Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy - Freedom in Danger is the first sequel to the animal movie Free Willy - call of freedom. The film was made in 1995, directed by Dwight H. Little. The third part was followed two years later. Michael Jackson sings in the film the title Childhood ( Theme from Free Willy 2).

Action

Several years have passed since Jesse has freed Willy the orca from the hands of unscrupulous park owners. Jesse and his two foster parents Glen and Annie want to take a vacation and, inter alia, visit her old friend Randolph, who now researches together with his goddaughter Orcas. The anticipation of the holiday, however, marred by bad news: Jesse's mother, to whom he had always secretly been waiting, has died and left him the 8 -year-old Elvis. Jesse's half-brother turns out to be a notorious liar and Jesse understood not initially with him. Elvis accompanied the three from now on, what Jesse anything but pleased.

Their reunion with his friend there for Jesse but a nice surprise: Randolph Willy, who has regained his family discovered. The whales will stay in a bay. Jesse is also fond of Randolph's pretty goddaughter Nadine. Jesse manages to impress them with his extraordinary friendship with Willy and the vacation turns out to be, despite the annoying Elvis as a great success.

But then the film takes a dramatic turn when one night an oil tanker runs aground. Jesse and his friends try to save in the bay enclosed by the oil whales, but this proves to be extremely difficult because they have to deal with many obstacles. Then, when even gets the spilled oil by an explosion on the tanker on fire, the situation seems hopeless ...

Criticism

" " A directorial and acting more acceptable content but meager infusion of the ideal of the family and the protection of nature evocative hit film Free Willy - call of freedom (1993 ) " ".

Awards

  • The whale Keiko was honored at the 1996 Kids' Choice Awards with the Blimp Award.

Background

In this film the whale Keiko has been replaced in most cases by an electronic whale. The place where the film was shot, is called Friday Harbor and San Juan is on Iceland in the Juan De Fuca Strait. However, care has been taken in the film value that the name of the place was nowhere ( for example on notices ) to read because no Fanpilgerei should start there.

France 1995 in film Screenplay Lauren Shuler Donner Film score Basil Poledouris Keiko (Orca) Mary Kate Schellhardt Animatronics Friday Harbor, Washington San Juan Island
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