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Dolphin Tale
Movie Info
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Director -
Charles Martin Smith -
Producer -
Andrew A. Kosove , Broderick Johnson , Richard Ingber -
Screenwriter -
Karen Janszen , Noam Dromi -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. Pictures -
Production Co -
Alcon Entertainment -
Rating -
PG (Some Mild Thematic Elements) -
Genre -
Kids & Family , Drama , Adventure -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Sep 23, 2011, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Feb 15, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$72.3M -
Runtime -
1h 53m -
Sound Mix -
SDDS , Dolby Digital
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