Product Details

• Actors: Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick
• Directors: Sam Pillsbury
• Format: Full Screen, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: January 28, 2003
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304676956
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,990 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Free Willy 3 - The Rescue" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This is the best of the three movies about a boy and his killer whale. Beautifully photographed, it's worth watching just for the heavenly British Columbian scenery and underwater photography. It helps that the story is well thought out and more expertly executed than the first two films in this series. Jason James Richter, the little boy from the previous Free Willy flicks, is given a credible role as a research assistant trying to understand why whale populations are decreasing. His story parallels that of the son of an illegal whaler who knows his father is involved in criminal activity and is particularly disturbed by the moral ramifications. Unlike the pro-environment characters in other movies, the fishermen in this story are given a valid point of view, as they are facing very real economic hardships due to the overfishing of the oceans. This plot tangent is given equal footing with the friendship between the two key boys in the story. It all gets a little too corny, but overall this is recommended as a family picture. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Product Description

A 10-year-old boy whose father is running an illegal whaling operation is caught in a dilemma when Willy and his pod are threatened.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best family films., February 28, 2001

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River Blue (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Free Willy 3: The Rescue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Free Willy 3 is primarily about Max, an intelligent, inquisitive ten-year-old who accompanies his father on a whaling expedition. His conscience bothers him about his father's career, but instead of taking the usual route of performing a string of silly pranks (like you would see in a lot of children's shows), he tries reasoning with his dad. He also asks question after question -- not just about the technical aspects of whaling, but he also delves deeper into the more important questions of life ("Do you always have to do the right thing, even if it hurts?").

One of the things I liked best about Free Willy 3 was the realistic and sympathetic portrayal of the father, even though he was the "villain" of the story. He was a man doing a job that has been in his family for years, and without it he wasn't sure who he was. Despite having a career others disagreed with, he was a caring, compassionate person who loved his son. Other characters are drawn out nicely as well -- Jesse and Randolph, from the first two films, and their new co-workers on the sea -- showing their tempers as well as their more positive sides.

Couple all these features with stunning cinematography and a beautiful score, and you have one fine film!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Rescue-The Best In The Willy Trilogy, January 27, 2000

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Lydia (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Free Willy 3: The Rescue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is great, despite what you may be thinking. More realistic that Free Willy 1 and 2, it's plot is seamless and easy to believe. Jesse (Jason James Richter) interns with Randolph (Schellenburg, the Native American guy) as a research assistant. They find Willy with Jesse's harmonica call played 24 hours a day throughout the Canadian sea. They encounter a whaling boat, but the captain's son, ten year old Max, is silently opposed to whaling. Max and Jesse work together to try and stop the whaling boat. It isn't kid-ish like the other two Willy movies, and features less of Jesse. The whales are beautiful, and there is a pleasant surprize at the end. Hopefully there are more Willy movies ready to come out!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Free Willy 3, August 7, 2006

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S. Oxford "Smooth" (Santa Clara CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Free Willy 3 - The Rescue (DVD)

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