Finding Dory Page #4

Synopsis: Dory is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can remember is that she somehow became separated from her parents as a child. With help from her friends Nemo and Marlin, Dory embarks on an epic adventure to find them. Her journey brings her to the Marine Life Institute, a conservatory that houses diverse ocean species.
Director(s): Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane (co-director)
Production: Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 15 wins & 42 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG
Year:
2016
97 min
$486,292,984
Website
14,503 Views


Oy! You two! Shut it!

Yeah, we're trying to sleep!

You interrupted my favorite dream!

Is that the one about you

laying on this rock?

-Yeah.

-Oh, that is a good one.

-Oh, yeah, isn't it? Yeah.

-It's one of my favorites.

NEMO:
Uh, excuse us. Hello!

-Son! Son.

-We're tryin' to--

Those are sea lions.

They are natural predators.

They could pounce at any moment.

(YAWNING)

Uh, they don't look very pouncy.

That's what they want you to think.

Just get behind me

and let me do the talking.

Excuse me, we're worried

about our friend. Is that a restaurant?

(LAUGHING)

Mate, it's not a restaurant.

Your friend is okay.

-She is?

-It's a fish hospital.

Sigourney Weaver says she'll be

rescued, rehabilitated, and released.

She'll be in and out in a jiff.

We should know.

-Nasal parasite.

-Anemia.

All fixed up and sent on our way.

Oh, thank goodness.

Sure, that's all right.

Don't you worry ab--

-BOTH:
Gerald, get off the rock!

-Shove off, Gerald! Come on. Off! Off!

-Get off! Now you know better! Off!

-Off! Off! Off! Off!

Don't you worry 'bout a thing.

That place is the Marine Life Institute.

The Jewel of Morro Bay, California.

(GASPS) She was right.

It looks like Dory

can do something besides forget.

Thank you, Nemo. Thank you for that.

So how are we gonna get inside?

Wait. You wanna get inside MLI?

Desperately. Our friend is there.

Lost, alone.

She's scared.

She'll have no idea what to do.

Oh, we know a way.

You do?

BOTH:
Ooo-roo.

Ooo-roo-roo. Ooo-roo.

-What are they doin'?

-I don't know. It sounds.

DORY:
Are we there yet?

HANK:
Sh. Keep it down!

Hank, I'm so glad I found you.

It feels like-- I-- Destiny.

For what must be the millionth time,

it's not destiny.

Oh, oh. Have I said "destiny" before?

I'm sorry.

I'm just so nervous

'cause I'm gonna meet my parents.

I haven't seen them in I don't even know

how long because...

-you see I suffer from short-term--

-HANK:
Short-term memory loss.

Look, no more talking. Okay?

I don't like talking.

I don't like chatter and questions.

And, "How are you? Oh, I'm fine."

(PHONE RINGING)

"How are you? I'm fine, too."

News flash -nobody's fine.

Oh, I'm fine. How are you?

(SIGHS)

-Hank, look, there's a map!

-Shh!

The plan is you're gonna read that

and figure out where your parents live.

Then I'm on the truck to Cleveland.

You got it?

Got it. What was the first part again?

Ugh.

What? The octopus escaped again?

Wow. Look at all the exhibits.

How can you do this park in one day?

Seriously.

-Pick one!

-Okay. Um...

(GROANS) Well,

tell everyone to keep an eye out.

We're supposed to be releasing

the octopus back to the ocean today.

Well, of course I haven't seen him.

If I was looking, I'd find him.

Hank! There you are.

-Hurry up!

-Okay. Okay.

K. It starts with a "k."

Kid z-own-y. Kid zone!

No! No kids. Kids grab things.

And I'm not losing

another tentacle for you.

You lost a tentacle?

Well, then you're not an octopus.

You're a septopus.

I may not remember, but I can count.

-Hurry up!

-Okay.

Journey to the-- Hey, look. Shells.

(GASPS)

Hey, look. Shells!

