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==Plot==
==Plot==
One year after the events of [[Finding Nemo|the first film]], Dory begins having fragmented dreams and flashbacks of her life prior to meeting Marlin and Nemo, particularly of her parents. After hearing a lecture from Mr. Ray about migration, where sea animals use their instinct to return home, Dory's memories are triggered and she has the sudden urge to find her parents, only vaguely remembering that they lived at the "Jewel" of [[Morro Bay, California]]. Marlin, who is initially reluctant, and Nemo decide to accompany Dory in her quest. With the help of Crush, the trio rides an ocean current to California. When Dory wanders near a shipwreck, they are forced to flee from a predatory [[giant squid]], almost killing Nemo in the process. Marlin blames Dory for endangering Nemo and angrily tells her forgetting things is all she is good for. Although hurt, Dory decides to seek help for Nemo and travels to the surface, where she is taken captive by volunteers from the nearby Marine Life Institute.
One year after the events of [[Finding Nemo|the first film]], Dory begins having fragmented dreams and flashbacks of her life prior to meeting Marlin and Nemo, particularly of her parents. After hearing a lecture from Mr. Ray about migration, where sea animals use their instinct to return home, Dory's memories are triggered, and she has the sudden urge to find her parents, only vaguely remembering that they lived at the Jewel of [[Morro Bay, California]].


Marlin, who is initially reluctant, and Nemo decide to accompany Dory in her quest. With the help of Crush, the trio rides an ocean current to California. When Dory wanders near a shipwreck, they are forced to flee from a predatory [[giant squid]], almost killing Nemo in the process. Marlin blames Dory for endangering Nemo and angrily tells her forgetting things is all she is good for. Although hurt, Dory decides to seek help for Nemo and travels to the surface, where she is taken captive by volunteers from the nearby Marine Life Institute.
Dory is tagged and sent to the Quarantine section of the Institute, where she meets an ill-tempered, seven-legged [[octopus]] named Hank. He desires Dory's tag since it means that instead of being released back into the wild like other fish, she will be sent to a permanent aquarium in [[Cleveland]]. Due to a past traumatic experience, Hank dreams of living alone in enclosure and agrees to help Dory find her parents in exchange for her tag. Dory deduces that she was born in the Institute's Open Ocean exhibit. She enlists the help of her childhood friend Destiny, a near-sighted [[whale shark]], and Bailey, a [[beluga whale]] who believes he is incapable of using his [[animal echolocation|echolocation]] ability. After reaching her old home, Dory learns that the blue tangs are receiving their own exhibit in Cleveland and have been sent to Quarantine. Meanwhile, Marlin and Nemo attempt to rescue Dory; a pair of [[sea lions]] named Fluke and Rudder introduce them to a dimwitted [[common loon]] named Becky, who manages to get them inside the Institute. After travelling through various exhibits, they reunite with Dory in the facility's labyrinthine pipe system.


Dory is tagged and sent to the Quarantine section of the Institute, where she meets an ill-tempered, seven-legged [[octopus]] named Hank. He desires Dory's tag since it means that instead of being released back into the wild like other fish, she will be sent to a permanent aquarium in [[Cleveland]]. Due to a past traumatic experience, Hank dreams of living alone in enclosure and agrees to help Dory find her parents in exchange for her tag.
The trio travels to Quarantine with the help of Destiny and Bailey, who is finally able to echolocate. They locate a tank of blue tangs but are told that Dory's parents traveled to Quarantine to look for Dory and have not been seen since, indicating that they likely died in the attempt. While Dory is in shock, Hank attempts to evacuate the trio but only manages to retrieve Dory. Marlin and Nemo, along with the blue tangs, are loaded in a truck bound for Cleveland. In his haste to board the truck, Hank accidentally drops Dory into a drain that leads to the ocean. With no memory of her circumstances, Dory wanders inconsolably before she comes across a trail of shells. She remembers being taught to follow shells to get back home and follows the trail, ultimately reuniting with her parents, Charlie and Jenny. They reveal that when they failed to find Dory in Quarantine, they deduced she escaped into the ocean; hoping that she would one day discover them, they spent years forming trails of shells for her to follow. Although she is happy to have fulfilled her quest, Dory suddenly remembers that she needs to rescue Marlin and Nemo. Destiny and Bailey escape their exhibits, and alongside a group of [[sea otter]]s and Becky, they help Dory intercept the truck. She rescues Marlin and Nemo but is accidentally left behind; Dory convinces Hank that life is about freedom and chance, and he agrees to escaping with her. They hijack the truck and drive it into the ocean, freeing all of the captive sea animals. Dory, her parents, Hank, Destiny, and Bailey return with Marlin and Nemo to live a new life at the [[Great Barrier Reef]].


