Release Year: 1993 Rating: PG Duration: 112 minutes Other Title: Sauvez Willy Director: Simon Wincer Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner
synopsis
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 and sentence him to clean up the tank he vandalized. Unexpectedly, Willy, the whale who inhabits the tank, takes a liking to Jesse, and the animal and child develop a bond -- a bond that also helps Jesse open up to the adults in his life, including his new parents and 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?
cast
August Schellenberg as Randolph Johnson Jayne Atkinson as Annie Greenwood Lori Petty as Rae Lindley Michael Madsen as Glen Greenwood
