
Free Willy Jesse a homeless orphan who spends his days evading the police finally gets caught spray painting a whale tank at a local park Because he distrusts adults intensely Jesse&s not too happy when authorities place him in a foster home & sentence him to clean up the tank he vandalized Unexpectedly Willy the whale who inhabits the tank takes a liking to Jesse & the animal & child develop a bond--a bond that also helps Jesse open up to the adults in his life including his new parents & the whale&s caretakers But then Jesse learns that Dial who owns the park only wants to keep Willy if he can be trained to perform for an audience Can the boy find a way to save his beloved whale before Dial plays some dirty tricks of his own Free Willy 2 The Adventure Home In this sequel Willy has rejoined his whale family or pod & is living in the pacific northwest seas Jesse & Willy meet again when an oceanic disaster separates Willy his brother & sister from the rest of their pod Free Willy 3 The Rescue The best of the three movies about a boy & his killer whale Beautifully photographed it&s worth watching just for the heavenly British Columbian scenery & underwater photography Jason James Richter the little boy from the previous Free Willy flicks is given a credible role as a research assistant trying to understand why whale populations are decreasing His story parallels that of the son of an illegal whaler who knows his father is involved in criminal activity & is particularly disturbed by the moral ramifications Free Willy
- Escape from Pirate&s Cove Bindi Irwin (daughter of late Crocodile Hunter star Steve Irwin) makes her feature film debut in this heart-warming tale of a little girl who befriends a stranded baby orca Nature-loving Australian Kirra (Irwin) is spending the summer with her grandfather (Beau Bridges) in South Africa when she makes a remarkable discovery Swimming in a small lagoon next to her grandfather&s dilapidated ocean-side amusement park is a baby orca that seems to have lost its way Determined to help her new friend get back to his pod Kirra names the orca Willy & makes it her mission to reunite him with his family Meanwhile her grandfather&s nemesis
- the owner of a popular theme park
- has his own plans for Willy Should Kirra fail to get the wandering killer whale back in the ocean quickly he&ll be put on display instead of set free But Kirra isn&t about to let her new friend down & before this trip is over she&ll truly understand what it means to fight with all you&ve got for what you really believe in Actors Jason James Richter Lori Petty Michael Madsen Michael Ironside Mickey Gaines Mykelti Williamson Elizabeth Pena Jon Tenney M Emmet Walsh Al Sapienza August Schellenberg Annie Corley & Vincent Berry Director Simon Wincer Dwight H Little Sam Pillsbury & Will Geiger Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1993 ; 1995 ; 1997 ; 2010 Screen Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players