Projects » Flipper

Production Year: 1996
Directed by: Alan Shapiro
Genre: Family / Adventure
Tagline: This summer it's finally safe to go back in the water
Rating: 5.0/10 (967 votes)
Runtime: 95 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Certification: Finland:S / Germany:6 (w) / Portugal:M/6 / Spain:T / Sweden:7 / UK:PG / USA:PG / Singapore:PG / Australia:PG

Plot Outline: Sandy Ricks is sent by his mom to Coral Key, a rustic island in the Florida keys, to spend the summer with his uncle Porter Ricks.

Awards

Flipper received 4 nominations.

Kids' Choice Awards, USA 1997
Blimp Award, Favorite Animal Star, "Flipper, the dolphin"
Young Artist Awards 1997 - Nominated
Best Family Feature - Drama
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress, Jessica Wesson
YoungStar Awards 1997 - Nominated
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film, Elijah Wood

Cast

Elijah Wood .... Sandy
Paul Hogan .... Porter
Jonathan Banks .... Dirk Moran
Robert Deacon .... Bounty Fisherman #1
Ann Carey .... Fisherman's Wife
Mark Casella .... Bounty Fisherman #2
Luke Halpin .... Bounty Fisherman #3
Bill Kelley .... Tommy
Chelsea Field .... Cathy
Jason Fuchs .... Marvin
Lindsay Treco .... Little Girl
Jessica Wesson .... Kim
Mal Jones .... Russ
Louis Seeger Crume .... Mr. Dunnahy
Bill Nolan .... Bartender

Trivia

Elijah Wood (Sandy), was scripted to have his first onscreen kiss in the film. They shot the scene, but it was cut out of the final movie.
Luke Halpin played Sandy in the TV series "Flipper" (1964)

Goofs

Factual errors: Sharks are unable to make sounds.
Continuity: Sandy gains shoes when knocked off the wharf into the water.
Continuity: On the dock when Flipper first comes to meet Sandy. Sandy puts his GameBoy down to see Flipper. In the next scene, a second later, he is still holding the GameBoy.
Continuity: Shot flipped horizontally on the Sheriff's boat; the writing on Kim's shirt briefly reads backwards.
Miscellaneous: The GameBoy that Sandy is playing has nothing on the screen.
Continuity: Sandy's shirt on board the boat while searching for toxic waste.
Continuity: When Porter picks Sandy up from the ferry (when Sandy has run away), Sandy's wearing sneakers. Then on Porter's boat, he's wearing sandals. And when he runs onto the pier at Porter's, he's back to wearing sneakers.
Continuity: When Sandy is awaken by Flipper on the dock, by Flipper splashing him, his hair goes from barely wet to soaked.

Quotes

Sandy Ricks: "You're lucky, a hurricane on your first visit."

Sandy Ricks: "I've been smoking up a storm. Uncle Porter lets me drink all the beer i want, he also knows a lot of loose women."

Sandy Ricks: "What do you want? I'm from Chicago, it's not like there were street signs"