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Free Willy - Definition and Overview |
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Free Willy is a 1993 Warner Brothers film about a boy who befriends an orca (aka a "killer whale").
When fishermen separate a young orca whale (Willy) from his parents, he ends up in a fish bowl at a marina. Meanwhile, a street kid runs afoul of the law and gets caught vandalizing the marina, but his social worker gets him off the hook (so to speak) provided he cleans up his mess at the marina. While there, he befriends the whale and teaches him tricks, something the trainer hasn't been able to do. But when Willy is a dud in front of the audience, the marina owner plans some bad things, and the boy and his friends must try to free Willy.
The aquatic star of this film was in reality an orca named Keiko. The huge national and international success of this movie inspired a letter writing campaign to get Keiko released from his captivity as an amusement park attraction in Mexico City.
It also spawned an animated television series, and two film sequels.
See also
Cast (partial listing in credits order)
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Example Usage of Willy |
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SoundExecution: "The youth I used to be soon to see a mil and no more big Willy my game is grown; prefer ya call me william" #favhovlines |
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KISSIN_DONNIE: @Willysmommy285 cute pic of Willy, I'm gonna read ur timeline now girly ;) |
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dentedouro: Mermão, q q a Ana Maria fez na boca? Liguei a tv de manhã e achei q era o johnny depp vestido de Willy wonka, com aqueles dentes de mentex. |
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