The Day of the Dolphin

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Overview

Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry team up again after collaborating on The Graduate and Catch-22 for this adaptation of Robert Merle's best-selling adventure novel concerning dolphins who become pawns in a plot to kill the president. George C. Scott plays Dr. Jake Terrell, a researcher who, along with his wife Maggie Trish Van Devere, is investigating dolphin intelligence, believing they have the capability of speech. Harold DeMilo Fritz Weaver, in charge of a major corporation, sponsors their ...
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Overview

Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry team up again after collaborating on The Graduate and Catch-22 for this adaptation of Robert Merle's best-selling adventure novel concerning dolphins who become pawns in a plot to kill the president. George C. Scott plays Dr. Jake Terrell, a researcher who, along with his wife Maggie Trish Van Devere, is investigating dolphin intelligence, believing they have the capability of speech. Harold DeMilo Fritz Weaver, in charge of a major corporation, sponsors their work. But undercover work by government agent Curtis Mahoney Paul Sorvino reveals that DeMilo is working with a right-wing group planning to kidnap the dolphins and use them to blow up the presidential yacht. Jake and Maggie have to race against time to save both their dolphins and the president.
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Special Features

Interviews with Buck Henry, Leslie Charleson and Edward Herrmann; World's Most Amazing Dolphin Trivia Gallery; Dolphin Bios
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 2/7/2006
  • UPC: 014381306026
  • Original Release: 1973

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  • Source: Image Entertainment
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Wide Screen
  • Time: 1:44:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 3,457

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
George C. Scott Dr. Jake Terrell
Trish VanDevere Maggie Terrell
Paul Sorvino Mahoney
Fritz Weaver Harold DeMilo
Jon Korkes David
Pat Englund Fourth Woman
Edward Herrmann Mike
John Carson Larry
Leslie Charleson Maryanne
Severn Darden Schwinn
Phyllis Davis Receptionist
John Dehner Wallingford
Julie Follansbee First Woman
Brooke Hayward Third Woman
Buck Henry
Willie Myers Stone
Victoria Racimo Lana
William Roerick Dunhill
Florence Stanley Women at Club
Elizabeth Wilson Mrs. Rome
Georges Delerue Conductor
Technical Credits
Mike Nichols Director
Georges Delerue Score Composer
William A. Fraker Cinematographer
Angelo P. Graham Art Director
Buck Henry Screenwriter
Joseph E. Levine Executive Producer
George R. Nelson Set Decoration/Design
Sam O'Steen Editor
Robert E. Relyea Producer
Tom Schmidt Asst. Director
Anthea Sylbert Costumes/Costume Designer
Richard Sylbert Production Designer
Jim White Special Effects
Albert J. Whitlock Special Effects
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Day of the Dolphin
1. Imagine [8:42]
2. The Foundation [2:32]
3. Ma, Pa, Fa [5:48]
4. Underwater Ballet [2:11]
5. Blackmail [3:16]
6. Secret Research [5:11]
7. Fa Meet Bee [5:59]
8. Mahoney [6:25]
9. Something's Up [7:12]
10. Infinite Possibilities [4:43]
11. They Know [9:36]
12. Conspiracy [7:35]
13. Kidnapped [6:23]
14. Don't Interfere [2:54]
15. The Plot [6:03]
16. Escape [4:55]
17. Stop Bee [6:20]
18. Go Now [6:38]
19. End Credits [1:50]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- Day of the Dolphin
   Play Movie
   Chapters
   Extras
      Trivia Gallery
      Buck Henry Interview
      Leslie Charleson Interview
      Edward Herrmann Interview
      Dolphin Bios
   Set Up
      Dolby Digital 3.0
      Dolphin H2.0
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Customer Reviews

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A reviewer

    This movie has the word dolphin in the title. Based on that merit alone, it gets five stars. But know this, there are people who think that The Lookout, The Fluffer and Quills is better. Hold your bowels, this one is a keeper.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Awesome

    This movie has it all, drama, intrigue,suspense and heartwrenching!

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