Movies - Free Willy

Home > Listing Index > Movies > Free Willy

	Movies - Free Willy

Free Willy is a 1993 Warner Brothers film about a boy who befriends an orca (aka a "killer whale").

The aquatic star of this film was in reality an orca named Keiko. The huge national and international success of this movie inspired a letter writing campaign to get Keiko released from his captivity as an attraction in the amusement park Reino Aventura in Mexico City.

The film managed to improve the image of orcas, which were previously depicted as shark-like maneaters in popular culture. In fact they pose little threat to humans.

Plot

When fishermen separate a young orca (Willy) from his parents, he ends up in a fish bowl at a marina. Meanwhile, a street kid runs afoul of the law and gets caught vandalizing the marina, but his social worker gets him off the hook (so to speak) provided he cleans up his mess at the marina. While there, he befriends the orca and teaches him tricks, something the trainer hasn't been able to do. But when Willy is a dud in front of the audience, the marina owner plans to kill Willy for the insurance money, and the boy and his friends must try to free Willy.

Sequels and Spin offs

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
(1995)
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
(1997)
It also had an animated TV series in 1994

Cast (partial listing in credits order)

Keiko as Willy
Jason James Richter
as Jesse
Lori Petty
as Rae Lindley
Jayne Atkinson as Annie Greenwood
August Schellenberg
as Randolph Johnson
Michael Madsen
as Glen Greenwood
Michael Ironside
as Dial
Richard Riehle
as Wade
Mykelti Williamson
as Dwight Mercer
Michael Bacall as Perry
Danielle Harris
as Gwenie
Isaiah Malone as Vector

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Free Willy ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Free Willy; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Movies - Free Willy

Plot

Sequels and Spin offs

Cast (partial listing in credits order)

Searches on eBay

Related searches on eBay