Product Details

• Actors: Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Robin Mattson, Richard Erdman, Lee Meriwether
• Directors: László Benedek
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00079Z9ZU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #95,508 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Namu: My Best Friend" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A killer whale, grieving his lost mate, is befriended and protected by a marine biologist, as well as a widow and her young daughter.
Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: PG
Release Date: 12-APR-2005
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars well..., March 12, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Namu, My Best Friend (AKA Namu, the Killer Whale) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's ok. It has momments where it's really exciting and in the moment, but it wasn't enough to keep me entertand. Free Willy is more my style because it has action and is more recent. This might be becaus Namu is about the first whale capurted and they think it will kill everyone. But this is a good movie, and is very emotional in the end.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very sweet film, January 2, 2008

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D. Frank (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Namu: My Best Friend (DVD)

This movie was made in the 60s, but wears well. It is the true story of the first killer whale ever captured. Better than the Free Willy movies. And if your kids ever saw Shamu at SeaWorld and wondered what Shamu means, it means "friend of Namu" -- yes, this Namu in the movie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars im not a professional reviewer but i loved the film a good story about friendship, May 1, 2011

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texaswrestler22 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Namu: My Best Friend (DVD)

i think this is wonderful movie for all ages. it was made in 1966 so its pretty old but worth it they use a real whale named namu if any kids go to sea world and wonder where the name namu comes from this movie has the original namu. its agreat story on friendship and the people learn about the orca in the movie they think is a killer. Namu ofcourse sint a killer he doesnt harm anyone infact the only reason hes in that cove was to help his mate then eventually greieve over her. the man in the movie hank donner looks after him and studies him eventually becoming frineds a little girl also befriends him adn even talks to namu. i wont tell you everything but at that time no one knew alot about these beautiful animals and in this one you learn some things. its a great movie i recommend it to all.