{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Salt Water Moose | image = Salt Water Moose (1996) Film Poster.jpg | caption = Film Poster | director = Stuart Margolin | writer = Bruce McKenna | starring = {{Plainlist| * Timothy Dalton * Lolita Davidovich * Johnny Morina * Katharine Isabelle * Corinne Conley * Maurice Godin}} | producer = Peter R. Simpson | music = Paul Zaza | cinematography = Vic Sarin | editing = Nick Rotundo | studio = {{ubl|FUND|The Movie Network|Ontario Film Development Corporation|Showtime Networks|Téléfilm Canada}} | distributor = {{ubl|Hallmark Home Entertainment|Norstar Releasing}} | released = {{Film date|1996|06|02}} (USA) | runtime = 93 mins. | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Salt Water Moose''''' is a 1996 Canadian family film directed by Stuart Margolin. Filmed in Toronto and in Nova Scotia, it stars Timothy Dalton, Lolita Davidovich, Johnny Morina, and Katharine Isabelle.
==Plot== The plot revolves around two kids who decide to help a bull moose stranded on an island by floating a female moose to the island.<ref name="NYT1999">{{cite book |title=The New York Times Guide to the Best Children's Videos |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJe5WmqVNvcC&pg=PA318 |year=1999 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-671-03669-0 |page=318}}</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-02-tv-10875-story.html "Shows for Youngsters and Their Parents Too"], ''Los Angeles Times'', June 2, 1996.</ref>
==Cast== * Johnny Morina as Bobby Scofield *Katharine Isabelle as Josephine 'Jo' Parnell *Timothy Dalton as Lester Parnell *Lolita Davidovich as Eva Scofield * Corinne Conley as Grandma
==Reception== In 1997 Margolin won a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs for his direction of this film.<ref>[https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/dga-taps-patient-s-minghella-1117342711/ "DGA taps 'Patient’s' Minghella"], ''Variety'', March 9, 1997.</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0117543}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170517074252/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/480069/Salt-Water-Moose/ Salt Water Moose at TCM] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170416130444/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e64a61b Salt Water Moose at British Film Institute]
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Category:1996 films Category:1996 English-language films Category:Films directed by Stuart Margolin Category:1996 Canadian films