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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home ()

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Teenager Jesse becomes reunited with Willy two years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
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Jesse
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Elvis
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Nadine
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Randolph
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Glenn
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Annie
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Dwight
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Kate Haley
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John Milner
Paul Tuerpe ...
Milner's Assistant
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Wilcox
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Commander Blake
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Captain Nilson
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Helmsman Kelly
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Engineer
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Engineer
Clifford Fetters ...
Engineer (as Cliff Fetters)
Julie Inouye ...
Reporter
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Reporter
Janet Wu ...
Reporter
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Veterinarian
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Veterinarian
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Julie
Christina Orchid ...
Donut Shop Lady
Edward J. Rosen ...
Environmental Man
Isaac T. Arnett Jr. ...
Camper
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Policeman
Chanel Capra ...
Teenage Girl at Ferry
Laura Gary ...
Whale Spotter
John Harms ...
Protester
Susan Brooks ...
Protester
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Protester
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Joan Lunden
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Julie's Friend (uncredited)
Ian Cranston ...
Boy in Crowd (uncredited)
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Spectator (uncredited)
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Willy (uncredited)
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Helicoptor Medic (uncredited)

Directed by

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Dwight H. Little ... (directed by) (as Dwight Little)

Written by

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Karen Janszen ... (written by) and
Corey Blechman ... (written by) and
John Mattson ... (written by)
 
Keith Walker ... (based on characters created by) (as Keith A. Walker)

Produced by

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Richard Donner ... executive producer
Sherry Fadely ... associate producer
Jennie Lew Tugend ... producer (produced by)
Mark Marshall ... associate producer
Douglas C. Merrifield ... associate producer
Arnon Milchan ... executive producer
Lauren Shuler Donner ... producer (produced by) (as Lauren Shuler-Donner)
Richard Solomon ... co-producer
Jim Van Wyck ... executive producer

Music by

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Basil Poledouris ... (music composed by)

Cinematography by

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László Kovács ... director of photography

Editing by

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Robert Brown ... film editor
Dallas Puett ... film editor

Editorial Department

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Brigitte Daloin ... assistant editor
Sean Hubbert ... first assistant editor
Bob Kaiser ... color timer
Chris Maybach ... assistant film editor
Jim Passon ... color timer

Casting By

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Lynda Gordon ... (casting by)
Judy Taylor ... (casting by)

Production Design by

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Paul Sylbert

Art Direction by

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Gregory Bolton

Set Decoration by

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Casey Hallenbeck

Costume Design by

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Erica Edell Phillips ... (costumes designed by)

Makeup Department

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Whitney James ... makeup artist
Charlene Johnson ... department head hair stylist
Christine Lee ... hair stylist (as Chris Lee)
Pamela S. Westmore ... makeup department head

Production Management

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Joseph P. Kane ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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K.C. Hodenfield ... first assistant director: second unit
Jayson Merrill ... assistant director
Conrad E. Palmisano ... second unit director
Lisa C. Satriano ... assistant director
John G. Scotti ... second assistant director
Jim Van Wyck ... assistant director

