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Review 1DiscussionA review by Wuchak
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Written by Wuchak on Wed Jul 11 2018
Not great like “Jaws,” but a moving maritime tragedy and, in ways, magnificent
RELEASED IN 1977 and directed by Michael Anderson, "Orca" stars Richard Harris as a Newfoundland fisherman trying to make some big money by capturing a killer whale for a marine park. Unfortunately he ends up horribly botching the job, which incurs the vengeful wrath of the father killer whale.
Coming out two years after the blockbuster “Jaws,” this is sort of a knockoff, but it’s too different in story/tone to be cheap imitation, although there are obvious similarities: The last third of the film involves a b...
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
17500000.00
Revenue
14717854.00
Keywords
- ship
- whale
- marine biologist
- fisherman
- newfoundland and labrador
- miscarriage
- killer whale
- jaws
- animal horror
- vengeance
- moby dick
- orca