The Day of the Dolphin

The Day of the Dolphin

1973 · 104 min · EN · 5.9 (42 votes)
Dir. Mike Nichols · Starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino, Fritz Weaver, John Dehner, Severn Darden · Music Georges Delerue

Unwittingly, he trained a dolphin to kill the president of the United States.

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Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.

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A thoughtful, unsettling journey into the unknown. This film evokes a sense of intellectual curiosity mixed with creeping dread, questioning humanity's place and the consequences of our ambitions. It feels like a cautionary tale whispered on a lonely shore.

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