Art Department

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Chris Buchinsky ... storyboard artist
Brady J. Condit ... set dresser
Sean Falkner ... key painter / key sculptor / sfx props
David Goldstein ... lead painter
Erik Grasteit ... assistant property master
Denise Heinrich ... art department coordinator
Michael Hendrick ... set dresser
Steven Curtis Husch ... leadman
Billy Iiams Jr. ... construction foreman
Bill Iiams ... construction coordinator
Sherman Labby ... production illustrator
David Peck ... propmaker
David Russell ... storyboard artist
Mindy R. Toback ... set designer
Franz Wise ... carpenter
Jeff J. Davis ... construction crew chief (uncredited)
Tony Guastella ... set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Kevin Bartnof ... foley artist (as Kevin Bartnoff)
Charles L. Campbell ... supervising sound editor
Marty Church ... adr mixer
Jerry Edemann ... assistant sound editor
Keith Edemann ... assistant sound editor (as Keith M. Edemann)
Louis L. Edemann ... supervising sound editor
Ronald Eng ... sound editor
Tom Fox ... utility sound
Albert Gasser ... sound effects editor
Leonard T. Geschke ... sound editor
Eric Gotthelf ... foley supervisor (as Eric Gotthels)
Allen Hartz ... sound editor (as J. Allen Hartz)
Jim Hilton ... sound mixer
Doug Jackson ... sound editor
Robert Janiger ... production sound mixer
Gary Krivacek ... sound editor
Angie Luckey ... assistant sound editor
Martin Maryska ... supervising sound editor
Chuck Neely ... sound editor
Troy Porter ... adr mixer
John Roesch ... foley artist (as John B. Roesch)
Rod Rogers ... assistant adr editor
Catherine Rowe ... foley artist
Gregg Rudloff ... re-recording mixer
George W. Scott ... boom operator
Larry Singer ... supervising adr editor
Kerry Dean Williams ... sound editor
Hilda Hodges ... foley artist (uncredited)
Mary Jo Lang ... foley mixer (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp ... foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Mitchell Barham ... animatronic designer/operator: Mechanical Design (as Mitch Barham)
Jon G. Belyeu ... special effects
Ty Boyce ... animatronic designer / animatronic operator
Walt Conti ... effects supervisor: Whale
Pieter Folkens ... killer whales designer/sculptor/behavior consultant
Casey Pritchett ... special effects technician
Greg Richards ... special effects crew
Jeff Weintraub ... electronics designer / hydraulics designer / mechanical design
Robert Hutchins ... pyrotechnician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Fernando Benítez ... visual effects artist
Shawn Broes ... visual effects editor
Pat Conran ... visual effects artist
Sean Dever ... 3D digital artist
Joe Dubs ... digital artist
Gil Gagnon ... associate producer: Cinesite
Carole A. Kenneally ... visual effects editor
Joshua I. Kolden ... digital effects artist
Brad Kuehn ... digital effects supervisor
Kevin Lingenfelser ... digital paint supervisor: Cinesite
Kenneth Littleton ... composite supervisor
Lawrence Littleton ... composite supervisor
Kimberly Nelson LoCascio ... visual effects supervisor (as Kimberly K. Nelson)
Michael J. McAlister ... visual effects
Valerie McMahon ... digital artist
Michael S. Pryor ... digital coordinator
Pete Romano ... miniature photographer
John E. Sasaki ... digital artist
Sean Schur ... cgi supervisor
Doug Tubach ... digital compositor
James Valentine ... rotoscope supervisor
John Lafauce ... digital artist (uncredited)
Al Magliochetti ... digital effects artist (uncredited)
Michael Paris ... visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Bruce Paul Barbour ... stunt performer (as Bruce Barbour)
Carl Ciarfalio ... stunts
Frankie 'G' Garbutt ... stunts (as Frankie Garbutt)
James W. Gavin ... stunt pilot
Dick Hancock ... stunts
Jeff Imada ... stunt coordinator
Barbara Anne Weisman ... stunt driver
Conrad E. Palmisano ... stunt coordinator
Bobby Porter ... stunt double
Chad Randall ... stunts
Jack West ... stunts
Duane Williams ... stunt pilot
Noby Arden ... stunt double: Mary Kate Schellhardt (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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John Agalsoff Jr. ... video assist operator
Richmond L. Aguilar ... gaffer
Wayne Baker ... camera operator: miniature unit
Paul Caven ... best boy electric
Billy Craft ... lighting technician
Wes Houle ... rigging best boy
Jimmy E. Jensen ... first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Frank R. Jimenez Jr. ... lamp operator
Michael A. Jones ... camera operator: 2nd unit
Gary Kangrga ... key grip
Bob E. Krattiger ... gaffer: second unit
Ron Kunecke ... night light operator
Rick Maddux ... assistant chief lighting technician: underwater unit
Anthony T. Marra II ... key grip rigger
Michael A. McFadden ... grip
Ron Newburn ... lighting technician
Neal Norton ... camera operator: "b" camera / steadicam operator
Robert A. Preston ... dolly grip
Cynthia Pusheck ... assistant camera
Pete Romano ... underwater photographer
Kurt E. Soderling ... assistant camera
Albert Tablanza ... additional electrician
Bob Talbot ... wildlife cinematographer
Zoran Veselic ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Neal Wilde ... grip
Michael B. Corbett ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Kevin Cozad ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Leonard Romie ... lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Tina Kerr ... extras casting
Amy L. Klein ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Cheri Reed ... set costumer
Amy Stofsky ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Mike Fantasia ... location manager
Patricia Fay ... location manager

