Main Cast: Carly Schroeder, Adrian Dunbar, George Harris, Jane Lynch, Christine Adams
Release Year: 2007
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
A young woman learns important lessons about family and communication while making friends with a group of dolphins in this drama. Alyssa (Carly Schroeder) is a troubled teenager who has been feeling at odds with the world since the death of her mother, the only parent she has ever known. Alyssa's grandmother Lucy (Katharine Ross) has been looking after her, but when the girl becomes more than Lucy cares to deal with, she sends Alyssa off to spend some time with her father, Hawk (Adrian Dunbar). Hawk is a marine biologist living in the Bahamas, where he's involved in a major research project involving dolphins, and he has neither the time nor the inclination to bond with his long-lost daughter. Alyssa is no more happy to see Hawk than he is to see her, and Hawk is on edge as his funding for the project is about to be pulled. But Alyssa finds a supportive friend in Tamika (Christine Adams), Hawk's girlfriend, and as Alyssa learns to enjoy life along the idyllic Bahamian coast, she develops a strong connection with the dolphins, which not only helps her father with his work but brings her closer to her long lost dad. Eye of the Dolphin also features Jane Lynch, George Harris and Christopher Harrod. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Katharine Ross - Lucy; Rudy Levarity - Coakly; Joey Jam - Dekker; Vivica Watkins - Cornelia
Credit
Matthew Lessall - Casting, James Tarzia - Casting, Jacob Mosler - Co-producer, Leslie Yarmo - Costume Designer, Jonathan Southard - First Assistant Director, Michael D. Sellers - Director, Brent Schoenfeld - Editor, Wendell Morris - Editor, Pamela Vlastas - Executive Producer, Doug Jewell - Executive Producer, Amy Sommer - Executive Producer, Donald A. Barton - Executive Producer, Robert Keskemety - Executive Producer, Steve Hayes - Executive Producer, Tre Lovell - Executive Producer, Peter Graham - Executive Producer, Peer Oppenheimer - Executive Producer, Tim Jones - Composer (Music Score), Alan Derian - Composer (Music Score), Freddy Naff - Production Designer, Guy Livneh - Cinematographer, Susan Johnson - Producer, Michael D. Sellers - Producer, Eugene E. Thompson - Sound/Sound Designer, Michael D. Sellers - Screenwriter, Wendell Morris - Screenwriter, John F. Remark - Co-Executive Producer, James Via - Co-Executive Producer, Robert Fredricks - Co-Executive Producer, Anthony Milan - Co-Executive Producer
A troubled fourteen-year-old girl named Alyssa (Carly Schroeder) has been living with her Grandmother Lucy (Katharine Ross) since the death of her mother a year ago. It's been a tough year for both of them, and Lucy decides it's time for Alyssa to go to the Bahamas to live with Hawk (Adrian Dunbar), the dedicated dolphin researcher and father she never knew she had. Alyssa's arrival on the island comes at a decisively inconvenient time for Hawk, who is busy fighting greedy politicians and experts who are determined to turn his research center into a tacky tourist attraction. It's a prickly relationship between Hawk and Alyssa, but Tamika (Christine Adams), Hawk's girlfriend, and Daniel (George Harris), Tamika's father, smooth the way. Alyssa soon adjusts to island life and discovers the gift she shares with her father for communicating with dolphins, a skill which leads her into a powerful relationship with a wild dolphin which her father, for legitimate scientific reasons, cannot condone. But when the powers-that-be threaten to close down her father's research station, it is Alyssa and her wild friend who hold the key and have the power to bring all parties together.
Winner of Best Drama in the International Family Film Festival
Winner of Best Child Actor in the International Family Film Festival for Carly Schroeder
Theatrical Release
Eye of the Dolphin premiered at the ArcLight, Hollywood on August 21, 2007. The film was released in more than 100 theatres, nationwide on August 24, 2007.
