Free Willy
Free Willy is a 1993 American family drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by Walker and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures under their Family Entertainment imprint. The film stars Jason James Richter in his feature film debut, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, and Michael Madsen with the eponymous character, Willy, played by Keiko. The story is about an orphaned boy who befriends a captive orca, Willy, at an ailing amusement park. When he discovers that the park owners plan to dispose of Willy, he hatches a scheme to break him out of captivity.
Plot
On the Pacific Northwest coastline, a pod of killer whales are peacefully swimming. The pod is tracked down by a group of whalers. One of the orcas is separated from his family. The whalers sell him to Northwest Adventure Park.
Awards
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| author | Keith Walker |
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| award | Genesis Award |
| contentLocation | Portland |
| director | Simon Wincer |
| editor | O. Nicholas Brown |
| events | orca |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | abandon beg break in breakwater build cb radio clean cry disillusion foster parents haida haida people juvenile hall killer whale killer whales life insurance make up natsilane pacific northwest paint portland oregon steal story of natselane summer job swim whaling ship |
| musicBy | Basil Poledouris |
| producer | Jennie Lew Tugend Lauren Shuler Donner |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | children's children's adventure |