Orca - The Killer Whale
by Michael Anderson
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Actor: Bo Derek, Charlotte Rampling, Keenan Wynn, Richard Harris, Will SampsonDirector: Michael Anderson
Brand: HARRIS,RICHARD
Cinematographer: J. Barry Herron
Cinematographer: Ted Moore
Editor: John Bloom
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Producer: Luciano Vincenzoni
Writer: Luciano Vincenzoni
Writer: Robert Towne
Writer: Sergio Donati
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
Published: 2004-09-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-14
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Orca - The Killer Whale
Movie Review: Woe betide Captain Nolan!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you can't appreciate how awesome and hilarious this movie is, then you have no sense of humor whatsoever. I feel that strongly about "Orca".
From the very first scene, this Dino DeLaurentiis classic will flatten you with its authentic 70s drama, awesome cast, and the unintentional comedy that makes so many films ripen with age. We first meet marine biologist and college professor Charlotte Rampling in a classroom, where she describes the complex communication of orcas and then says that to an orca, the speech of humans would be considered "retarded." Cut to scenes of orcas frolicking.
This sets the stage for the ghastly, over-the-top atrocity perpetrated by the crew of the Bumpo: arguably the awesomest scene in the entire film. Captain Nolan (Richard Harris) decides to catch him an Orca to sell to an aquarium. Oops, his incompetent crew screwed it up. As a female orca writhes from the ship's crane, mortally wounded, its mate freaks out like an overwrought player on a daytime soap opera. Things reach their peak when a malformed, dead fetus orca spews from the dying female. The male orca cries out in pain and anguish in an exact facimile of the most cliched line in cinema: Then he takes a picture of Captain Nolan with his eye, and from that point forward we're only counting the days until the Captain goes down.
Like so many other classics of this nature, the supporting cast brings a key element to the table. No sooner has Nolan discovered the dead body of the orca he killed deposited in his harbor, than Chief from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest appears, dispensing empty 'Native wisdom' along the lines of "The elders of my tribe say, when an orca washes up on your beach, it means that Mother Earth is mad at you". The gorgeous Bo Derek is the eye candy of the film, until she either does or does not get chomped (I'm trying not to give too much away here). The vengeful orca himself has a lot of personality. After a spirited round of destroying houses on stilts and somehow setting them aflame, the orca does joyous flips in the air.
Ultimately, all the characters end up on a suicide mission that seemingly leads them towards the North Pole. On this mission, a basic Hollywood rule applies: if you start talking about turning back, the Orca is coming for you next! Captain Nolan pleads with the orca to feel empathy for him, since his family was killed by a drunk driver, but the orca isn't having any of it. Their showdown amidst ice floes is epic, as is the melodramatic tune that rolls over the closing credits.
Embrace all that is Orca. One of the best movies out there.
Summary of Orca - The Killer Whale
When its pregnant mate is killed by shark hunters, a male killer whale stops at nothing to get revenge.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 14-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
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