Free Willy
How far would you go for a friend?
Free Willy (1993)
Timing:
1:52 (112 min)
6.18/10
1916
1916
7.654/10
17960
17960
6/10
81436
81436
Country
Production
Genre
Family, Adventure, Drama
Budget
$20 000 000
Revenue
$153 698 625
Director
Actors
Jason James Richter, Keiko, Lori Petty, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Ironside, Richard Riehle, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Bacall
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Lauren Shuler Donner, Jennie Lew Tugend, Arnon Milchan, Richard Donner
Operator
Robbie Greenberg
Composer
Artist
Audition
Judy Taylor, Lynda Gordon
Editing
O. Nicholas Brown
All team (48)
All team (48)
Short description
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. 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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Keiko, the orca used in the filming of the movie, died on December 12, 2003, from a bout of pneumonia off the coast of Norway. The whale was 27 years old at the time.
- The film's box office success and popularity served as a starting point for a letter-writing campaign and an entire movement aimed at freeing Keiko, the orca held captive at Reino Aventura amusement park in Mexico City. Under the close scrutiny of the media, the orca was transported to a larger pool in Oregon with the help of the US Air Force, and later released into the wild.
- At the end of the film, during the closing credits, the phone number of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society was displayed, and millions of moviegoers called, resulting in approximately $20 million in donations.
- In the most challenging scenes, an animatronic model was used instead of a live orca, and computer graphics took center stage in the climactic scene at the end of the film.
- Filming took place from May 18 to August 17, 1992, in the American state of Oregon and Mexico City, Mexico.
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