Jesse also tracks down and reunites with Willy one night. Jesse quickly becomes smitten with Randolph's attractive and kindly goddaughter, Nadine ( Mary Kate Schellhardt). He is invited on their trip to San Juan Island so that he and Jesse might get to know each other.Īt the environmental institute, Jesse reunites with his old Native American friend, Randolph Johnson ( August Schellenberg) whom Jesse met at the Northwest Adventura Park when he met Willy years back. When Elvis arrives, he is morose, overly talkative and mischievous, and he is also prone to telling lies and easily gets on Jesse's nerves. Jesse is devastated about this news, but comes to terms, after talking his feelings out with Glen. Jesse's mother has died and left behind another son, Jesse's younger half-brother named Elvis ( Francis Capra). However, before they leave town, Dwight ( Mykelti Williamson), Jesse's former social worker, shows up to inform them that they have found Jesse's biological mother, who abandoned him 8 years ago in New York City. Glen has been trying to teach Jesse to drive their motorboat named Little Dipper, but Jesse is more interested in girls. Jesse and his adoptive parents are preparing to go on a family camping trip to the Pacific Northwest. Jesse, now 14 years old, has since been adopted by his foster parents, Glen and Annie Greenwood ( Michael Madsen and Jayne Atkinson). It's been two years since Jesse ( Jason James Richter) saved and freed his orca friend, Willy.
Unlike the previous film where Keiko played Willy, a robotic double created by Edge Innovations was used to play the eponymous whale while the Free Willy Keiko Foundation devised a plan to bring Keiko to the Oregon Coast Aquarium where he would be rehabilitated for poor health.įilming commenced in Astoria, Oregon and the San Juan Islands between April and August 1994 with additional filming taking place in California.įree Willy 3: The Rescue, was subsequently released in 1997, making a trilogy. New cast members include Jon Tenney, Elizabeth Peña, Francis Capra, Mary Kate Schellhardt and M. Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Jayne Atkinson, Mykelti Williamson and Michael Madsen reprised their respective roles. It is directed by Dwight Little, and distributed by Warner Bros. Elvis later tells Jesse that before she died, she told Elvis that giving Jesse up was the hardest choice she ever had to make.Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home is a 1995 American family film and the sequel to the 1993 film Free Willy. At the beginning of the film, it's revealed that she passed away. Papa Wolf: Willy is very protective of his siblings, and only allows Luna to be examined because Jesse tells him it's alright.(Although given that he does kiss Nadine a few scenes later - albeit it's a single kiss rather than the make-out session that Elvis had implied - giving him The Talk might not have been the worst idea in retrospect.) It's not until Glen says "it" can lead to sex that Jesse figures out they're not on the same page. In light of this, Glen attempts to give Jesse The Talk, but he doesn't specify what he's talking about first, so Jesse thinks Glen is trying to warn him about playing with the whales. One Dialogue, Two Conversations: Among the lies that Elvis tells is that he saw Jesse kissing Nadine.Missing Mom: It's revealed that Jesse's mom had another son as well before having the courtesy of dying and leaving his older half-brother as his only family.It's Randolph's traditional medicine that makes Luna better. Magical Native American: While Randolph averted this trope in the first movie, it's played much more straight here.Darker and Edgier: Jessie nearly drowns and incinerated by the tanker fire during the climax.
The foster parents didn't believe him at first about the crashed oil tanker. He lied about helping the whales out of the cove, instead wants to capture the whales and sell them. Corrupt Corporate Executive: The president of the oil company.
Warner Bros probably feared people not getting the connection to Free Willy.