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Dolphin Tale

This was such a great experience for me - to get the leading role and work with an amazing cast and director and the real Winter. At the auditions in Florida, I had to actually swim with Winter to make sure she liked me.

"Gamble's strong performance helps give the film a genuine character arc where there otherwise could have simply been a heavy handed moral." DAILY VARIETY

We had a lot of fun on the set and spending time in Florida. I became good friends with Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Harry Connick Jr. - Harry is very funny.

The three of us hung out together and last year, during the NFL playoffs, Harry took us to the New Orleans Saints game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Harry also sent me a NFL football signed by Drew Brees - because he knows I am crazy about football and he is a big Saints fan.

"Gamble is excellent as Sawyer, a troubled 11-year-old, detached from school, family, and life.Gamble previously played the grief-stricken son in Marley & Me. In emotional believability and skill, he looks to be the next Josh Hutcherson, a young actor who can act. Gamble's laser-beam focus helps this diffuse movie find its theme - resilience - and its heart." Carrie Rickey - Inquirer Film Critic

Synopsis

Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a crab trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter. But her fight for survival has just begun.

Without a tail, Winter's prognosis is dire. It will take the expertise of a dedicated marine biologist, the ingenuity of a brilliant prosthetics doctor, and the unwavering devotion of a young boy to bring about a groundbreaking miracle-a miracle that might not only save Winter but could also help scores of people around the world.

"...Played with low-key genuineness by veteran child actor Gamble..." Michael Janusonis - Journal Arts Writer

The film stars Harry Connick Jr. as Dr. Clay Haskett, who runs the Clearwater Marine Hospital; Ashley Judd as Lorraine, a single mother; Nathan Gamble as her son, Sawyer, who frees Winter from the trap and forms an instant connection with the dolphin; Cozi Zuehlsdorff as Hazel, Clay's daughter, who befriends Sawyer; Kris Kristofferson as Clay's father, Reed; and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman as Dr. McCarthy, who is given the seemingly impossible task of crafting a new prosthetic tail for Winter.

"As protagonist Sawyer, a fictional, fatherless 11-year-old, young thesp Nathan Gamble ("Babel," "The Dark Knight") ably carries the Florida-set film." Andrew Barker - Variety

Dolphin Tale was filmed on location in Florida, including Winter's home at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, whose motto is "Rescue, Rehabilitate and Return."

Slated for release on September 23, 2011, Dolphin Tale will be distributed in 3D and 2D in select theatres by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Watch the trailer below.