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Produced in association with
National Wildlife Federation
Major funding provided by
The Weather Channel
Museum Film Network
In promotional cooperation with
Kodak

A Great Adventure Film
 
DOLPHINS
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Imagine floating in the crystalline, turquoise waters of the Bahamas. Sunlight dances off the rippled, white sand banks. Swimming alongside you are some of the most graceful and extraordinary creatures on earth—wild dolphins. While few of us will ever have the chance to encounter a dolphin in the wild, audiences will feel like they are swimming right alongside these playful creatures when they view DOLPHINS, the 24th IMAX theatre filmfrom MacGillivray Freeman Films, producers of the box-office hit Everest. DOLPHINS was nominated for a 2000 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject.

From the dazzling coral reefs of the Bahamas to the wind-swept seas of Patagonia, DOLPHINS takes audiences under the water’s surface for a romp with inquisitive Atlantic spotted dolphins, acrobatic dusky dolphins, and the familiar bottlenose dolphin of Flipper fame.

 
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Studying (and filming) elusive, fast-moving animals in the ocean environment is a difficult task but in DOLPHINS viewers will follow young marine biologist, Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski, and her two colleagues, mentor Dr. Bernd Würsig and Dr. Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez, as they research the communication of wild dolphins with innovative scientific methods and interesting technology.  From rarely seen fish-herding behavior to a close-up look at complex communication activities, DOLPHINS will give audiences a fascinating new perspective on the lives of dolphins and their remarkable intelligence.

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Reviews
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"Mesmerizing to look at… the documentary does what the best IMAX films do - entertains and informs the whole family…" -- Dallas Morning News

"It's as playful and personable as it is big and beautiful." -- Detroit Free Press

"An enchanting, huge screen family movie that takes you underwater for 40 minutes of fun and frolic..." -- New York Daily News

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Awards
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Nominated for a 2000 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject—Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

Nominated for a 2000 IDA Award for Best Documentary Short—International
Documentary Association

Lifelong Learning Award (Best Film of the Year for Education)—2000 Giant Screen Theater Association Achievement Awards

MAC Award for Best Distributor of the Year—2000 Giant Screen Theater Assoc. Achievement Awards

Gold Camera Award—U.S. International Film and Video Festival

Silver WorldMedal—The New York Festivals

Grand Prix du Public—La Géode Film Festival, Paris

Special Gold Jury Award – 34th Worldfest Houston

The highest grossing documentary film of 2000.
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Merchandise
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BluRay DVD
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Dolphins Blu-ray DVD

Available on Blue-ray DVD

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DVD
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Dolphins DVD

Includes two discs: one regular DVD and one WMV HD* disc.

*WMV HD (Windows Media High Definition Video) delivers our giant screen film’s breathtaking photography at approximately six times the resolution of a conventional DVD.

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CD
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Dolphins CD

Dolphins, featuring the music of Sting, on Pangaea Records

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Companion Book
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Dolphins Book
Dolphins, by Tim Cahill


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Dolphins Book
Meeting Dolphins: My Adventures in the Sea, by Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski


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