Flipper (1996) on Netflix
Sandy Ricks has to spend a summer on Coral Key with his uncle Porter, and he wants no part of it. Then he meets a dolphin he names Flipper.
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Plot summary
Sandy Ricks is sent to Coral Key, a seaside town in the Florida keys, to stay the summer with his uncle Porter. He had hoped to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers instead, and the island pleases him little. He meets Cathy, the shopkeeper his uncle flirts with, and Kim, a girl of his own age. On Porter's trawler they cross Porter's rival, Dirk Moran, who shoots at a pod of bottlenose dolphins. One dolphin escapes, and Sandy names it Flipper.
Cast
- Allison Bertolinoas Sandy's Sister
- Mark Casellaas Bounty Fisherman #2
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Flipper (1996)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Alan Shapiro was originally writing an Archie comics adaptation for Universal Pictures when management redirected him to write and direct Flipper instead; he had no interest in the material and initially turned the job down before taking it on.
- Effects designer Walt Conti built animatronic dolphins because real ones could not reliably perform on cue, but a trio of live dolphins did work alongside star Elijah Wood, who said he enjoyed the chance to swim with them.
- Flipper opened at number two at the US box office behind Twister, taking in $4.5 million, and went on to earn $20.1 million in North America and $35.5 million worldwide against a $25 million budget.
- The film's tagline, "This summer it's finally safe to go back in the water," is a direct nod to the 1978 sequel Jaws 2, whose tagline was "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."
