Free Willy 3: The Rescue
- Jason James Richter: Jesse
- Keiko: Willy
- August Schellenberg: Randolph Johnson
- Annie Corley: Drew Halbert
- Vincent Berry: Max Wesley
- Patrick Kilpatrick: John Wesley
- Tasha Simms: Mary Wesley
Free Willy 3 - The Rescue is an American animal movie from the year 1997, the film is after Free Willy -. Reputation of Freedom (1993) and Free Willy 2 - The Adventure Home (1995 ), the third part of the Free Willy series.
Action
The now 17 -year-old Jesse is working with his friend Randolph on a research vessel for orcas. Besides, the history of the whaling ship Botany Bay is told. The 10- year-old captain 's son Max is in this case taken from his father for the first time at sea, where he is to learn the techniques of whaling. This profession obviously has a long tradition in Max's family. When he succumbed to an Orca with the harpoon for the first time, it comes to an accident in which he goes overboard and is rescued by the Orca Willy. From now on, his attitude changes towards the whales. This is reinforced when Jesse Botany Bay spying to find evidence of a whaler and gets caught by Max, which means that the two friends are and Jesse shows him the true nature of whales.
In the end they pursue their research vessel the whalers and ram it before Willy can be hunted with harpoons. Max's father goes beyond board and caught in a fishing net, which is slowly sinking. It seems as if he were drowning while he desperately tries to escape with the help of a knife from the network. At the last moment he is saved by Willy by the Orca brings the power with Max's father back on the water surface. Randolph and Jesse pull him from the water, and he admits to have " whale " erred on the topic. The crew of the whaler is provided by the already arrived Coast Guard under arrest. At the end of the film the birth of a Orkajungen is shown, whose father is Willy.
Criticism
" A loveless family movie on the level of American television entertainment, not even joining in the photographic quality of the previous films and the" free Willy " finally domesticated. "
Awards
- In 1998, Whale Willy ( Keiko ) got the Nick Kids' Choice Awards a Blimp Award nomination in the category of Favorite Animal Star.
- Also in 1998 there was a Young Artist Award nomination for Vincent Berry.
Others
The crew of the whaling ship was named after the surnames of the players of the National Hockey League's Hartford Whalers team of 1996.
The film was shot in White Rock in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
After this film the Free Willy series of Orca Willy who was in real life, Keiko, from animal rights activists was purchased by donations and there was an attempt auszuwildern him again. He died in 2003.
Under the name of Free Willy - Escape from Pirate's Cove ( Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove ) was published in 2010, another film in the series. This direct-to- DVD production is however in no way associated with the first three parts and can thus be regarded as a reboot of the series.