Dory deduces that she was born in the Institute's Open Ocean exhibit. She enlists the help of her childhood friend Destiny, a near-sighted [[whale shark]], and Bailey, a [[beluga whale]] who believes he is incapable of using his [[animal echolocation|echolocation]] ability. After reaching her old home, Dory learns that the blue tangs are receiving their own exhibit in Cleveland and have been sent to Quarantine.
In a [[post-credits scene]], the "Tank Gang" from the previous film, still trapped in their plastic bags, manage to make their way to California, where they are promptly taken captive by volunteers from the Marine Life Institute.

Meanwhile, Marlin and Nemo attempt to rescue Dory. A pair of [[sea lions]] named Fluke and Rudder introduce them to a dimwitted [[common loon]] named Becky, who manages to get them inside the Institute. After travelling through various exhibits, they reunite with Dory in the facility's labyrinthine pipe system.

The trio travels to Quarantine with the help of Destiny and Bailey, who is finally able to echolocate. They locate a tank of blue tangs, but are told that Dory's parents travelled to Quarantine to look for Dory and have not been seen since, indicating that they likely died in the attempt. While Dory is in shock, Hank attempts to evacuate the trio, but only manages to retrieve Dory. Marlin and Nemo, along with the blue tangs, are loaded in a truck bound for Cleveland.

In his haste to board the truck, Hank accidentally drops Dory into a drain that leads to the ocean. With no memory of her circumstances, Dory wanders inconsolably before she comes across a trail of shells. She remembers being taught to follow shells to get back home and does so, ultimately reuniting with her parents, Charlie and Jenny. They reveal that when they failed to find Dory in Quarantine, they deduced she escaped into the ocean. Hoping that she would one day discover them, they spent years forming trails of shells for her to follow.

Although she is happy to have fulfilled her quest, Dory suddenly remembers that she needs to rescue Marlin and Nemo. Destiny and Bailey escape their exhibits, and alongside a group of [[sea otter]]s and Becky, they help Dory intercept the truck. She rescues Marlin and Nemo, but is accidentally left behind. Dory convinces Hank that life is about freedom and chance, and he agrees to escape with her. They hijack the truck and drive it into the ocean, freeing all of the captive sea animals. Dory, her parents, Hank, Destiny, and Bailey return with Marlin and Nemo to live a new life at the [[Great Barrier Reef]].

In a [[post-credits scene]], the Tank Gang from the previous film, still trapped in their plastic bags, manage to make their way to California, where they are promptly taken captive by volunteers from the Marine Life Institute.


==Voice cast==
==Voice cast==

Revision as of 17:57, 23 June 2016

Finding Dory
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrew Stanton
Screenplay by
  • Andrew Stanton
  • Victoria Strouse
Story by
  • Andrew Stanton
Produced byLindsey Collins[1]
Starring
CinematographyJeremy Lasky
Edited byAxel Geddes
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • June 8, 2016 (2016-06-08) (El Capitan Theatre)
  • June 17, 2016 (2016-06-17) (United States)
Running time
103 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200 million[3]
Box office$228.5 million[4]

Finding Dory is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film Finding Nemo. Andrew Stanton, who directed the first film, returned as writer and director,[5][6] alongside Angus MacLane as the co-director, and Victoria Strouse and Finding Nemo co-writer Bob Peterson as writers.[7] The film features the voices of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy.

Finding Dory focuses on the amnesiac fish Dory, and explores her journey to be reunited with her parents.[8] Along the way, she is captured and taken to a California public aquarium, from which Marlin and Nemo attempt to rescue her.[9]

The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2016, and was released in the United States on June 17, 2016.[10] It received critical acclaim and has grossed over $228 million worldwide.[4][11]

Plot

One year after the events of the first film, Dory begins having fragmented dreams and flashbacks of her life prior to meeting Marlin and Nemo, particularly of her parents. After hearing a lecture from Mr. Ray about migration, where sea animals use their instinct to return home, Dory's memories are triggered, and she has the sudden urge to find her parents, only vaguely remembering that they lived at the Jewel of Morro Bay, California.

