Day Of The Dolphin details
| Format: | PG DVD |
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| Starring: | Paul Sorvino, Trish Van Devere, George C. Scott, John Korkes, Fritz Weaver, Edward Herrmann |
| Director: | Mike Nichols |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Studio: | CINEMA CLUB |
| Name | Discs | |
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Day Of The Dolphin |
PG Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 40 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English |
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Fa loves pa
By SamFromMaidenhead (257 reviews) from Maidenhead , 07 Apr 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
Boohoo. Many adults will probably have seen this as a child of the 70s and 80s and may have cried as the dolphins say farewell to their Pa - who would be George C Scott. Watching it with adult eyes it may leave you a little less emotional but you cannot beat a trip down memory lane. The plot is a little simplistic - scientist teaches a dolphin to speak and understand English, whilst an evil syndicate wants the dolphin to plant a sea mine and to blow up the President's boat because.... well just because really. The best bit has to be the double agent played by the excellent Fritz Weaver. Given recent reports that the US military is in fact training marine mammals for this very thing (planting mines under boats) as well as other things you cannot help wondering if Day of the Dolphin had some spine chillingly foresight. Although dated and a tad long kids will love it but they may get a little lost on who are the good guys and who are the bad.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(4)Dissapointing
By a customer from Southampton, England , 06 Sep 2007Very poorly acted; The plot and stotline is excellent, but rather spoiled by the lame acting. All credit to the Dolphin though :)- Was this review helpful to you?
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Say what?
By Savage (632 reviews) from London, England , 10 Jul 2007There was a lot of acid around in the seventies, and some of it seems to have seeped into the water here. It starts as a kind of fantasy wildlife adventure, with a grizzled George C. Scott talking to a couple of dolphins, a story partly redeemed by William A. Fraker's lyrical photography, and then, halfway through, switches to a madcap spy story with said dolphins used as kind of suicide bombers by a shadowy organization. And this from the team who gave us 'The graduate'!! None of it is very good, although the individual parts (direction, acting, score, photography) are all amazingly professional: you could easily believe that the makers believed in it - even if you won't.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Day Of The Dolphin (1973)
By Jet D from Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK , 29 Jan 2007My 11 and 9 year old daughters enjoyed watching it, but had a break half way through! Seems a lot longer than 100mins. On the whole, not bad and worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Fa loves pa
By SamFromMaidenhead (257 reviews) from Maidenhead , 07 Apr 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
Boohoo. Many adults will probably have seen this as a child of the 70s and 80s and may have cried as the dolphins say farewell to their Pa - who would be George C Scott. Watching it with adult eyes it may leave you a little less emotional but you cannot beat a trip down memory lane. The plot is a little simplistic - scientist teaches a dolphin to speak and understand English, whilst an evil syndicate wants the dolphin to plant a sea mine and to blow up the President's boat because.... well just because really. The best bit has to be the double agent played by the excellent Fritz Weaver. Given recent reports that the US military is in fact training marine mammals for this very thing (planting mines under boats) as well as other things you cannot help wondering if Day of the Dolphin had some spine chillingly foresight. Although dated and a tad long kids will love it but they may get a little lost on who are the good guys and who are the bad.- Was this review helpful to you?
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