Debi Derryberry recalled what it was like to film the scene in which the orca rescues the film's protagonist, a 12-year-old ...

TAKNES BAY, Norway -- Keiko the "Free Willy" whale still doesn't want to be free. It's been about a year since Keiko was freed from his pen -- and swam straight back to human companionship. With the ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Keiko, who gained fame starring in the Free Willy movies, has died in a Norwegian bay that he made his home after a 10-year campaign failed to coax him back to the open seas. The ...

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After helping Free Willy taste freedom, Dave Phillips is working to give two other orcas a life outside captivity, Phillips, a director of the International Marine Mammal Project at Earth Island ...

Directed by Simon Wincer, the movie starred Jason James Richter in his breakthrough role as the protagonist with a big heart, Jesse Greenwood. Also in the cast were Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, and ...

SEATTLE (AP) — An ambitious plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have ...