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Overview

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5.8/10   981 votes
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Director:
Mike Nichols
Writers:
Robert Merle (novel)
Buck Henry (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
29 March 1974 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
Unwittingly He Trained a Dolphin to Kill the President of the United States more
Plot:
Dr Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Unforgettable more (16 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George C. Scott ... Dr. Jake Terrell
Trish Van Devere ... Maggie Terrell

Paul Sorvino ... Curtis Mahoney
Fritz Weaver ... Harold DeMilo
Jon Korkes ... David

Edward Herrmann ... Mike
Leslie Charleson ... Maryanne
John David Carson ... Larry
Victoria Racimo ... Lana
John Dehner ... Wallingford
Severn Darden ... Schwinn
William Roerick ... Dunhill
Elizabeth Wilson ... Mrs. Rome
Phyllis Davis ... Receptionist
Pat Zurica ... First Mate
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Roman Polanski was originally supposed to direct the movie. He was in England scouting locations for the movie when his wife Sharon Tate was killed by the Manson Family. more
Quotes:
Alpha: Fa!
Dr. Jake Terrell: Well fa... you've had quite a day haven't you?
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XI (#12.1)" (2000) more

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Unforgettable, 3 November 2003
Author: Ivo Marjak (ivo.marjak@mail.ee) from Estonia

'Just was memorizing my favorite films from childhood and was not sure I could find this one here. I was about 13, when I saw it and went to see it three times. Never has such happened again! Sure, details are blurred (may-be for tears!), but from memories point of view it does not matter that much, I rate it best movie ever seen, if You catch my drift. As was said here already. To have it? For children, certainly; to see it again? May-be not, may spoil beautiful memories...

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