Marlin, who is initially reluctant, and Nemo decide to accompany Dory in her quest. With the help of Crush, the trio rides an ocean current to California. When Dory wanders near a shipwreck, they are forced to flee from a predatory giant squid, almost killing Nemo in the process. Marlin blames Dory for endangering Nemo and angrily tells her forgetting things is all she is good for. Although hurt, Dory decides to seek help for Nemo and travels to the surface, where she is taken captive by volunteers from the nearby Marine Life Institute.

Dory is tagged and sent to the Quarantine section of the Institute, where she meets an ill-tempered, seven-legged octopus named Hank. He desires Dory's tag since it means that instead of being released back into the wild like other fish, she will be sent to a permanent aquarium in Cleveland. Due to a past traumatic experience, Hank dreams of living alone in enclosure and agrees to help Dory find her parents in exchange for her tag.

Dory deduces that she was born in the Institute's Open Ocean exhibit. She enlists the help of her childhood friend Destiny, a near-sighted whale shark, and Bailey, a beluga whale who believes he is incapable of using his echolocation ability. After reaching her old home, Dory learns that the blue tangs are receiving their own exhibit in Cleveland and have been sent to Quarantine.

Meanwhile, Marlin and Nemo attempt to rescue Dory. A pair of sea lions named Fluke and Rudder introduce them to a dimwitted common loon named Becky, who manages to get them inside the Institute. After travelling through various exhibits, they reunite with Dory in the facility's labyrinthine pipe system.

The trio travels to Quarantine with the help of Destiny and Bailey, who is finally able to echolocate. They locate a tank of blue tangs, but are told that Dory's parents travelled to Quarantine to look for Dory and have not been seen since, indicating that they likely died in the attempt. While Dory is in shock, Hank attempts to evacuate the trio, but only manages to retrieve Dory. Marlin and Nemo, along with the blue tangs, are loaded in a truck bound for Cleveland.

In his haste to board the truck, Hank accidentally drops Dory into a drain that leads to the ocean. With no memory of her circumstances, Dory wanders inconsolably before she comes across a trail of shells. She remembers being taught to follow shells to get back home and does so, ultimately reuniting with her parents, Charlie and Jenny. They reveal that when they failed to find Dory in Quarantine, they deduced she escaped into the ocean. Hoping that she would one day discover them, they spent years forming trails of shells for her to follow.

Although she is happy to have fulfilled her quest, Dory suddenly remembers that she needs to rescue Marlin and Nemo. Destiny and Bailey escape their exhibits, and alongside a group of sea otters and Becky, they help Dory intercept the truck. She rescues Marlin and Nemo, but is accidentally left behind. Dory convinces Hank that life is about freedom and chance, and he agrees to escape with her. They hijack the truck and drive it into the ocean, freeing all of the captive sea animals. Dory, her parents, Hank, Destiny, and Bailey return with Marlin and Nemo to live a new life at the Great Barrier Reef.

In a post-credits scene, the Tank Gang from the previous film, still trapped in their plastic bags, manage to make their way to California, where they are promptly taken captive by volunteers from the Marine Life Institute.

Voice cast

Production

Prior to work on Finding Dory, Disney had planned to make a Finding Nemo sequel without Pixar's involvement, through Circle 7 Animation, a studio Disney announced in 2005 with the intention to make sequels to Pixar properties.[12][13] However, in 2006, Circle 7 was shut down by Disney without ever having produced a film.[14]

In July 2012, it was reported that Andrew Stanton was developing a sequel to Finding Nemo,[15] with Victoria Strouse writing the script and a release date scheduled for 2016.[16] However, the same day the news of a potential sequel broke, Stanton posted a message on his personal Twitter calling into question the accuracy of these reports. The message said, "Didn't you all learn from Chicken Little? Everyone calm down. Don't believe everything you read. Nothing to see here now. #skyisnotfalling".[17] According to a report by The Hollywood Reporter published in August 2012, Ellen DeGeneres was in negotiations to reprise her role of Dory.[18] In September 2012, it was confirmed by Stanton, saying: "What was immediately on the list was writing a second Carter movie. When that went away, everything slid up. I know I'll be accused by more sarcastic people that it's a reaction to Carter not doing well, but only in its timing, but not in its conceit".[19] In February 2013, it was confirmed by the press that Albert Brooks would reprise the role of Marlin in the sequel.[20]

