I recently received this poster for Day of the Dolphin in my inbox and was about to post it without commentary, since I figured it’d be impossible to do better than “Unwittingly, he trained a dolphin to kill the president of the United States.” Mark my words, when I inevitably die in a freak fart-lighting accident, I want that on my tombstone.
Believe it or not, it does get better. Would you like to see:
George C. Scott and Paul Sorvino demand answers from a talking dolphin?
Edward Hermann discuss the artistry of director Mike Nichols (!!!) on the set of Day of the Dolphin?
“He can then ask the dolphin, because he has no guile, ‘What did your father tell you? What did the father of the universe tell you?’”
Final scene of Day of the Dolphin:
Edward Hermann discusses speaking to God… through a talking dolphin. (Must be a Scientologist).
To the old timers out there who were already aware of the existence of this film: I’m sorry if I’ve bored you. And may you burn in hell for not sending me this sooner.
[poster via AICN, thanks to WarmingGlow for directing my attention to this]
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Oh no! That dolphin has developed a taste for mammal blood!
They should remake this with Benecio del Toro.
He flipper you man; he flipper you good.
It must be tough to convince dolphins that they get 72 virgins in dolphin heaven. They’re smart animals.
Killer dolphins can only be killed by Dolph Lundren.
Unwittingly, he trained a Russian boxer to kill Apollo Creed.
THE DAY OF THE DOLPH LUNDGREN
George C.: Well, I just won an Oscar for Patton and I’m looking for a similar project.
GC’s agent: [throws Day o'Dolphin script onto desk]
GC: Fuck and yes.
PAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY………………….
George C. Scott was under the impression that he would be training that dolphin to kill the Canadian president instead.
Scott’s character get’s double crossed–he thought he was only training the dolphin to rape the President.
Isn’t this basically the same plot as Machete, with Danny Trejo as the dolphin?
I hear that in order to get answers from the dolphin they waterboard it 183 times in a month. It doesn’t work.
He trained the dolphin to kill, but he didn’t do it on porpoise.
If they had wanted to kill Golda Meir, they would have trained adolphin.
Whenever a man kills a president, his brain will release endolphins into his bloodstream.
This movie pops up occasionally on Turner Classic Movies, if anyone seriously wants to see it.
Nicholas Cage wishes he was born 30 years earlier
“We have ways of making dolphins talk….[eats tuna sandwich]“
Dude, onSal… Goats?!
I give this post my full endorsal.
Damnit, and when I had the chance to talk to that one dolphin I just asked him how my butt looked from down there.
Wish I was lying, apbas, wish I was lying.
I am still trying to wrap my head around, and failing terribly, this being a Mike Nichols film. I’m thinking;
-Lost bet with Warren Beatty about who would bang Anne Margret first.
-Cocaine.
-Jewish mafia producers took family hostage.
-Elaborate performance art/conceptual piece on the absurdity of the film industry
-To get out of studio contract
-Jack Nicholson (Don’t know the conection, but he was in on this shit to be surfe)
They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than thunder,
No-one you see, is tougher than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in this world to murder,
Flying there-under, under the sea!
Everyone fears the king of the sea,
Ever so bold and ruthless is he,
Tricks he will do when politicians appear,
And how they bleed when he’s near!
They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than thunder,
No-one you see, is tougher than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in this world to murder,
Flying there-under, under the sea!
Plan B was to have Chad Pennington throw a grenade at him from 20 yards away, but he kept overthrowing his target.
I once read a story with a talking dolphin who was addicted to crack. I think it was William Gibson? I don’t know; he kind of sucks. But who doesn’t love a crack-addict talking dolphin?
Gahhh I can’t get the clip to play. Please tell me there are subtitles when the dolphins talk. And that there’s a monkey that rides a dolphin. And that the dolphin is wearing an eye patch.
Speaking of crack-addicted dolphins, Patty, how do you reckon a dolphin would do blow? Backflips to snort the line, or a funnel?
If this problem wasn’t resolved through the cunning use of a scuba-diving bear, then I’m not really that interested.
Wait, maybe it was heroin. It’s been a while since I read it.
Either way, druggie dolphin.
Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure I just thought of a way to remake ‘The Hunt for Red October’ and make it tons better.
Yep. It was heroin. And “Johnny Mneumonic,” which is apparently also a Keanu Reeves movie. So you know it must be good.
Come to think of it, I’m pretty sure I just thought of a way to remake ‘The Hunt for Red October’ and make it tons better.
By casting someone who can speak with a Russian accent?
*Scuba Diving Bear lies wounded on the deck after being shot by double-agent cook*
I would have liked to have eaten…Hannah Montana.
*bear then realizes a 9mm to the gut of an 800-pound bear isn’t that serious and mauls the fuck out of the guy that shot him, plays air guitar*
You can’t have a Russian bear unless Zangief shows up to fight him.
Fact.
What is George looking at in the poster? He’s not looking at the explosion, and based on his goggles, the dolphins are in the sky. I sure hope the movie makes more sense than the poster does.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
I hope the assassin dolphin’s love interest was named Doll Fin.
After the dolphins valiantly die in action, I hope they hold a dolphinegan’s wake.
SPOILER ALERT, there’s a french spy dolphin that dances sexily for the troops until she’s captured and executed. Her name? Mahi Mahi Hari.
@keyHo–did you mean french spy dauphin? No? I’ll be in the corner.
George C. Scott checked into motels using the name Zachary Dolphinto.
“My hole’s biggah.” – J.F.K.
Honestly, is it really that hard to fight off a dolphin? Just call the Japanese.
It’s genius, really. Nobody would ever notice a dolphin hiding in a grassy knoll.
The funny sounds this dolphin makes are referred to as the Squeaky Fromme.
“I may not have a bottle nose but believe me, I knows the bottle. Hahaha. Seriously, though, give me all your money. Now.” – Rip Torn
If you think talking to dolphins is strange, you need to see the movie. Because talking to dolphins is the LEAST strange part of this film. CIP, the dolphin thinks GCS is his actual father, and plays the abused teenager angle.
BTW, I watched this movie every day for a year when I was about 6. FA LOVE PA FOREVER!!!
The dolphin doesn’t really care about the president either way, he’s just obsessed with Jodie Foster.
The spy whole blow holed me
“My hole’s bigger.” – Chino
If I were gonna train a Dolphin to kill the president it’d definitely be Nick Buoniconti.
Joey Porter would be a better choice, Swi.
Shit, who hasn’t?
Wouldn’t you demand answers from a talking dolphin?
Why is there no scene where George C. Scott gets a football in the groin?
i think this is a reboot of patton