While working at the park, Jesse sees Willy again. His foster parents are the supportive and kind Annie and Glen Greenwood, but Jesse is initially unruly and hostile to them. Jesse's social worker Dwight earns him a reprieve by finding him a foster home and having him clean up the graffiti as part of his probation. On the night of his arrest, he encounters Willy. Sometime later in Portland, Oregon, Jesse, a troubled orphaned 12-year-old boy abandoned by his estranged mother six years before, is caught by the police for vandalizing the theme park. It grew into a small franchise, including a television series, two sequels and a direct-to-video reboot. Shot between May and August 1992 and released on July 16, 1993, the film received positive attention from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $153.6 million from a $20 million budget. The film stars Jason James Richter, in his film debut, as Jesse, a foster boy who befriends a captive orca named Willy. under their Family Entertainment imprint. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by Walker and distributed by Warner Bros. Free Willy is a 1993 American family drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A.
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