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Dolphin Tale

2011 · Film · 113 min

  • Drama
  • Family

Plot

A sea of animal rescuers — and a lonely boy in need of a friend – nurse an injured dolphin back to health after it loses its tail in a trap.

About Dolphin Tale

Dolphin Tale is a 2011 American family drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith and written by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi. It stars Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson, Cozi Zuehlsdorff in her film debut, and Morgan Freeman. The book and film are inspired by the true story of Winter, a bottlenose dolphin that was rescued in December 2005 off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. In the film, Winter loses her tail after becoming entangled with a rope attached to a crab trap, and must be fitted with a prosthetic one in order to swim naturally again. The film was released on September 23, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures; Dolphin Tale received positive reviews from critics and earned $95.9 million on a $37 million budget. A sequel, Dolphin Tale 2, was released on September 12, 2014.

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Cast

  • Nathan GambleSawyer Nelson
  • Cozi ZuehlsdorffHazel Haskett
  • Harry Connick Jr.Dr. Clay Haskett
  • Austin StowellKyle Connellan
  • Morgan FreemanDr. McCarthy
  • Ashley JuddLorraine Nelson
  • Kris KristoffersonReed Haskett
  • Ray McKinnonMr. Doyle
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