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Jul 16, 1993 · Free Willy: Directed by Simon Wincer. With Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg. When a boy learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by the aquarium owners, the boy risks everything to free the whale.
- (83K)
- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Simon Wincer
- 1993-07-16
Richter starred as Jesse in Free Willy (1993), a role for which he was chosen out of more than 4,000 candidates. His other films include Cops & Robbersons, The NeverEnding Story III, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Laserhawk, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, and The Setting Son.
The film stars Jason James Richter in his film debut, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, and Michael Madsen with the eponymous character, Willy, played by Keiko. The story is about a 12 year old orphaned boy named Jesse who befriends a captive orca, Willy, at an ailing amusement park. When he discovers that the park owner has been ...
- Jason James Richter: Jesse Greenwood. At just 12 years old, Jason James Richter got the role of a lifetime playing the lead character, Jesse, a young runaway abandoned by his mother who befriends the endangered captive whale while cleaning a local adventure park as penance for having vandalized it.
- Michael Bacall: Perry. Following his stint in Free Willy, Michael Bacall found success both in front of and behind the scenes. Not only did he have small roles in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Inglourious Basterds, but he was also a screenwriter on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 21 Jump Street and its sequel, 22 Jump Street as well as Project X.
- Mykelti Williamson: Dwight Mercer. Mykelti Williamson was one of the most unmissable actors of the early '90s. He came back for Free Willy 2, before starring in another megahit: Waiting to Exhale, in 1995.
- Michael Madsen: Glenn Greenwood. Michael Madsen may be known to many as a quintessential tough guy, but for a subset of Millennials, he'll always be in dad mode as Glenn Greenwood, the protagonist's adoptive father in the Free Willy franchise.
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Jul 23, 1993 · Take Free Willy, the new film about a melancholy whale and the lad who befriends him. Below, its 13-year-old star, Jason James Richter, talks about fame, the perils of celebrityhood, and...
It also turned Jason James Richter, who was just 13 when Free Willy hit theaters, into a Teen Beat –covering, mobbed-in-the-grocery-store millionaire. He can’t believe it’s been 20 years,...