In April 2013, Disney announced the sequel, Finding Dory, for November 25, 2015, confirming that Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks would be reprising their roles as Dory and Marlin, respectively.[21] Following a long campaign for a sequel on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, DeGeneres stated:

I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time. I'm not mad it took this long. I know the people at Pixar were busy creating Toy Story 16. But the time they took was worth it. The script is fantastic. And it has everything I loved about the first one: It's got a lot of heart, it's really funny, and the best part is—it's got a lot more Dory.[21]

In a July 2013 interview with Los Angeles Times, Stanton spoke of the sequel's origin: "There was polite inquiry from Disney [about a Finding Nemo sequel]. I was always 'No sequels, no sequels.' But I had to get on board from a VP standpoint. [Sequels] are part of the necessity of our staying afloat, but we don't want to have to go there for those reasons. We want to go there creatively, so we said [to Disney], 'Can you give us the timeline about when we release them? Because we'd like to release something we actually want to make, and we might not come up with it the year you want it'".[22]

In a 2016 interview Stanton stated how the film's story came to be; "I don't watch my films that often after they're done because I have to watch them so many times before they come out. So about 2010 when we were getting Finding Nemo ready for the 10-year re-release in 3D, it was interesting to watch again after all that time. Something kind of got lodged in the back of my brain and started to sort of stew. I started to think about how easily Dory could get lost and not find Marlin and Nemo again. She basically was in the same state that she was when Marlin found her. I didn't know where she was from. I knew that she had spent most of her youth wandering the ocean alone, and I wanted to know that she could find her new family, if she ever got lost again. It's almost like the parental side of me was worried". Stanton additionally stated: "I knew if I ever said Finding Dory or mentioned a sequel to Finding Nemo out loud, I’d be done, [T]here would be no way I'd be able to put that horse back in the barn. So I kept it very quiet until I knew I had a story that I thought would hold, and that was in early 2012. So I pitched it to John Lasseter and he was all into it. Then I got a writer, and once we had a treatment that we kind of liked, I felt comfortable calling Ellen".[23]

The film's ending was revised after Pixar executives viewed Blackfish, a 2013 documentary film which focuses on the dangers of keeping orca whales in captivity. Initially, some of the characters were to end up in a SeaWorld-like marine park, but the revision gave them an option to leave.[24][25] On September 18, 2013, it was announced that the film would be pushed back to a June 17, 2016 release. Pixar's The Good Dinosaur was moved to the November 25, 2015 slot to allow more time for production of the film.[26]

In June 2014, it was revealed through Stanton's Twitter feed that the film would be co-directed by Angus MacLane.[27]

In August 2015, at Disney's D23 Expo, it was announced that Hayden Rolence would voice Nemo, replacing Alexander Gould from the first film, whose voice has deepened since reaching adulthood (Gould voiced a minor character in the sequel instead).[28][29] In addition to Rolence, Ed O'Neill was revealed to be the voice of Hank.[28]

Soundtrack

Untitled

Finding Dory: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the film and it is composed by Thomas Newman.[30] It was released on June 17, 2016.[31]

On May 20, 2016, Sia performed a cover of Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show after it was announced it would be featured in the film.

Track listing

No.TitlePerformerLength
1."Kelpcake" 0:46
2."Finding Dory (Main Title)" 0:55
3."Lost at Sea" 1:36
4."One Year Later" 2:24
5."Migration Song" 0:35
6.""O, We're Going Home"" 1:38
7."Jewel of Morro Bay" 2:00
8."Gnarly Chop" 1:39
9."Squid Chase" 1:28
10."Sigourney Weaver" 1:21
11."Hank" 3:19
12."Nobody's Fine" 3:29
13."Rebecca Darling" 1:54
14."Meet Destiny" 1:07
15."Joker at Work" 1:16
16."Becky Files" 3:53
17."Hands!" 2:24
18."Almost Home" 2:01
19."Open Ocean" 3:18
20."Two Lefts and a Right" 3:57
21."Everything About You" 1:41
22."Quarantine" 2:41
23."Warp" 1:03
24."All Alone" 0:53
25."...Shells" 4:47
26."No Walls" 2:25
27."Okay with Crazy" 1:50
28."Hide and Seek" 1:51
29."Quite a View" 1:25
30."Unforgettable"Sia Furler3:17
31."Three Hearts (End Title)" 3:29
32."Loon Tune" 1:20
33."Fish Who Wander" 1:18
34."Release" 1:13

