Флиппер (1996)

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• Основан на: Флиппер
• Места съёмок: Багамские Острова

Flipper is a 1996 American adventure film and a remake of the 1963 film of the same name. Written and directed by Alan Shapiro, the film stars Elijah Wood as a boy who has to spend the summer with his uncle, who lives on the Florida Gold Coast. Although he expects to have a boring summer, he encounters a dolphin whom he names Flipper and forms a friendship with.

Production

Alan Shapiro had initially been working on an Archie adaptation for Universal Pictures until management changed their minds and asked Shapiro to write and direct an adaptation of Flipper instead. Shapiro had no interest in Flipper and initially rejected the idea but took on the project due to the difficulty in getting a film off the ground and was interested in the film making required for such a film which he referred to as Jaws-lite.

The film was shot in the Bahamas. Animatronic dolphins, designed by Walt Conti and his team, had to be used extensively, such as in scenes where Flipper interacts with the human characters or is shown swimming along. Conti stated that using real dolphins does not work as well as many might think.

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