A lonely and friendless boy finds and untangles a hurt dolphin that is caught in a crab trap. He becomes very attached to the dolphin when the tail must be taken off to save the dolphin's life. The boy believes the dolphin would be able to swim normally if it was given a prosthetic tail.
Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)
Incorrectly regarded as goofs:
When the news channel shows Winter, there is footage of the dolphin being lifted into the truck at the beach. At the beginning, when the dolphin was first rescued, there were only the rescuers and the boy, but one of the rescuers did have a camera and was filming the events.
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Quotes
Hazel Haskett:
What does your dad do? Sawyer Nelson:
I don't know. He left like 5 years ago. We don't know where he is. He never calls, never writes. Hazel Haskett:
Oh. Sawyer Nelson:
So what does your mom do? Hazel Haskett:
She died when I was 7. Never calls, never writes.
[smiles]
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