A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.
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Charles Martin Smith
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Harry Connick Jr. | ... | Dr. Clay Haskett | |
| Ashley Judd | ... | Lorraine Nelson | |
| Nathan Gamble | ... | Sawyer Nelson | |
| Kris Kristofferson | ... | Reed Haskett | |
| Cozi Zuehlsdorff | ... | Hazel Haskett | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Dr. Cameron McCarthy | |
| Austin Stowell | ... | Kyle Connellan | |
| Frances Sternhagen | ... | Gloria Forrest | |
| Austin Highsmith | ... | Phoebe | |
| Betsy Landin | ... | Kat | |
| Juliana Harkavy | ... | Rebecca | |
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Megan Lozicki | ... | Brittany |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | ... | Max Connellan | |
| Kim Ostrenko | ... | Alyce Connellan | |
| Michael Roark | ... | Donovan Peck | |
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Storyline
A lonely and friendless boy finds and untangles a hurt dolphin that is caught in a crab trap. He becomes very attached to the dolphin when the tail must be taken off to save the dolphin's life. The boy believes the dolphin would be able to swim normally if it was given a prosthetic tail. Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)
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competition | bare chested male | father figure | beach | medical examination |Taglines:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 September 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Delfiini lugu See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$37,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$19,152,401, 25 September 2011, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$72,286,779Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$95,404,397Company Credits
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Alcon Entertainment, Arc Productions, St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission See more »
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Written by Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette (as Wyatt B. Durette III), Coy Bowles and Jeffrey Steele
Performed by Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
Jimmy Buffet appears courtesy of Mailboat Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing/WACBIZ
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This marks the third out of five movies that Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman have worked on together. The others are Kiss the Girls (1997), High Crimes (2002), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), and Dolphin Tale 2 (2014). See more »Goofs
When the news channel shows Winter, there is footage of the dolphin being lifted into the truck at the beach. At the beginning, when the dolphin was first rescued, there were only the rescuers and the boy, but one of the rescuers did have a camera and was filming the events. See more »Quotes
Philip J. Hordern: [After looking at Winter's new trainers and training area] I'll fund your whole operation, as long as you run the place, "your way"See more »
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Also shown in 3D version. See more »Soundtracks
Knee DeepWritten by Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette (as Wyatt B. Durette III), Coy Bowles and Jeffrey Steele
Performed by Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett
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By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing/WACBIZ
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Congrat's Charlie Smith, you've done it again. Congrat's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson...and Bob Engelman. I've been a part of a lot of films in our industry, as an actress, a choreographer, a director...and there are only a handful of great films you can point too, that you can watch over and over and over, and it never gets old. Dolphin Tale will be added to that list. From Morgan Freeman to Ashley Judd, all of the actors were phenomenal. The child actor Nathan Gamble pours his little heart into this one, and will become the new it young actor. Harry Connick Jr. is the dad of all dads, and the young actress Cozi Zuehlsdorff will will eventually become a wonderful little actress if she stays away from troublemakers in the industry. There were also a lot of successful actors in the supporting cast that helped make this film one for the ages. like, Frances Sternhagen, Kris Kristofferson, Ray McKinnon, Jim Fitzpatrick, Marc Macauly and Richard Libertini. And last but not least Winter. If you love animals and/or Dolphins..you too will love Dolphin Tale!