Flipper

Name: Flipper
Director: Alan Shapiro
Released: 1996-07-25

1996 film by Alan Shapiro

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Released: July 25, 1996
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1.zelluloid.de/filme/index.php3?id=3561Retrieved 2018-02-28
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, 1996
Director: Alan Shapiro
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0116322/Retrieved 2016-07-11
2.filmaffinity.com/es/film567556.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-11
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Screenwriter: Alan Shapiro
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1.Stated in Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
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Cast: Paul Hogan
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0116322/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-11
2.filmaffinity.com/es/film567556.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-11
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, Elijah Wood
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0116322/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-11
2.filmaffinity.com/es/film567556.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-11
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, Jonathan Banks
, Chelsea Field
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Runtime: 96 min
Genre: adventure film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0116322/Retrieved 2016-07-11
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, family film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English

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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.

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Director of photography: Bill Butler
Narrative location: Florida
Filming location: The Bahamas
Film editor: Peck Prior
Title: Flipper
Color: color
Filmiroda rating: Category I rating certificate id: F/8136/J
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1.Stated in terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx
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FSK film rating: FSK 6
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/90340
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 30%(October 31, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 20 critic review
4.9/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Flipper”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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Based on: Flipper
Kijkwijzer rating: 9 content descriptor: Fear
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/flipper/Retrieved 2025-07-11
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