Australian Intl. Movie Convention Finds Nemo
(Animation News) -- One of the true highlights of the recent Australian International Movie Convention was some very rough early work from Pixar's latest effort. Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres play two fish on the Great Barrier Reef in search of another whose been caught and now imprisoned in a fish tank of a Sydney dentist's office. DeGeneres' character has no short term memory which constantly causes headaches for Brooks. Barry Humphries (aka. Dame Edna) lends his voice to a shark with problems -- seems he's joined 'Sharkaholics Anonymous' where other sharks come together to meet and discuss their problem. The problem? Eating fish. Geoffrey Rush voices a pelican along with Aussie actors Eric Bana and Bruce Spence. One particularly fun sequence included a scene where a school of fish has been asked for directions -- the group then forms themselves into various shapes until they decide upon an arrow. “Finding Nemo” is scheduled for release in 2003.
(Animation News) -- One of the true highlights of the recent Australian International Movie Convention was some very rough early work from Pixar's latest effort. Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres play two fish on the Great Barrier Reef in search of another whose been caught and now imprisoned in a fish tank of a Sydney dentist's office. DeGeneres' character has no short term memory which constantly causes headaches for Brooks. Barry Humphries (aka. Dame Edna) lends his voice to a shark with problems -- seems he's joined 'Sharkaholics Anonymous' where other sharks come together to meet and discuss their problem. The problem? Eating fish. Geoffrey Rush voices a pelican along with Aussie actors Eric Bana and Bruce Spence. One particularly fun sequence included a scene where a school of fish has been asked for directions -- the group then forms themselves into various shapes until they decide upon an arrow. “Finding Nemo” is scheduled for release in 2003.