Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home ★★½ 1995 (PG)

While camping in the Pacific Northwest, Jesse is reunited with his orcapal Willy, who has found a new home along with his whale siblings. But an offshore oil spill separates Willy from his family and threatens their lives, so his human friends must once again come to the rescue. All the principal characters are back, except for Willy (real name Keiko), who is recuperating from a skin virus in Mexico. Animatronics and Gump-like digital effects were used to replicate the real Willy. 98m/C VHS, DVD . Jason James Richter, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Jon Tenney, Elizabeth Pena; D: Dwight Little; W: Corey Blechman, John Mattson; C: Laszlo Kovacs; M: Basil Poledouris.

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