The Day of the Dolphin
Directed by:
Mike NicholsScreenplay:
Buck HenryCinematography:
William A. FrakerComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, John Dehner, Severn Darden, Elizabeth Wilson, William Roerick, Fritz Weaver, Edward Herrmann (more)Plots(1)
A doctor has worked for years with a pair of dolphins, training them to speak and understand English. When the dolphins are stolen and he learns that they are going to be used in an assassination attempt, he races against time to find out who the target is and stop the crime. (official distributor synopsis)
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“War with Newts" by Robert Merle, raped by the Hollywood money machine. However, time proved that, unlike the book, Nichols’ child mere quality craftsmanship. While for a good hour it looks like it had better in store. That applies until the moment when Day of the Dolphin significantly (or even completely) diverges from the book. Although an imagination is a good thing to have, when you get rid of the fundamental idea of the whole work and replace it with a dime-a-dozen American thriller with cute Cetaceans, well... you have a dime-a-dozen American thriller with cute Cetaceans and nothing else.
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