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| The Dolphin of the Ocean | |
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| Directed by | Aidan Allers Rob Minkoff |
| Screenplay by | Keaton Flicker Jonathan Roberts |
| Story by | Emma Rose Lima Thomas Sito Burny Mattinson Ryan Glebas Anthony Trousdale Jordy Ranft Kevin Wise |
| Produced by | Emilie Hahn |
| Starring | Jason Ritter Katherine Heigl Tobey Maguire Connie Britton Kevin Costner Pierce Gagnon Mia Talerico Aden Strong Gary Oldman Lindsey McKeon Brian Thomas Smith George Lopez John DiMaggio |
| Edited by | Ivan Bilancio |
| Music by | Steve Jablonsky |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $45 million |
| Box office | $968.5 million |
The Dolphin of the Ocean is an American animated musical fantasy adventure film directed by Aidan Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Emilie Hahn, and has a screenplay credited to Keaton Flicker and Jonathan Roberts. Its original songs were written by composer Simon Collins and lyricist Wilfred Rice, with a score by Steve Jablonsky. The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes Jason Ritter, Katherine Heigl, Tobey Maguire, Connie Britton, Kevin Costner, Pierce Gagnon, Mia Talerico, Aden Strong, Gary Oldman, Lindsey McKeon, Brian Thomas Smith, George Lopez and John DiMaggio. The story takes place in a kingdom of dolphins, and was influenced by the Biblical stories of Joseph and Tristan and Iseult.
The Dolphin of the Ocean tells the story of Danny, a young calf dolphin who is to succeed his father, Nigel, as King of the Ocean; however, after his father's nemesis Jaws murders Kathy, Danny is manipulated into thinking he was responsible and flees into exile. After growing up in the company of his childhood friends Chloe and Samuel, Danny receives valuable perspective from his friends and his girlfriend Debbie before returning to challenge Jaws to end his tyranny and take his place in the ocean as the rightful king
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- Jason Ritter as Danny, son of Kathy and Nigel, who grows up to become king of dolphins. Lin-Manuel Miranda provided Danny's singing voice. Mikey Aquino respectively served as the supervising animator for young and adult Danny
- Pierce Gagnon voiced young Danny, while Tyler Begay provided the calf's singing voice
- Katherine Heigl as Chloe, Danny's best friend and lady-in-waiting of whales. Rebecca Schoichet provided Chloe's singing voice. Anthony DeRose respectively served as the supervising animator for young and adult Chloe
- Mia Talerico voiced young Chloe, while Mandy Melini provided her singing voice
- Tobey Maguire as Samuel, Danny's best friend and captain of the seals. Josh Keaton provided Samuel's singing voice. Woody Buck respectively served as the supervising animators for young and adult Samuel
- Aden Strong voiced young Samuel
- Connie Britton as Kathy, Danny's mother, former queen of the dolphin as the film begins. Eric Goldberg served as the supervising animator for Kathy
- Kevin Costner as Nigel, Kathy's mate, Danny's father and the king of dolphins. Woody Buck served as the supervising animator for Nigel
- Lindsey McKeon as Debbie, Danny's princess and later wife and Queen of dolphins. Caitlyn Bancroft respectively served as the supervising animator for Kathy
- Gary Oldman as Jaws, Nigel's nemesis who takes the throne. Corey Burton provided Jaws's singing voice. Andreas Deja served as the supervising animator for Jaws.
- The three sharks who serve Jaws who serve Jaws were animated by Frankie Thomas, Freddie Johnston and Reed Buck.
- Brian Thomas Smith as Bonzo, the sassy and short-tempered leader of the trio.
- George Lopez as Gego, an aggressive and hot-headed shark prone to complaining and acting on impulse.
- John DiMaggio as Anchor, dim-witted shark
- Tara Strong as Mara, Samuel's mother is shown briefly talking to her son.
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For The Dolphin of the Ocean's first film trailer, Disney opted to feature a single scene, the entire opening sequence with the song "Here I Am". Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures president Dick Cook said the decision was made for such an approach because "we were all so taken by the beauty and majesty of this piece that we felt like it was probably one of the best four minutes of film that we've seen", and Emilie Hahn added that "Here I Am" worked as a trailer as it "came off so strong, and so good, and ended with such a bang".
Home media[]
The Dolphin of the Ocean was released on Blu-ray Tape, Blu-ray and DVD in the United States on January 5, 2020. The Blu-ray Tape contained a special preview for Walt Disney Pictures' then-upcoming animated film Swan Lake, in which the Odette and Prince Daniel sing the musical number "Far Longer Than Ever".