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Year: 2011
USA: Warner Bros Pictures
UK: Warner Bros Pictures International UK
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr, Kris
Kristoffersen, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Ray McKinnon, Cozi
Zuehlsdorff, Juliana Harkavy, Austin Stowell, Frances Sternhagen,
Marc Macaulay, Rus Blackwell
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Country: USA
USA &
UK: 112 mins
USA Rated: PG for some mild thematic elements
UK Certificate: U contains one use of mild language and
scenes of emotional distress
USA Release Date: 23 September 2011
UK Release Date: 14 October 2011
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Synopsis
Alcon Entertainment’s DOLPHIN TALE is inspired by the amazing true
story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded
together to save her life.
Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely
damaging her tail. She
is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where
she is named Winter. But
her fight for survival has just begun.
Without a tail, Winter’s prognosis is dire.
It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist,
the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering
devotion of a young boy to bring about a groundbreaking miracle—a
miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help scores
of people around the world.
The real Winter, who plays herself in “Dolphin Tale,” today
serves as a symbol of courage, perseverance and hope to millions of
both able-bodied people and disabled, who have been touched by her
remarkable story of recovery and rehabilitation.
The film stars Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman (MILLION DOLLAR BABY)
as Dr Ken McCarthy, who is given the seemingly impossible task of
crafting a new prosthetic tail for Winter; Harry Connick, Jr. as Dr
Clay Haskett, who runs the Clearwater Marine Hospital; Ashley Judd
as Lorraine, a single mother; Nathan Gamble as her son, Sawyer, who
frees Winter from the trap and forms an instant connection with the
dolphin; Cozi Zuehlsdorff as Hazel, Clay’s daughter, who befriends
Sawyer; and Kris Kristofferson as Clay’s father, Reed.
Filmed on location in Florida, including Winter’s home at the
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, whose motto is “Rescue, Rehabilitate
and Return”, DOLPHIN TALE was directed by Charles Martin Smith
from a screenplay by Karen Janszen & Noam Dromi.
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