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Directed by | Charles Martin Smith |
Written by | Charles Martin Smith |
Based on | Characters by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi |
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Cinematography | Daryn Okada |
Edited by | Harvey Rosenstock |
Music by | Rachel Portman[1] |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 107 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $36 million[3] |
Box office | $57.8 million[3] |
Dolphin Tale 2 is a 2014 American family film written and directed by Charles Martin Smith as the sequel to his 2011 film Dolphin Tale which in-turn was based on the true story about a rescued bottlenose dolphin named Winter who made her final on-screen appearance in this film before her death in November 2021. In addition to Winter, most of the cast from the first film also reprise their roles including Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Austin Stowell, Tom Nowicki, Austin Highsmith, Betsy Landin and Juliana Harkavy while Hope made her film debut. It was released on September 12, 2014, and tells the story of another dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium named "Hope". After Winter's elderly companion and surrogate mother, Panama, dies, Winter's future is in jeopardy, unless Sawyer, Clay, Hazel, and the rest of the team can find a new companion for her. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $57.8 million.