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Volume CXXXIII, Number 13 |
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The search is over: Nemo comes to campus
DAVIN MICHAELS
COLUMNIST
To start off this semester's weekend films, the Bowdoin Film Society is presenting one of the most popular pictures of 2003 to audiences of all ages: Pixar's Finding Nemo.
Featuring the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, and Geoffrey Rush, Nemo tells the story of a young clownfish named Nemo who, while on his way to school with his father, Marlin, becomes adventurous and na‹vely swims too far away into distant and dangerous waters. Before his father can save him, Nemo is captured by a scuba diver who is collecting rare fish.
On his brave quest in search of his son, Marlin meets a friendly but nutty fish, Dory, who helps him cross the perilous ocean. Along the way, they meet an array of sea creatures, some helpful and some a hindrance, but throughout it all they never lose sight of the importance of friendship and family.
Pixar is the animation studio that brought us such successful films as Monsters Inc., Toy Story 2, and A Bug's Life. Its movies are icons of humor and state of the art animation technology. Nemo, its latest box office sensation, was directed by Andrew Stanton and includes an all-star cast of sharks, turtles, and seahorses.
Finding Nemo was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Picture (comedy) and is currently nominated for four Academy Awards including Original Screenplay, Animated Feature, Original Score, and Sound Editing. The film contains humor and subjects matters that are appropriate for all audiences and most college kids and adults were pushing elementary school children aside to get tickets.
For those of you who have not had the pleasure yet, now is your chance to experience the thrill of this underwater adventure story on the big screen one last time. For those of you who have seen the film, we strongly encourage you to sea it again!
Finding Nemo will be showing this Friday and Saturday evening in Smith Auditorium of Sills Hall at 7:00 p.m. It is free and open to all members of the Bowdoin community. We hope you enjoy!
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