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Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
Released By: Warner Home Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Warner Home Video
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Pillsbury
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: August Schellenberg, Jason James Richter, Patrick Kilpatrick, Annie Corley
Published ID: 7010
UPC: 085391489528,
Plot: In the third installment in the Free Willy series, Jesse (Jason James Richter), the once-troubled youth whose life was changed by his friendship with the killer whale Willy, is spending the summer on board a ship assisting a group a whale researchers, including his old friend Randolph (August Schellenberg), and Drew (Annie Corley), an oceanographer. Jesse once used a harmonica to communicate with Willy, and when he plays his mouth harp through the ship's underwater sound system, he is able to find his old friend, who is now raising a family of his own. As Jesse, Randolph, and Drew are out to study and assist the whales, a ten-year-old boy named Max (Vincent Berry) is accompanying his father John Wesley (Patrick Kilpatrick) on the fishing boat that John helps to run. Max soon discovers that John and the crew are not fishing for salmon, as he believed, but killer whales, which is illegal, but very profitable, as whale meat fetches $200 a pound on the black market. Jesse meets Max on shore, and when Jesse learns what John and his crew are up to, he tries to teach Max that while his father may not be a bad man, he's doing a very bad thing in killing the whales, who are intelligent, compassionate, and deserve the right to live; Jesse also acts to save Willy and his family from John and his fellow poachers. As in Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Free Willy 3: The Rescue used mechanical and animated whales rather than flesh-and-blood aquatic mammals. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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The "Free Willy" series should have stopped with #2
Added 1/13/2009

I found the Free Willy 3 movie to be a bit too much. I enjoyed the first 2 but enough is enough. Glad I ordered this for my niece and not myself. Had no problem with the DVD itself; just not impressed with the material.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
SOLID FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, NOT BAD FOR THE THIRD FILM IN THE SERIES!
Added 8/31/2008

When you get to the third film in any series there is usually a drop in quality. 'Free Willy 3' is surprisingly good for a second sequel. the story of whaler's hunting Willy and his family is the most exciting film of the series. This film shows some character development as the whale hunters aren't shown as 1 dimensional characters.The DVD transfer is very good and I rate this film 3 stars.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Free Willy 3
Added 8/8/2006

Free Willy 3, is a great follow up to the first two movies.
My oldest Son Derek, enjoys watching the first one so much,
after a hundered times or more, its time to move on. So
I bought Free Willy 2, then this latest one Free Willy 3.
I the parent, injoyed the movie alot but for my son I think
it was a little bit hard for him to watch, the harpooning of
whales I think bothered him, he see's Willy as his friend,
and is very hard to see a friend get hurt. I still think if
your a Free Willy fan you need to have the hole set. Bring on
Free Willy 4.

Regards
Dad

3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
Not as Good has the first 2,but still a great movie
Added 4/12/2004

I found this Free Willy the worst out of the series, not because the movie was bad,it was good but there was some parts in this movie that peaple didnt like.The little kid kinda messed up the bond between Willy and Jesse.But this was still a great movie,what an ending this movie had,Willy becomes a daddy, shocking ending to a great series.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Bad Ending to a Great Series
Added 3/30/2003

Ok, this was a great movie, as all the Free Willy movies were, it is just unfortunate that they didn't know this would be the last. If they knew, I'm sure it would have been so much better. I loved the Free Willy series, and when I learned they lost their budget and there would be no more, I look at the ending of Free Willy 3 and think, "This great series is over for eternity, and the last lines were, "Well I think we should call him Max" ?". Truly unfortunate. Anyways, this flick is aimed at an older audience. There are unsuitable features in this one, unsuitable for young ones, but makes the older ones happy.
0 out of 2 people found this helpful.
The "Free Willy" series should have stopped with #2
Added 1/13/2009

I found the Free Willy 3 movie to be a bit too much. I enjoyed the first 2 but enough is enough. Glad I ordered this for my niece and not myself. Had no problem with the DVD itself; just not impressed with the material.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
SOLID FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, NOT BAD FOR THE THIRD FILM IN THE SERIES!
Added 8/31/2008

When you get to the third film in any series there is usually a drop in quality. 'Free Willy 3' is surprisingly good for a second sequel. the story of whaler's hunting Willy and his family is the most exciting film of the series. This film shows some character development as the whale hunters aren't shown as 1 dimensional characters.The DVD transfer is very good and I rate this film 3 stars.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Free Willy 3
Added 8/8/2006

Free Willy 3, is a great follow up to the first two movies.
My oldest Son Derek, enjoys watching the first one so much,
after a hundered times or more, its time to move on. So
I bought Free Willy 2, then this latest one Free Willy 3.
I the parent, injoyed the movie alot but for my son I think
it was a little bit hard for him to watch, the harpooning of
whales I think bothered him, he see's Willy as his friend,
and is very hard to see a friend get hurt. I still think if
your a Free Willy fan you need to have the hole set. Bring on
Free Willy 4.

Regards
Dad

3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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