Word: whaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Activists, unite against Hollywood's neglect of a new star. Save this whale...
...questions. And like any ingratiating adolescent, Willy knows how to make bad manners look cute. The children who giggled in Jurassic Park at the sight of a paleobotanist elbow- deep in triceratops doody will love the moment when Willy uses his blowhole to whisk away a huge wad of whale snot. Most important, he has a sweet disposition -- lets the boy stroke his tongue -- and is fiercely loyal to his human sibling. By film's end, a million tots in the audience will be tearfully whispering Jessie's climactic words: "I love you, Willy...
...Perhaps the people at Sea World, the chain of popular marine parks in San Diego; Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and Aurora, Ohio. Its curators are steamed at the film's depiction of an animal theme park as an inhumane cesspool. "The movie is not a fair portrayal of whales in captivity," argues Jim Antrim, general curator at Sea World in San Diego. "The trainer seems to be feeding the animal an inferior type of fish and often walks by the animal in an uninterested manner." Sea World execs charge that the movie is inaccurate on many levels, from...
...they teach children and others about animals. But I'm against zoos too." Donner's wife, Lauren Shuler-Donner, who co-produced the movie, says, "We didn't set out to make a movie condemning aquatic parks. We set out to make a movie about a boy and a whale and family and friendship and freedom. But personally, I've never liked zoos, seaquariums or even birds in cages. If people want to see a whale, they can see it on television or in movies or go on a whale-watching tour...
...Willy whales may soon go on tour. Animatronic Willy is set for a promotional jaunt. And real Willy -- Keiko -- will have to find less confining quarters. It is in danger of growing too large for its Mexico City tank. As co-producer Jennie Lew Tugend notes sadly, "It's a 22-ft. whale in a tank that's only 15 ft. deep...