<P> Dolphin Tale is a 2011 American 3D family drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith ( his first since 2008 ) , from a screenplay by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi and a book of the same name . It stars Nathan Gamble , Harry Connick Jr. , Ashley Judd , Kris Kristofferson , Cozi Zuehlsdorff in her film debut , and Morgan Freeman . The book and film are inspired by the true story of Winter , a bottlenose dolphin that was rescued in December 2005 off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium . Winter lost her tail after becoming entangled with a rope attached to a crab trap , and was fitted with a prosthetic one . The film was released on September 23 , 2011 , by Warner Bros. Pictures ; Dolphin Tale received positive reviews from critics and earned $95.9 million on a $37 million budget . A sequel , Dolphin Tale 2 , was released on September 12 , 2014 . </P>
<P> Dolphin Tale is a 2011 American 3D family drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith ( his first since 2008 ) , from a screenplay by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi and a book of the same name . It stars Nathan Gamble , Harry Connick Jr. , Ashley Judd , Kris Kristofferson , Cozi Zuehlsdorff in her film debut , and Morgan Freeman . The book and film are inspired by the true story of Winter , a bottlenose dolphin that was rescued in December 2005 off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium . Winter lost her tail after becoming entangled with a rope attached to a crab trap , and was fitted with a prosthetic one . The film was released on September 23 , 2011 , by Warner Bros. Pictures ; Dolphin Tale received positive reviews from critics and earned $95.9 million on a $37 million budget . A sequel , Dolphin Tale 2 , was released on September 12 , 2014 . </P>
where is the dolphin from the movie dolphin tale
where is the dolphin from the movie dolphin tale
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Clearwater Marine Aquarium