Release

Finding Dory premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on June 17, 2016, in 2D, Disney Digital 3-D and RealD 3D.[5][6] It was also released to IMAX 3D theaters.[32] In April 2016, it was announced that a new Pixar short, Piper, directed by Alan Barillaro and with music by Adrian Belew, would be shown in front of the film.[33] It had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 18, 2016.[34][35]

Finding Dory was released in Indonesia on the 17th of June. To allow young Indonesian children to have more appreciation of the Indonesian language, Finding Dory released in Indonesia in not only English, but also in Bahasa Indonesia under the name Mencari Dory. This is the first Disney film to be dubbed in Indonesian.[citation needed]

Reception

Box office

As of June 21, 2016, Finding Dory has grossed $177.8 million in North America and $50.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $228.5 million, against a budget of $200 million.[4] It had a worldwide opening of $185.7 million, which is the second biggest of all time for an animated film behind only, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ($218.4 million), and an IMAX global opening of $6.4 million.[36][37]

North America

In the United States and Canada, Finding Dory opened on June 17, 2016, alongside Central Intelligence, with projections having the film grossing $110–120 million[38][39][40][41] in its opening weekend, with some estimates going as high as $130 million.[42][43] It received the widest release for a Pixar film (4,305 theaters, breaking Brave's record), of which 3,200 venues were in 3D, along with 425 premium large format locales, approximately 100 IMAX theaters and a handful of Dolby Cinema sites.[40] It was Fandango's top pre-selling animated film of all time, outselling the previous record-holder, Minions.[44] The film grossed $9.2 million from Thursday night previews, a record for both Pixar and any animated film,[45][46] and $54.9 million on its opening day, marking both the biggest opening day and single-day for an animated film. This also marks the first time that an animated film has grossed over $50 million in a single day.[47][48] It went on to gross $135.1 million in its opening weekend, finishing first at the box office and setting the record for the highest opening weekend for an animated film (breaking Shrek the Third's record) and the third biggest adjusted for inflation.[49] It is also the second highest opening for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest's $135.6 million that isn't a Marvel film or Star Wars: The Force Awakens and is the studio's seventh-biggest debut overall.[36][50] It also became the the fifth animated film and the fourth film of 2016 to open above $100 million.[51] Morever, its opening also marked the second biggest for the month of June, behind only Jurassic World.[52] Its opening was 93.8% above Finding Nemo's $70.2 million debut.[53] It further broke the record for the biggest PLF and Cinemark XD opening for an animated film with $10.4 million and $2.6 million respectively. In IMAX, it made $5 million from 211 IMAX theaters.[54]

Following its record breaking openings, it scored the biggest Pixar Monday by grossing $19.5 million, breaking Toy Story 3's $15.6 million, and the best Monday in June for an animated film. However, among all animated films, it is second, behind only Shrek 2 which made $23.4 million on its first Monday.[55][56] And also, the biggest Tuesday for an animated film with $23.1 million, besting Minions's $16.8 million.[57] It jumped 18.5% over its Monday gross, a rare achievement for a film.[58]

Outside North America

Outside North America, Finding Dory was released across 29 countries – which is 32% of its entire international release territories – the same weekend as its U.S. premiere. It made an estimated $50.7 million to take the No. 1 spot at the international box office.[54] It had the biggest opening of all time for a Disney/Pixar film in Australia ($7.7 million), India ($1 million), Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Peru and Central America and in Russia it opened with $3.2 million,[54] and the second biggest in Argentina ($3.5 million), and that’s despite amidst the country's Copa America soccer match, and Colombia ($2.1 million), behind Monsters University.[54]

In China, where Pixar films have been struggling to find broad audiences and accrue lucrative revenues, the film was projected to make around $30 million in its opening weekend.[59] The film ended up grossing $17.7 million – the highest Pixar opening in the country's history – debuting in second place, behind Warcraft.[54]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film had an approval rating of 94% based on 184 reviews and an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Funny, poignant, and thought-provoking, Finding Dory delivers a beautifully animated adventure that adds another entertaining chapter to its predecessor's classic story."[60] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 77 out of 100 based on 46 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11] On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[61]

Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a positive review, saying: "I never thought I wanted a sequel to Finding Nemo, but here we are and I’m pretty happy it exists. And, for me, it was a more emotional experience than the first film. Finding Dory got me – it made me cry."[62]

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