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Orca (also known as Orca: The Killer Whale) is a 1977 American thriller film directed by Michael Anderson, from a screenplay by Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Donati, and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn and Robert Carradine.
Keiko became the star of the film Free Willy in 1993. The publicity from his role led to an effort by Warner Brothers to find a better home for the orca. The pool for the now 21-foot-long (6.4 m) orca was only 22 feet (6.7 m) deep, 65 feet (20 m) wide and 114 feet (35 m) long.
Only one whale has been taken in North American waters since 1976. In recent years, the extent of the public's interest in orcas has manifested itself in several high-profile efforts surrounding individuals. Following the success of the 1993 film Free Willy, the movie's captive star Keiko was returned to the coast of his native Iceland in 2002
Namu (unknown – July 9, 1966) was a male orca unintentionally captured in 1965 from the C1 Pod of the northern resident community. He was the first captive orca to perform with a human in the water. [1] He was the subject of much media attention, including a starring role in the 1966 film Namu, the Killer Whale. Namu's captivity introduced ...
The orca from the 1977 film Orca; Tico from the anime series Tico of the Seven Seas; Tilikum, known for his involvement in the deaths of three people; heavily featured in the documentary Blackfish; Ulises; Unna; Walter the Whale; Wikie; Willy from the film Free Willy and television adaptation
It was broadcast in 2010 on the BBC with the title A Killer Whale Called Luna, [18] and in 2011, with Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson as executive producers, turned into the theatrical film The Whale. [19] Chisholm's and Parfit's notes were also turned into a book in 2013, The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna. [20]
The aquatic star of the film was an orca named Keiko. The huge national and international success of this film inspired a letter writing campaign to get Keiko released from his captivity as an attraction in the amusement park Reino Aventura in Mexico City; this movement was called "Free Keiko". Warner Bros. was so grateful for the whale, and so ...
The 1984 film Samson and Sally, the 1995 film The Pebble and the Penguin, and the 2006 film Happy Feet both also featured killer whales as antagonists. Splashy from Flushed Away . In Disney's " The Little Mermaid (TV series) , features Spot, a playful killer whale that Ariel adopts and takes care of when he was a baby.