---
title: 'Dolphin Tale (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Martin Smith'
released: '2011-09-21'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dolphin-tale-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564349/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dolphin Tale (2011)

2011 · 113 min · Drama, Family · United States


## Synopsis

Dolphin Tale is a 2011 American family drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith and written by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi. It stars Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson, Cozi Zuehlsdorff in her film debut, and Morgan Freeman. The book and film are inspired by the true story of Winter, a bottlenose dolphin that was rescued in December 2005 off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. In the film, Winter loses her tail after becoming entangled with a rope attached to a crab trap, and must be fitted with a prosthetic one in order to swim naturally again.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Martin Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-martin-smith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Isham](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-isham)
- **Producer:** [Andrew Kosove](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-kosove), [Broderick Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/broderick-johnson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Walter Lindenlaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-walter-lindenlaub)

## Cast

- [Mike Pniewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-pniewski)
- [Cozi Zuehlsdorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/cozi-zuehlsdorff)
- [Frances Sternhagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-sternhagen)
- [Nathan Gamble](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathan-gamble)
- [Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/winter)
- [Tom Nowicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-nowicki)
- [Harry Connick Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-connick-jr)
- [Richard Libertini](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-libertini)
- [Austin Highsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/austin-highsmith)
- [Kim Ostrenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-ostrenko)
- [Juliana Harkavy](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliana-harkavy)
- [Jim Fitzpatrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-fitzpatrick)
- [Kris Kristofferson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kris-kristofferson)
- [Ray McKinnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mckinnon)
- [Ashley Judd](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashley-judd)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://www.dolphintalemovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dolphin-tale-2011
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