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A young troublemaker befriends an orca in captivity and hatches a plan to help his new whale friend escape his menacing captors and return to the sea. Watch trailers & learn more.
Jul 6, 1993 · Free Willy "Free Willy" is an exhilarating drama of boy and nature that unabashedly pulls at the heart strings. Thankfully, its creators know just what to do emotionally and technically to pull ...
Jul 14, 2023 · 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.
Jul 16, 1993 · Free Willy is much more the story of a boy than it is a whale. Directed by Simon Wincer. Starring Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen.
Jul 16, 1993 · There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them. When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme ...
