


To be released in early 1997< this is its top-budgeted film toĭate. Production of "The Goonies" and "The Lost Boys." For HBO, she co-produced four She served as executive vice president of Richard Donner's production company,Ĭo-produced Donner's "Scrooged" and "Radio Flyer" and was instrumental in the Tugend also produced the three "Lethal Weapon" films.

Next message: Michael Williamson: "Am.The film begins with a pod of orcas swimming near the coastline of the Pacific Northwest.Seasons of the popu|ar "Tales From the Crypt" series. The pod is tracked down by a group of whalers, and one of them, Willy, is trapped and sent to an amusement park. Sometime later in Astoria, Oregon, Jesse, a 12-year-old boy abandoned by his mother six years before, is caught after vandalizing the park. Jesse's social worker Dwight earns him a reprieve by finding him a foster home and having him clean up the graffiti at the theme park. His foster parents are the supportive and kind Annie and Glen Greenwood, but Jesse is initially unruly and hostile to them. While working at the park, Jesse encounters Willy. Willy is regarded as surly and uncooperative by the park staff, including his trainer Rae Lindley, but he saves Jesse from drowning, starting a bond, and becomes friendly with his keeper, Haida native Randolph Johnson. Jesse then teaches tricks to Willy, and will be given a permanent job at the marine after probation. The owner of the amusement park, Dial, sees the talent Jesse and Willy have together and makes plans to host "The Willy Show" in hopes of finally making money from Willy, who has thus far been a costly venture for him. On the day of the first performance, Willy is antagonized by the children banging constantly on his underwater observation area and refuses to perform. Willy smashes against the tank, causing damage to it.
