Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Sam Pillsbury

Writers (WGA):

Keith Walker (characters)
John Mattson (written by)

Release Date:

8 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

A new friend. A new threat. A new adventure that will capture your heart.

Plot:

Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16...

Plot Keywords:

Whale | Whaler | Friend | Killer Whale | Best Friend

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jason James Richter	...	Jesse
August Schellenberg	...	Randolph Johnson
Annie Corley	...	Drew Halbert
Vincent Berry	...	Max Wesley
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	John Wesley
Tasha Simms	...	Mary Wesley
Peter LaCroix	...	Sanderson (as Peter Lacroix)
Stephen E. Miller	...	Dineen
Ian Tracey	...	Kron
Matthew Walker	...	Captain Drake
Roger R. Cross	...	1st Mate Stevens
Rick Burgess	...	Smiley
Roman Danylo	...	Pizza Kid

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements involving whale hunting, and for brief mild language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #35154) | South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al. (w) | UK:U | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Part of the birth scene at the end of the movie included real footage from the birth of K'yosha, an orca born at Vancouver Aquarium to parents Bjossa and Finna, both of whom are also seen in the birth footage. (Finna also had a bent dorsal fin, allowing him to be used as "Willy".)

Quotes:

Max: A cheeseburger saved your life
John Wesley: You were right

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Gray Matters (2006/I)

Its yet another adventure for Willy.

Well, here we go again. The blonde dude is getting older and so it Willy time for one more adventure I think. This film wouldn't be so down rated it it maybe had been the second instalment. By now we have seen enough of the same stuff. In Willy 1 it was kind of boring and in 2 it was a little better but nothing too exciting, apart front he exploding boat of oil. So I would suggest watching number 1 (If you like wales) and number 2 (If you really love wales). But if you don't pass on by the whole lot of them. This is the final instalment, if your desperate for Willy watch, if not... Watch Spykids. Not saying thats any better either.