Great job," says Charles Vinick, director of the Whale Sanctuary Project (WSP). "That's not what it can ever be for an orca ...

When Keiko, a male orca, was cast in the film Free Willy in the early 1990s ... The film, which told of a captive whale that befriends a 12-year-old boy who helps him make a break for freedom ...

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The director of "Free Willy" reflected on the ... actor Jason Richter really did form a bond with Keiko, the orca whale who played Willy. Wincer said he knew that the success of the movie would ...

A whale known to many in Oregon and the ... in 1985. In 1993 the orca portrayed Willy in the movie "Free Willy." The film grossed nearly $8 million domestically during its opening weekend and ...

“The Good Whale” is hosted by Daniel ... following the success of 1993′s “Free Willy,” and the public outcry that greeted the news that the orca who leapt to freedom on film was, in ...

(KATU) — A new podcast series is set on one of the most famous orcas ... whale, spent time at the Oregon Coast Aquarium after living in a small tank in Mexico. He was the star of the popular ...

14. The podcast follows the real-life fight to release the orca actor who played the titular whale in the 1993 film Free Willy. According to a release from The Good Whale, after Free Willy became an ...

Scientists have recorded an orca named ... place for a whale or dolphin is in the wild." There are few examples of captive marine mammals being successfully freed. In 2003 Free Willy star Keiko ...

VANCOUVER ISLAND, British Columbia — An orca whale calf is trapped in a lagoon on the northwestern side of Vancouver Island and crews are racing the clock to free her. Crews are working to see ...