Orca (1977)
Director:
Michael Anderson
Tagline:
« Orca – the killer whale, is one of the most intelligent creatures in the universe. Incredibly, he is the only animal other than man who kills for revenge. He has one mate, and if she is harmed by man, he will hunt down that person with a relentless, terrible vengeance – across seas, across time, across all obstacles. »
Actors:
Captain Nolan
Rachel Bedford
Jacob Umilak
Annie
Novak
Rating:
(15’067 votes)
(15’067 votes)
Quotes:
« Captain Nolan: I brought this gun to shoot him. Yes, yes I did. But I knew when it came time to do it, I couldn't do it. So I got to thinking and I thought, Well if what-if what you say is right. That whales can communicate. Then I thought I'd look at him. Right in the eye. And I'd tell him the killing of his wife and his child was a terrible accident. That I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. I'd tell him that I was sorry. I hope he'd forgive me.
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« Rachel: He deliberately left you your boat because he wants to fight you alone on the sea.
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« Rachel: [while listening to Orca's sounds through a hydrophone] What is he saying?
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« Captain Nolan: You're me, he says… I'm you, he says… you're my… drunk driver… he says…
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:92 minutes
Plots:
A fisherman and his crew are targeted by a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.
After witnessing his mate and child’s death from Nolan’s hands, Orca, the killer whale, goes on a rampage in the fishermen’s harbor. Under the villagers’ pressure, Nolan, Rachel and an Indian sail after the great beast, who will bring them on his own turf.
The fisherman and owner of a fishing vessel, Captain Nolan, becomes aware of the economical value of an orca whale alive through the lecture of the biologist Rachel Bedford and decides to capture one to pay the mortgage of his ship. However, the operation fails and he kills a pregnant female whale and its offspring. The male mate orca seeks revenge against Captain Nolan and his crew, jeopardizing the fishing community of the coastal town.
