When the Whales Came
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| When the Whales Came | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Clive Rees |
| Produced by | Simon Channing-Williams |
| Written by | Michael Morpurgo (book) |
| Starring | Paul Scofield David Threlfall Helen Mirren Helen Pearce Max Rennie |
| Music by | Christopher Gunning |
| Cinematography | Robert Paynter |
| Editing by | Andrew Boulton |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | August 22, 1989 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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When the Whales Came is a 1989 British film, based on the 1985 children's book Why the Whales Came written by Michael Morpurgo. The film is set on the fictional British island of Scylla, while the location of the book is explicitly identified as Bryher, one of the Isles of Scilly.
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