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  1. Free Willy 3: The Rescue is a 1997 American family film directed by Sam Pillsbury and written by John Mattson. Released by Warner Bros. under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment banner, it is the sequel to Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home in addition to being the third film in the Free Willy franchise and final installment of the original ...

  2. Aug 8, 1997 · "Free Willy 3: The Rescue'' is filled with sparkling nature cinematography by Tobias Schliessler, and looks great. I assume some of the shots are special effects and that not all of the whales are real, but it's all done so seamlessly that it's convincing.

  3. Aug 8, 1997 · Free Willy 3: The Rescue: Directed by Sam Pillsbury. With Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley, Vincent Berry. 16-year-old Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.

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    • Adventure, Drama, Family
    • Sam Pillsbury
    • 1997-08-08
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  5. 10. Keiko was ultimately released into the wild. In 2002, Keiko was finally released in to the wild. At that point he was the second oldest orca ever to have lived in captivity, where he had spent 22 years. [adunit mobile=”RTK_z9hm”] 9. Keiko was sadly not free for long.

  6. Apr 2, 2018 · Comment. Free Willy is based on a true story (Picture: Warner Bros) For many, Free Willy is the childhood story of a young boy who befriends a killer whale before heroically freeing him...

    • The Real-Life Keiko. Any discussion of the film needs to begin and end with Keiko, the real-life killer whale who played Willy. Captured in the wild in 1979 and held captive in a variety of inadequate and downright harmful conditions, Keiko became the poster whale for an international movement to free him after the film’s success.
    • Hocus Pocus. At the box office, Free Willy debuted the same week as Hocus Pocus. As odd as it seems that a Halloween kids’ comedy came out in July, it’s even odder that Free Willy hasn’t benefited from the same magical transformation into a cult classic 30 years later.
    • Lori Petty. As she was charming audiences as Rae, a scrappy-but-sweet trainer who demands the best from both her human colleagues and animal charges, Lori Petty was very much a star on the rise.
    • Jason James Richter. Speaking of promising young stars who rode the Willy wave, the film’s human star, Jason James Richter, proved quite a find. Able to believably sell the special effects-driven aspects of the film as much as he was able to sell the emotional beats of his character Jesse’s hard-luck life story, Richter gave a surprisingly mature performance in the film.
  7. After Jesse meets Max (Vincent Berry), the disapproving son of a whaler hoping to catch Willy the orca for his meat, the two team with oceanographer Drew (Annie Corley) to stop the whalers before...

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    • Kids & Family, Adventure
    • PG
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