Free Willy 3: The Rescue is a 1997 family film directed by Sam Pillsbury, and starring Jason James Richter and August Schellenberg. Released by Warner Bros. under its Family Entertainment banner, the film is the last sequel to the 1993 film Free Willy, the first being the 1995 film Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home.
The film was the lowest-grossing film in the series and received mixed to negative reviews from critics. It was a financial failure a...
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue is a 1997 family film directed by Sam Pillsbury, and starring Jason James Richter and August Schellenberg. Released by Warner Bros. under its Family Entertainment banner, the film is the last sequel to the 1993 film Free Willy, the first being the 1995 film Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home.
The film was the lowest-grossing film in the series and received mixed to negative reviews from critics. It was a financial failure as well, grossing only about $3,000,000 in the U.S.
Jesse is sixteen and works as an orca-researcher on a research ship called the Noah alongside his old friend Randolph. They suspect that Willy and his pod are being hunted by whalers posing as commercial fishermen. Aboard just such a ship -the Botany Bay- Max (10) takes his first trip to sea with his father, a whaler from a long line of whalers, and learns the true nature of the family business. During his first hunt, Max is thrown overboard and comes face to face with Willy. From this point...
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