Free Willy

Free Willy is a 1993 Australian/British/American family film about a boy who learns that a beloved killer whale is to be killed by aquarium owners. He then risks everything to free the whale.
 * Directed by Simon Wincer. Written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman.

How far would you go for a friend? (taglines)

Jesse

 * Let's free Willy!
 * Dwight, shut up and leave me alone!
 * I'm sick of this place! I'm going to find my mom!
 * (Jesse yelling and water splashing) No!!!

Dialogue

 * Perry: They looking for me?
 * Jesse: Nah.


 * Randolph: 300 years ago, there were so many fish in the water. My people only had to spend one day a week gathering food, and everybody ate like kings.
 * Jesse: So what'd they do the rest of the time?
 * Randolph: Carved and painted totems, made music, told stories. Made babies.
 * Jesse: Sounds good to me.


 * Jesse: So how much are they paying you to be my jailer?
 * Glenn: Jailer, huh? Yeah well, I'm making such a great deal on you, you wouldn't believe it. You're a regular cash cow, kid. With that, plus $1,000,000, I guess I could probably retire by the time I'm 300 years old.


 * Dial: God, I hate that whale!


 * Jesse: [knocking on the door] Randolph! Randolph, wake up! Randolph, wake up! Randolph, wake up! Wake up! Wake up! [Randolph opens the door] There's a hole in Willy's tank. [Jesse and Randolph enter the tank] They're trying to kill Willy!
 * Randolph: Was Wade with them?
 * Jesse: Yeah, and they dropped this!
 * Randolph: It's part of the tank. Dial's trying to collect the insurance money. Willy's worth a million dollars.
 * Jesse: A million dollars? Randolph, let's free him.
 * Randolph: What?
 * Jesse: Let's free Willy! We can take him down at the bay and put him back in the water.
 * Randolph: I never liked this job anyway.


 * Dial: Nobody steals a whale.
 * Wade: (on phone) But I'm telling you the whale is gone. The trailer's out of there, the forklift's been moved. That big–mouthed trainer and that Indian must've done it.
 * Dial: This is a disaster.
 * Wade: Why?
 * Dial: (realizing about the whale that Jesse, Rae and Randolph took) Because we don't have theft insurance on the whale, that's WHY! Call Wilson. Tell him to bring his crew down.


 * (Glen tells them where to find the winch to free his trapped truck to Randolph's amazement)
 * Randolph: Behind the seat? That's the only place I didn't look.


 * Randolph:

(car, van and truck angry, mad, grumpy to at once)

 (Jesse growling)

Taglines

 * A 12 year old street kid. A 3 ton orca whale. A friendship you could never imagine. An adventure you'll never forget.
 * How far would you go for a friend?
 * A friendship you could never imagine.

Cast

 * Jason James Richter as Jesse Greenwood
 * Lori Petty as Rae Lindley
 * Jayne Atkinson as Annie Greenwood
 * August Schellenberg as Randolph Johnson
 * Michael Madsen as Glen Greenwood
 * Michael Ironside as Dial
 * Keiko the Orca as Willy
 * Mykelti Williamson as Dwight Mercer
 * Danielle Harris as Gwenie
 * Richard Riehle as Wade
 * Michael Bacall as Perry
 * Isaiah Malone as Vector
 * Nick Gardner as Juan Pedro Gimenez
 * Alec Nichols as Jesus Gonzales