On August 14th and 15th, I attended the FINDING NEMO 3d Press Junket in San Francisco, CA. I believe Crush, one of the loveable sea turtles from the film, sums the whole trip up best with this memorable quote:
“Saw the whole thing, dude. First you were all like “whoa”, and we were like “whoa”, and you were like “whoa…” ”
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken to a dentist’s office aquarium. It’s up to Marlin (Albert Brooks), his worrisome father, and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly but forgetful Regal Blue Tang, to make the epic journey to bring Nemo home. Their adventure brings them face-to-face with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more. Marlin discovers a bravery he never knew, but will he be able to find his son?
The first night of the trip we were taken to Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA for a screening of PARTYSAURUS REX, with an introduction by Mark Walsh (Director – “Partysaurus Rex”) and Kim Adams (Producer – “Partysaurus Rex”), followed by FINDING NEMO 3D.
The next day we went to The California Academy of Sciences where I sat down with director Lee Unkrich, Pixar Stereoscopic Supervisor Bob Whitehill, Director of 3D Production Josh Hollander, Mark Walsh (Director – “Partysaurus Rex”) and Kim Adams (Producer – “Partysaurus Rex”) in roundtables with 3 other press members. Check them out below!
FINDING NEMO 3D – Bob Whitehill & Josh Hollander
FINDING NEMO 3D – Director Lee Unkrich
PARTYSAURUS REX – Mark Walsh and Kim Adams
The trip was a ton of fun. You can check out more pictures below.
About PARTYSAUSUS REX:
Poor Rex. Buzz, Woody and the rest of the “Toy Story” gang think he is a just a wet blanket. But when Bonnie takes him to bath time, he goes from a party pooper to king of the hot tub! Creating a bubble bash like no other, everyone’s raving about the Partysaurus Rex!
Academy Award®-winning film “Finding Nemo” returns to the big screen in thrilling Disney Digital 3D™ for the first time ever. Teeming with memorable comedic characters and heartfelt emotion, this stunning underwater adventure follows the momentous journey of an overprotective clownfish named Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) and his young son Nemo (voiced by Alexander Gould)––who become separated when Nemo is unexpectedly taken far from his ocean home in the Great Barrier Reef to a fish tank in a dentist’s office. Buoyed by the companionship of Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres), a friendly-but-forgetful blue tang, Marlin embarks on a dangerous trek and finds himself the unlikely hero of an epic effort to rescue his son––who hatches a few daring plans of his own to return safely home.
Directed by two-time Oscar® winner Andrew Stanton and produced by Graham Walters, with an Oscar-nominated screenplay by Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds, “Finding Nemo” also features the voices of Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, Vicki Lewis, Joe Ranft, Geoffrey Rush and Elizabeth Perkins. Stanton serves as the unflappable sea turtle, Crush, and Peterson as the musical manta ray teacher, Mr. Ray.
FOR MORE INFO:
Website: Disney.com/Finding-Nemo
Facebook: Facebook.com/PixarFindingNemo
FINDING NEMO 3D swims into theaters September 14
