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Release Date:
16 July 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
A 12 year old street kid. A 3 ton orca whale. A friendship you could never imagine. An adventure you'll never forget. more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Marina
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Whale
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Killer Whale
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Social Worker
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Aquarium
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7 wins
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2 nominations
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(29 articles)
Michael Beardon Interview, This Is it
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Keiko | ... | Willy | |
| Jason James Richter | ... | Jesse | |
| Lori Petty | ... | Rae Lindley | |
| Jayne Atkinson | ... | Annie Greenwood | |
| August Schellenberg | ... | Randolph Johnson | |
| Michael Madsen | ... | Glen Greenwood | |
| Michael Ironside | ... | Dial | |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Wade | |
| Mykelti Williamson | ... | Dwight Mercer | |
| Michael Bacall | ... | Perry | |
| Danielle Harris | ... | Gwenie | |
| Isaiah Malone | ... | Vector | |
| Betsy Toll | ... | Passerby #1 | |
| Rob Sample | ... | Passerby #2 | |
| Merrilyn Jones | ... | Passerby #3 |
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Also Known As:
Sauvez Willy (France) (dubbed version)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild language.
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Runtime:
112 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
South Korea:All |
Philippines:G |
Portugal:M/6 |
Australia:G |
Canada:G |
Finland:S |
Germany:o.Al. |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:U |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG
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When the film was broadcast with a Mexican dub in the United States, it was titled "Libren a Willy," which is grammatically incorrect. The correct Spanish title would have been "Liberen a Willy," or "Liberad a Willy" which is the title used in Spain.
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Goofs:
Continuity: The park owner loses his bag of popcorn as he runs to investigate Willy banging the side of his tank.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Invasion USA (#7.2)" (1994)
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Soundtrack:
Will You Be There
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i love free willy to bits, it is a fantastic , and to me the most touching childrens movie ever, a friendship with a 12 year old boy and a whale. The movie sets out with a 12 year old kid out with his mates and doing naughty things, the young boy named Jesse is arrested as he caused vandalism in the sea life center and putting grafiti on the glass windows where the while can be viewed from. Jesse is soon fostered by a couple who get on very well with him. Jesse gets back to his tricks and is told that he has to do a job at the sealife center as part of his punishment, he meets the whale again and becomes a friend to the whale, jesse then decides if he could teach and work with the whale, things start to get odd when the bad guys come in. As weeks go by, there is danger at the sealife centre, water is leaking from the window view and is getting less with water in the tank with the whale. Jesse starts to panic and asks Randolph (Owner of the sealife centre) and the foster parents for their help. The bad guys hear about this and goes after jesse and the whale, it all ends when the whale is free and is told to go far away as possible and be a free whale, the whale jumps over the rocks and is back with it's family. I give free willy 10 out of 10.