Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
- Directed by
- Sam Pillsbury
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, family film, children's film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 385 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Jesse and Randolph try to stop a whaling captain from hunting Willy illegally. The captain's young son secretly helps them after an accident changes his view on whales.
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What happens
Free Willy 3: The Rescue is a 1997 American family film directed by Sam Pillsbury and written by John Mattson. Released by Warner Bros. under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment banner, it is the sequel to Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home in addition to being the third film in the Free Willy franchise and final installment of the original storyline as well as the last to be released theatrically. Jason James Richter and August Schellenberg reprise their roles from the previous films while Annie Corley, Vincent Berry and Patrick Kilpatrick joined the cast. The story revolves around Jesse and Randolph attempting to stop a group of whalers, led by its ruthless captain, from illegally hunting Willy while secretly receiving help from an unlikely source involving the captain's young son after an accident changed his view on whales. Filming took place in British Columbia from July 31 to October 10, 1996, where several scenes were shot in Vancouver, Pitt Lake, Britannia Beach, Squamish and Howe Sound. The film is dedicated to Free Willy co-writer Keith Walker who died two months after production was completed. Free Willy 3: The Rescue premiered on August 8, 1997. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $3.4 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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