A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
Don Leslie
- Young Fisherman
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaRichard Harris, who was forty-six, performed his own stunts and was nearly killed on several occasions.
- GoofsWhales and dolphins don't breathe automatically like humans do. They sleep with half of their brain at a time because they need to come to the surface to breathe. If someone really tranquilized an orca like Nolan did with the needle in the harpoon, both halves of its brain would be asleep at the same time, and it would stop breathing and drown.
- Alternate versionsNetwork TV version had at least one additional scene where Nolan (Richard Harris) visits Annie (Bo Derek) at the hospital, after her leg was bitten off.
- ConnectionsFeatured in I Love the '70s: Volume 2: 1977 (2006)
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Grim? Perhaps not. Entertaining? Absolutely.
I've seen this movie at least a dozen times since it's release. The first time I saw it, I was very young, perhaps 8 or 9, and while I found it upsetting and sad at parts, as an adult I can look back and say it speaks so much more to me than say, "Free Willy." The movie follows the events in a fisherman's life following the capture of a killer whale. On the surface, it can appear grim and gory, but underneath there is a stirring tale about a man who has lost everything he held dear, has given up all feeling because of past events and leads an almost hostile towards life existence and then gradually comes to understand that because he was hurt, does not give him an excuse not to feel. Yes, the premise does dabble in the fantasy world, however the point isn't whether this could happen but the growth of the central character. Not once have I been able to watch this movie and not been moved by it.
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- Oct 25, 2002
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- Orca: The Killer Whale
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,717,854
- Gross worldwide
- $14,717,854
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