo younger because it would make her more dependent on Sulley.

Monster Sulley and Boo in Monsters, Inc
Monster Sulley and Boo in Monsters, Inc

11. The ingredient list on the cereal that monster Sulley feeds Boo is as follows: Tentacles (includes suckers), sugar pods, gelatin, artificial flavor, artificial color (Yellow 53 & 54, Red 400, Blue 21, Plaid 16, Puce 30), salt, seawater, naturally occurring mercury, barium, sulfuric acid, lead, bile, blood, sweat, tears, zinc oxide, vitamins D & F, anemone, brine shrimp, coral, plankton, deadly pufferfish, depleted uranium (to preserve freshness).

Monster Sulley and Boo in Monsters, Inc
Monster Sulley and Boo in Monsters, Inc

10. Monsters, Inc. (2001) is the fourth movie to feature both actors John Goodman and Steve Buscemi together. All previous 3 movies they acted were directed and produced by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

John Goodman And Steve Buscemi
John Goodman And Steve Buscemi

9. The animators considered giving monster Sulley tentacles instead of legs at one point, and glasses at another. However, they decided to use legs because they believed the audience would concentrate more on the tentacles than Sulley’s face. They also considered making Mike armless with only legs.

Monsters, Inc movie
Monsters, Inc movie