Flipper is a 1996 remake of the 1963 film of the same name, starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood. The movie is about a boy who has to spend the summer with his uncle Porter , who lives in the Florida Keys. Although he expects to have another boring summer, he encounters an orphaned dolphin which he names Flipper and with whom he forms a friendship. Sandy Ricks is sent off for the summer to stay with his uncle Porter in the seaside town of Coral Key. While out on Porter's fishing trawler, the two meet Porter's arch enemy, Dirk Moran . Nearby, a pod of dolphins is frolicking near Dirk's boat.... As a big game fisherman, Dirk hates just about every other fish eating animal on earth. He shoots at the dolphins because they are eating the fish that he wanted his charter customers to catch. Many escape, but Flipper is separated from the main pod. One night, Sandy, who plans to return to his home in Chicago, sets off for the docks. While there, he kicks a Pepsi can into the water. Flipper tosses it back. Sandy repeats this trick several times and begins to feel a connection with the dolphin. Then his ferry arrives.
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| Release date: | May 17, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Alan Shapiro |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Music by: | Joel McNeely |
| Cinematography: | Bill Butler |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Genre: | Adventure |