That orca, played beautifully by a real-life whale named Keiko (CAY-koh), inspired the other film, a documentary called Keiko: The Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy, which is making its world ...

Controversy still surrounds the fate of the killer whale Keiko, who was the star of the feel-good 1993 movie “Free Willy.” That movie climaxed with a fairy-tale leap over a jetty, as Willy ...

** FILE ** Keiko the killer whale, who was the star of the "Free Willy" movies, swims in his tank at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Ore., in this Jan. 22, 1998 file photo.

Keiko the killer whale, star of the film "Free Willy," is adjusting to life in the wild after years in captivity and is with a school of killer whales off Iceland's southern coast, scientists said ...

Famous Killer Whale Keiko Bombarded By A Barrage Of Fans. ... After the "Free Willy" films, he was rescued from a Mexico City amusement park in 1996 and brought to the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

FILE – Keiko, the star of the movie “Free Willy,” swims in his new sea pen at Heimaey, Iceland, on Sept. 11, 1998. An ambitious plan announced last week to return a killer whale, held ...

Where Free Willy cast are now – prison stint, Bond role and tragic fate of killer whale. ... Free Willy is approaching its 30th anniversary By. Mollie Quirk; 23:10, 1 Jul 2023; ...

TAKNES BAY, Norway -- Keiko the "Free Willy" whale still doesn't want to be free. It's been about a year since Keiko was freed from his pen -- and swam straight back to human companionship. With ...

Nearly 700 people turned out to bid farewell to Keiko, the killer whale who starred in the popular "Free Willy" movies and died of pneumonia last December in Norway.

An ambitious plan to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters calls to mind the release of the star of the movie ‘Free Willy’.

An ambitious plan to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters calls to mind the release of the star of the movie ‘Free Willy’.