(CHARLIE CHUCKLING)

Daddy, here's a shell for you.

That's great, Dory.

You found another one.

-I did?

-Oh, yes, you did.

You're getting good at this, Dory.

(FISH LAUGHING)

Hey, look. Shells!

(JENNY CHUCKLES)

-Hey, I live there.

-Yes! Yes, indeed.

-I like shells.

-(LAUGHS) That's right, dear.

Do you think you could find me

another shell?

(WHISPERS) Purple ones

are my favorite.

Okay, Mommy.

Mommy. Purple shell. Purple shell!

Hey, my home had a purple shell.

So what? Half the exhibits here

have purple shells in them.

No, no, no. You don't understand.

I remember her now.

Purple shells were her favorite

and she had this adorable giggle.

And then my dad was really friendly.

And now your wacky memory's

gonna get us caught.

Still think this is destiny?

-Hank, we have to find my folks!

-Quiet!

Ugh. Base, this is Carol.

Uh, I think I might have found

that missing octopus. Over.

-See what you did?

-Sorry.

This could not be worse.

Hmm. "Destiny." (GASPS) Destiny.

-Hank. I got a feelin'.

-Sh!

I think we should get in the bucket.

-No. Stop.

-Seriously. It says "destiny" and it is--

-No, no, no, no, no.

-We've gotta get in that bucket.

-I'm not going with you in the bucket.

-Here... I... go... in... the... bucket. Bye.

(GASPS)

Hey, guys, I'm lookin' for my family.

Oh, good idea. Play dead.

(HANK GASPS)

I'm sorry. I gotta blink. How do you

hold your eyes open that long?

(GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

Hey, guys. Wait a second.

(SCREAMS)

(PANTING)

(SCREAMS)

Our next guest

has been here a very long time.

She's a whale shark.

Her name is Destiny.

Destiny? Really?

You'll notice she's extremely

nearsighted and has trouble...

navigating her environment.

Oh! And here she comes now.

Ooh! Destiny. (GASPS) You're a fish?

(DESTINY GROANS)

Wait. What?

-Hi! Hello there.

-Whoa! Oh. Whoa.

All right, I'll go with you.

-Excuse me. Hi.

-Who is that? Is that blue blob talkin'?

-Can you help me? I lost my family.

-You lost your family?

Well, it's a long story,

and truth be told,

I don't remember most of it.

Aw, that is so sad.

You poor thi-- (SCREAMS)

(DESTINY PANTING)

Sorry. Not a great swimmer.

I can't see very well.

Oh, I think you swim beautifully.

In fact, I've never seen a fish

swim like that before.

(VOCALIZING) Thank you.

(VOCALIZING) You're welcome.

Wait. Say that again.

Um, you're (VOCALIZING) welcome.

-Dory?

-Yes.

-Dory?

-Yes.

-Dory?

-Yes.

-(GASPS) Dory!

-Yes.

-You and I were friends!

-No!

-Dory, it's me! Destiny!

-You know me?

Of course! We talked through the pipes

when we were little.

-We were pipe pals!

-We were?

-(GASPS) Aw, you're so pretty.

-So you know where I'm from?

Yep, you are from

the Open Ocean exhibit.

I'm from the Open Ocean exhibit?

(GASPS) Then that's

where my parents are.

We gotta go. Can you take me there?

Uh... Kind of tough for whale

to travel around here.

Can you please keep it down

over there? My head hurts.

-(DESTINY GROANS)

-Who's that?

(WHISPERING)

That's my neighbor, Bailey.

He was brought in with a head injury.

I know you're talkin' about me, Destiny.

He thinks he can't use his echolocation,

but I've overheard...

the doctors talking.

There's not a thing wrong with him.

Hear every word

you're sayin' about me.

What's echolocation?

Bailey's head is supposed to put out

a call and the echo helps him find objects far away.

Oh, but apparently, he's still "healin'."

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Andrew Stanton

Andrew Ayers Stanton is an American animator, storyboard artist, film director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. more…

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