Scary Movie 3 (2003)

Regisseur:

David Zucker

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Shawn Wayans (characters) &
Marlon Wayans (characters) ...

Premierendatum:

24. Oktober 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

Reload for a third shot

Plot:

In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, Cindy has to investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.

Plot Keywords:

Vomit | Topless | Crude Humor | Female Nudity | Severed Nose

Filmpreise:

1 win & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

They're back on the right track

Besetzung

Pamela Anderson	...	Becca
Jenny McCarthy	...	Kate
Marny Eng	...	Tabitha
Charlie Sheen	...	Tom
Simon Rex	...	George
Jianna Ballard	...	Sue
Jeremy Piven	...	Ross Giggins
Anna Faris	...	Cindy Campbell
Timothy Stack	...	Carson Ward (as Tim Stack)
Elaine Klimaszewski	...	Elaine
Diane Klimaszewski	...	Diane
Camryn Manheim	...	Trooper Champlin
Drew Mikuska	...	Cody
Regina Hall	...	Brenda Meeks
Darrell Hammond	...	Father Muldoon

Alternativ:

Scary Movie 3.5 (USA) (DVD box title)
Scary Movie 3: Episode I - Lord of the Brooms (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for pervasive crude and sexual humor, language, comic violence and drug references.

Länge:

84 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U (DVD) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Netherlands:6 | Iceland:10 | Malaysia:(Banned) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39360) | Greece:K-13

Drehorte:

Lions Gate Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Dimension Films

Dies und das:

A lengthy alternative ending was shot but later scrapped. That ending included spoofs of A Beautiful Mind (2001), Hulk (2003), and especially The Matrix Reloaded (2003).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When George and Cindy are talking outside Brenda's parents' house at the funeral, and Cindy starts to cry, she hugs George. Her head is on his shoulder when the camera shows her face and George's side. When the shot changes, her head is under his chin. The next time the shot changes, her head is back on his shoulder. So basically, the placement of Cindy's head changes with each shot.

Dialogzitate:

[the phone rings after Cody watches the tape]
Cindy: Hello?
Tabitha's Voice: It's me. How you doing?
Cindy: Fine.
Tabitha's Voice: Enjoying your last week? I can't wait to see you. Six days now, right?
Cindy: Yeah.
Tabitha's Voice: It was great catching up. Can I speak to Cody?
Cindy: Why? He didn't watch the tape.
Tabitha's Voice: Yes, he did. Come on, Cindy, I do this for a living.
[Cindy hangs up. The phone rings again]
[...]

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Soundtrack:

Rock Rock Bounce Bounce

They're back on the right track

Seeing the second and the third movie in the Scary Movie series short after each other, gave me the perfect opportunity to see what the change of director can do to a movie. I liked the first movie, but didn't find the second one worth another watch, because they had lost all originality or sense of good humor. All they did was badly repeating what had worked in the first movie and that is something that should be avoided at all time. Now with David Zucker as the director, the man who also gave us some other excellent parodies like "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun", instead of Keenen Ivory Wayans, I had some good hopes again. And he certainly didn't disappoint me...

Of course you'll recognize several famous movies again. This time they are making fun of "The Ring", "Signs", "8 Mile",... but also other aspects from showbiz will be treated. You'll find Michael Jackson and references to the sex tape with Pamela Anderson in it as well, but the main difference with "Scary Movie 2" is that this time it all has been written into one solid and hilarious story. And the story isn't the only thing that has been improved, so has the acting. With some famous actors like Charlie Sheen and Leslie Nielsen, who both have a solid record full of humorous TV-series and / or movies, you know that you can expect the best of the best again when it comes to this kind of humor. But people like for instance Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy were an excellent surprise and did give this movie something extra. I'm not saying that they had some very difficult roles, but what they did really worked and that's all I'm asking.

Overall this movie is a lot better than the previous one. Once again it is full references to other movies, but it is the humor that makes the difference. It's probably because they have chosen a new director and have taken more time to come up with a new story, that the concept works again. I'm looking forward to "Scary Movie 4" and give this one a solid 7.5/10, perhaps even an 8/10.