Music Department

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Tom Boyd ... oboe soloist
Tim Boyle ... score mixer/music scoring producer
David Foster ... song producer
J.J. George ... music editor
Jerry Greenberg ... music consultant
Greig McRitchie ... orchestration
Thomas Milano ... music editor
Ted Perlman ... music arranger
Basil Poledouris ... conductor/music scoring producer
Lolita Ritmanis ... orchestrator
Thom Russo ... song co-producer
Joel Sill ... music consultant
Phyllis St. James ... singer
Shirley Walker ... conductor
Michael Boddicker ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Steve Forman ... musician: specialty percussion (uncredited)
The Hollywood Studio Symphony ... music performed by (uncredited)
Alan Kaplan ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Norman Ludwin ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Basil Poledouris ... score producer (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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P.R. Tooke ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Ted Moser ... transportation coordinator
Jack Sander ... driver

Additional Crew

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Shauna Beal ... assistant: Mr. Milchan
Mark Carter ... production assistant
Chris Corrado ... production assistant
Tina Dawson ... assistant accountant
Laura Gary ... studio teacher
J. Mills Goodloe ... assistant: Mr. Donner
Lisa Greenspan ... assistant production coordinator
Daren Hicks ... production coordinator: second unit
Michael Klastorin ... unit publicist
Eric Layne ... payroll accountant
Kathy Liska ... assistant: Ms. Shuler-Donner
Abbie Ludwig ... staff assistant
Jonas C. Matz ... set medic
Cynthia Neber ... assistant: Mr. Donner (as Cynthia L. Neber)
Rachel Nicholson ... assistant: Mr. Donner
Ed Nyerick ... assistant marine coordinator
Jennifer Owensby ... assistant: Mr. Madsen
Patty Reid ... assistant: Mr. Milchan
Scott Stuber ... assistant: Ms. Shuler-Donner
Korin A. Tarin ... accounting assistant
Michael Vieira ... production assistant
Forrest Sloan Wright ... assistant production coordinator
Julie Yarrish ... assistant: Ms. Lew Tugend
Bill Daly ... post-production accountant manager (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Willy the smart and rebellious whale and Jessie the orphaned boy team up to escape Willy's captivity and horrible owner to get back to his pod. Can they succeed with the help of Annie and Glenn Jessie's foster parents, Randolph the spiritual friend of Willy and Jessie, and Rae Willy's trainer?

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Taglines The adventure is back. The fun is back. Willy's back. And this time he's brought his whole family to meet an old friend ... and take on a new challenge. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Sauvez Willy 2 (France)
  • Free Willy 2 (United States)
  • Free Willy 2 (World-wide, English title)
  • Free Willy 2 - Freiheit in Gefahr (Germany)
  • Liberad a Willy 2 (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross $68,000,000

Did You Know?

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Trivia Unlike the first movie, a robotic killer whale is playing Willy instead of Keiko. See more »
Goofs It makes absolutely no sense in fact it's rather foolish that the Dakar crew attempted to power up the generators knowing that the vessel had already been damaged and was leaking crude oil into the bay which ultimately caused the explosion that ignited the oil. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from Free Willy (1993). See more »
Soundtracks Childhood (Theme from 'Free Willy 2') Childhood (Theme from 'Free Willy 2') See more »
Crazy Credits The end credits wildlife montage features orca footage shot once again by Bob Talbot. See more »
Quotes Glen: Where's Elvis?
Annie: I don't know. I told him to stay up on the beach. Oh, no.
Glen: What?
Annie: I broke a promise.
Glen: What promise?
Annie: [runs back to camp] I even did a spit-shake on it.
Glen: You did a spit-shake with somebody?
Annie: [to the witnesses standing in the crowd] Excuse me.
Glen: Man, that's serious.
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