Our Flick of the Week is “Free Willy,” which is as simple-minded a love story as “Sleepless in Seattle,” this time with a boy in the troubled Meg Ryan role and the tortured Tom Hanks character played ...

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 ...

Two decades and a half after 1993's 'Free Willy' made Jason James Richter a star at just 11 years old, Richter is still acting today. Two decades and a half after 1993's Free Willy made Jason James ...

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

It was one of the most unconventional friendships of all time, yet it somehow stole our hearts. Yes, we are talking about the hit 1993 movie Free Willy, which follows an orphan named Jesse (Jason ...

Free Willy is a classic film even today and features an orphan trying to reunite a killer whale, Willy, with its pod and save ...

Jan. 24 -- It was one of those magical movie moments — a homeless boy bonds with a 5-ton orca in the film Free Willy and helps the killer whale escape from unscrupulous keepers and return to the wild.

After freeing Willy, child actor Jason James Richter didn’t stay out of trouble. Richter, who portrayed Jesse in “Free Willy” and “Free Willy 2,” was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence Monday ...

It's a misty Thursday morning and Keiko the killer whale is alone, a rare sight since Norwegians discovered the "Free Willy" movie star in a fjord and flocked to pet and play with him. It was stardom ...

Keiko, the killer whale star of the “Free Willy” movies, was buried Monday in a snow-bound pasture during the deep darkness of Nordic winter in a ceremony kept secret from the public. “We wanted to ...

Researchers find that the star of 'Free Willy' should not have been released. April 28, 2009— -- Willy was never really free. The killer whale star of the Hollywood movie Free Willy had to be ...