The Day of the Dolphin

1973 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 3,666 VOTES · DIR. Mike Nichols

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Overview

Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.

Dialogue Timeline — 785 lines

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00:00:25 Subtitles: Yucatán Verbatim
00:05:37 That's so his spiracle, that’s the hole on top of his head, from which he breathes
00:07:41 ... government and I pay very little attention to each other.
00:10:08 Yeah, now you owe me a favor. Name it.
00:14:26 He's growing up Jake. - Yeah.
00:20:50 That's why I have access to a lot of files
00:24:06 What are you doing in there? In where?
00:27:31 ... "Six" ... "Seven" ...
00:32:43 I figure he's learning his own language, from Beta. Must be a great relief.
00:37:04 I particularly enjoyed the part where I threw up.
00:39:33 What? That piece missing from his fin. It looks like somebody chewed it off.
00:51:37 It’s like we're all having a dream, or some sort of... psychotic fantasy.
00:54:46 Jake ... if they're going to be exploited whose responsible. You taught them a language.
00:58:02 To some, the Hypothesis, that a shark...
01:00:56 ... are you suggesting that, if you were to set Alpha free...
01:03:36 It doesn't matter. Why doesn't it?
01:08:00 - Mr. De Milo is at the hospital with the director of course. "Oh".
01:10:41 Don't say anything!
01:14:07 At the moment assuming we could find them...
01:16:12 Don't leave the island Jake. Do you understand?
01:23:10 Come Fa. Come.
01:30:08 He your friend, you wanna through him over the side? He's still dead isn't he?
01:37:44 - Fa, where's David? - Not.
200:00:00 - What does he eat, caviar?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed785
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:00:25
Final line200:00:00

Production Record

DirectorMike Nichols
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,666