Definitely not The Kite Runner ... too recent, and I hated the book and have no interest in seeing the movie.
And definitely not Mary Poppins. Dancing Penguins abound, but no shark kites.
For some reason in my head the missing movie is of the same era as "Better Off Dead," but of course, I could be off 10-15 years. It's that kind of a wacky comedy though, but probably not Savage Steve Holland. I have a sneaking suspicion that it's a Meatballs or Mad Magazine's Up the Academy sort of flick. Or maybe a Police Academy sequel? Wasn't Steve Gutenberg working beach patrol at one point? But I think the shark kite was more of a plot point than that ...
Oh, and my book finding site is a
Group on Goodreads.com called "What's the Name of that Book?"
You have to register for goodreads and then for the group to be able to post. They're pretty good.
I think of goodreads as asocial networking. It's for people that read a lot, and like to post about what they read.