Free Willy (1993)

Richard Riehle: Wade

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• [Dial finds out through a disturbing call with Wade that someone got to Willy before them] 

  Dial : Nobody steals a whale.

  Wade : [voice]  But I'm telling you the whale is gone, the trailer is out of there, the forklift has been moved. That big mouth trainer and Indian must've done it.

  Dial : [sighs]  This is a disaster.

  Wade : [voice]  Why?

  Dial : [angrily]  Because we don't have theft insurance on the whale, that's why.

  [Dial checks the time on his watch] 

  Dial : Call Wilson. Tell him to bring his crew down.

• Wade : Whale's still not performing. We're getting deeper into this. And Rae keeps saying we have to expand that tank.

  Dial : Very nice. This is what I get for bringin' the animal in to boost business. Why don't we just move him into the Ritz Carlton? I can tack it onto the 5,000 they just dumped in his latest insurance premium.

  Wade : [chuckles]  The whale's worth more dead than alive.

  Dial : It will cost at least 100,000 to expand that psychotic malcontent's playpen.

  Wade : Huh?

  Dial : Oh, God, I hate that whale.

• Rae : You and Dial bought Willy from some slimeball whale catcher. He was too big and too old to be caught in the first place. Then, you put him in a dolphin tank alone. He's not a natural performer. You expect me to work miracles?

  Wade : We paid to train him. Not analyze him.

  Rae : These are not the circumstances you described to me when I signed on.

  Wade : You're a professional, right? So make it work.

  [Jesse sneaks pass Rae and Wade's argument and sees Willy eyes in sadness] 

  Wade : Dial's given me a line and I am not gonna cross that.

  [Jesse looks at the rope, but is cautious that he might get caught] 

  Rae : This is not about crossing the lines.

  Wade : Which words don't you understand? Look, if the whale was to bring in customers...

  [Willy cries while still being frightened by the nets] 

  Wade : Then we could spend some money on him. But since he's not, you're just gonna have to make do with what you've got.

  [Jesse unties the rope to release Willy] 

• Dial : We may be able to turn this around after all.

  Wade : It'll cost us to set up a show.

  Dial : So what. We let the kid work up a presentation. It catches on and we're back on track just like we've planned.

  [Wade opens the cardoor for Dial] 

  Dial : [gets in his car]  "The Willy Show". It will make money.

  [Dial shuts the car door] 

  Dial : And that my friend is what we are all about.

• Wade : Stop them. Don't let that whale get away.