Flipper (1996)
- Directed by
- Alan Shapiro
- Genre
- adventure film, family film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 354 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A boy spends the summer with his uncle on the Florida coast. He thinks it will be boring but he meets a dolphin and they become friends.
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What happens
Flipper is a 1996 American adventure film and a remake of the 1963 film of the same name (which in turn began a TV series that ran from 1964 to 1967). Written and directed by Alan Shapiro, the film stars Elijah Wood as a boy who has to spend the summer with his uncle (Paul Hogan), who lives on the Florida Gold Coast. Although he expects to have a boring summer, he encounters a dolphin whom he names Flipper and forms a friendship with. The film is unrelated to the 1995–2000 TV series of the same name, which was itself also a remake of the 1963 film and 1964 TV series. Instead of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a production company for the Flipper franchise, this film is distributed by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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