Dolphin Tale
| Dolphin Tale | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Charles Martin Smith |
| Written by | Karen Janszen Noam Dromi |
| Produced by | Robert Engelman Richard Ingber Broderick Johnson Andrew A. Kosove |
| Starring | Harry Connick, Jr. Nathan Gamble Ashley Judd Kris Kristofferson Morgan Freeman |
| Cinematography | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Edited by | Harvey Rosenstock |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes [1] |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
Dolphin Tale is an upcoming 3D family drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith from a screenplay by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi starring Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, and Morgan Freeman.[2][3] The film is inspired by the true story of a bottlenose dolphin named Winter who was rescued off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
Synopsis
A young boy, Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble), befriends Winter, an injured bottlenose dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap, and motivates everyone around him to help save the dolphin by creating a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin's missing tail. Harry Connick Jr. plays a vet who rescues the mammal and brings her to the marine hospital he runs. Ashley Judd plays the boy's mother while Morgan Freeman is a doctor who creates a prosthetic limb for Winter.
Cast
- Harry Connick Jr. as Clay Haskett
- Nathan Gamble as Sawyer Nelson
- Ashley Judd as Lorraine Nelson
- Kris Kristofferson as Reed Haskett[5]
- Morgan Freeman as Dr. McCarthy
- Cozi Zuehlsdorff as Hazel Haskett
- Winter as herself
- Ray McKinnon
- Austin Stowell as Kyle
- Jim Fitzpatrick as Max
- Austin Highsmith as Phoebe
- Kurt Yaeger as Tim
- Marc Macaulay as John Fitch
- Rus Blackwell as Coach Vansky
- Michael Roark as Donovan Peck
- Juliana Harkavy as Rebecca
Production
Dolphin Tale was filmed primarily in Pinellas County, Florida with the principal location centering around Winter's home, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Additional locations featured in the film include: Admiral Farragut Academy, Honeymoon Island, and local news station Bay News 9.[6]
Release
Dolphin Tale is set for release on September 23, 2011 in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film will be released in Real D 3D as well as 2D.[7]
References
- ^ "Dolphin Tale (U)". British Board of Film Classification. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ^ "Full cast and crew for Dolphin Tale". IMDb. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ^ "Freeman, Judd And Connick Jr., Join Dolphin Tale". TheMovieBlog.com. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ "Dolphin Tale: about". 3 September 2011.
- ^ (2010-10-09). "Kris Kristofferson joins 'Dolphin Tale 3D'". The Screening Log. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ Steve Persall (23 September 2010). "Production on Dolphin Tale in Clearwater starts earlier than previously announced". Tampabay.com. St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ "Dolphin Tale". 3 September 2011.