Movie
1977
Orca is a 1977 thriller film directed by Michael Anderson, from a screenplay by Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Donati based on a novel by Arthur Herzog, and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn and Robert Carradine. The film follows a male orca tracking down and getting revenge on a fishing boat and its captain for unintentionally killing the whale's pregnant mate and their…
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Inspired by the enormous success of *Jaws*, Italian producer Dino de Laurentiis launched three big‑budget films with a similar premise. First was *King Kong* about a giant ape terrorising New York. Second was *The White Buffalo* about a giant herbivore terrorising the Old West. The third was *Orca*, directed in 1977 by Michael Anderson, the closest in concept to the original thanks to a plot about a large marine ani…More
