Flipper (1996 film)

Flipper is a 1996 adventure film 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, who lives on the Gold Coast. Although he expects to have another boring summer, he encounters a dolphin whom he names Flipper and with whom he forms a friendship.

While out on Porters fishing trawler, the two meet Porters arch enemy, Dirk Moran. Nearby, a pod of dolphins is frolicking near Dirks boat. As a big game fisherman, Dirk hates just about every other fish eating animal on earth. Later that evening, Sandy heads to the docks so that he can catch the ferry back to the mainland so he can see the concert.The next day, Porter and Sandy are paid a visit by the sheriff Buck, who explains that they cant keep the dolphin unless he is in captivity. That night, Sandy and Kim set out on a dinghy to look for Flipper. They failed to locate the dolphin, but see men dumping barrels off of Dirk Morans boat. The next morning, Kim arrives looking for Sandy when Pete, Porters pet brown pelican, comes running up to her, almost as if asking her to follow him. Pete leads Kim to Flipper who is beached on the shore and sick. Cathy determines that Flipper was poisoned by toxic waste, which has been ruining the local fishing. The group tries to use Flippers gift of echolocation and a special camera attached to his head to help them find the toxic waste. Their plan works, and are successfully able to locate barrels of the toxic waste. However, Flipper also manages to locate the rest of his pod, and drops the camera and reunites with them. Porter heads back to alert the sheriff. Sandy, however becomes concerned that something has happened to Flipper, and without telling anyone except for Marvin, sets off on the dinghy in order to find him. ........

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