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1.1 GENERAL MOVIE INFORMATION• Ken KwapisDirector• Freeing the Whales by Tom

Rose Based on• Drew Barrymore• John KrasinskiStarring• 3rd February, 2012Release date• 107 minutes

Running time

• True storyType• FamilyGenre• Ocean creatures, Wild animalsTopics

Portuguese movie name: “O grande Milagre”

Synopsis

true story

three whales in

Alaska

Greenpeace

volunteer

small-town

reporter 

international story

rescue mission

team work

1.2. SYNOPSIS

1.3. MAIN CRACHETERS

Bam- Bam

Wilma

Fred

Drew Barrymore

John Krasinski

John Pingayak

1.4. TRAILER

1.5. FRONTSIDE/COVER

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2.1. THE REAL STORY

2.2. FREEING THE WHALES BY TOM ROSE

2.3. NEWS

2.4. RESCUE OPERATION

American Ice-breaking

The Alaska Nothern oil corporation

Villagers

Started to cut a path in the ice leading to open water

“De-icers”

water pumps to keep ice from reforming overnight

Icebreakers from the Soviet Union

It broke the huge ice wall between the whales and the open water

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3.1. THE ENDANGERED WHALES

Endangered whales

Why are they

becoming extinct ?

Overfishing – no food

Whaling

Water pollution

How can we save them?

Protect the environmen

tParticipate in campains

against whaling

Donate

3.2. WATER POLLUTION

Whales trapped in nets • Can’t surface for air Drown• Can’t feed themselves

Lost whales (sound pollution)• Sonar• Disrupt whales’ ability to communicate and

navigate

Oil Spill• Destroys whales’ habitats• Affects their health

3.3. WHALE HUNTING OR “WHALING”

The slaughter has been increasing

Why? For whale meat and oil

Northen tribes' tradition

Japan, Norway and Iceland

petition

World greatest

Environmental

Organization

- Protects the environment - Saves the endangered species

“Listens” to the

needs of the

environment

Makes the connection between

the authorities

and the environme

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3.4.

Greenpeace’s new year resolution: END WHALING!

Rescue

Townspeople of

Barrow, Alaska

Indigenous Inupiat communit

y

Greenpeace

volunteer and

reporter

Big Oil

Soviet Union

US Governm

ent

3.5. TEAM WORK

3.6. THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA

Mass media

Let the public know

of the situation

Atracts people to Barrow Alaska

Volunteers and helpers

Reporters

Tourists

Makes it internationa

l

Gets sponsors

US Government

Soviet Union

Big Oil

3.7. LESSONS

“THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING WE CAN DO!”

1. “There’s always

something we can do”

2. Be the difference

3. Together we can do it

THE END