The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)

Director:

John G. Avildsen

Writers (WGA):

Robert Mark Kamen (characters)
Robert Mark Kamen (written by)

Release Date:

30 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Family | Sport

Tagline:

First it was teacher to student. Then it was father to son. Now, it's man to man.

Plot:

A bad guy from KK1 attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the aid of an old army buddy.

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Martial Arts | Vietnam | Master | Homoeroticism

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Ralph Macchio	...	Daniel LaRusso
Pat Morita	...	Mr. Kesuke Miyagi (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita)
Robyn Lively	...	Jessica Andrews
Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Terry Silver
Martin Kove	...	John Kreese
Sean Kanan	...	Mike Barnes
Jonathan Avildsen	...	Snake
Randee Heller	...	Lucille
William Christopher Ford	...	Dennis (as Christopher Paul Ford)
Pat E. Johnson	...	Referee
Rick Hurst	...	Announcer
Frances Bay	...	Mrs. Milo
Joseph V. Perry	...	Uncle Louie
Jan Triska	...	Milos
Diana Webster	...	Margaret
Patrick R. Posada	...	Man #1
C. Darnell Rose	...	Delivery Man
Glenn Medeiros	...	Himself
Gabriel Jarret	...	Rudy (as Gabe Jarret)
Doc Duhame	...	Security Guard
Randell Dennis Widner	...	Sparring Partner #1
Raymond S. Sua	...	Sparring Partner #2
Garth Johnson	...	Spectator #1
E. David Tetro	...	Spectator #2
Helen Lin	...	Tahitian Girl #1
Meilani Figalan	...	Tahitian Girl #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rob Garrison	...	Tommy (archive footage)
Chad McQueen	...	Dutch (archive footage)
Tony O'Dell	...	Jimmy (archive footage)
William Zabka	...	Johnny (archive footage)
John Timothy Botka	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Sandy Shimoda	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
John G. Avildsen

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Mark Kamen		(characters)
Robert Mark Kamen		(written by)

Produced by
Karen Trudy Rosenfelt	....	co-producer
Sheldon Schrager	....	executive producer
Doug Seelig	....	associate producer (as Douglas Seelig)
Jerry Weintraub	....	producer

Original Music by
Bill Conti

Cinematography by
Steve Yaconelli		(director of photography) (as Stephen Yaconelli)

Film Editing by
John G. Avildsen
John Carter

Casting by
Caro Jones

Production Design by
William F. Matthews

Art Direction by
Christopher Burian-Mohr

Set Decoration by
Catherine Mann

Makeup Department
Del Acevedo	....	key makeup artist
Ron Berkeley	....	makeup artist
Shanon Ely	....	hair stylist
Cheri Ruff	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Lester Wm. Berke	....	unit production manager
Linda Landry-Nelson	....	production manager: Introvision

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Clifford C. Coleman	....	first assistant director
Hope R. Goodwin	....	second assistant director
David N. Schrager	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Elijah Bryant	....	swing gang
Richard Evans	....	property assistant
Joseph C. Fama	....	construction foreman
Sam Gordon	....	property master
Dick Lasley	....	illustrator
Richard Leon	....	property assistant
Michael Muscarella	....	construction coordinator
Terry Shugrue	....	swing gang
Carl J. Stensel	....	set designer
Jerry Wax	....	lead man
Ronnie Sue Wexler	....	swing gang
Robert Wittenberg	....	construction painter

Sound Department
Eddie Becker	....	foley editor
William C. Carruth	....	adr editor
Don Digirolamo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dean Drabin	....	foley mixer
Jack Dronsky	....	adr assistant
Susan Dudeck	....	foley editor
Robert Glass	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Hecker	....	supervising sound editor (as Scott A. Hecker)
Robert Knudson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Mackston	....	dialogue editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Kay Rose	....	adr editor
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	supervising adr editor
Clem Sheaffer	....	cable person
Mary Ruth Smith	....	adr editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Barry Thomas	....	sound mixer
Joel Valentine	....	sound effects editor
Forest Williams	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Dennis Dion	....	special effects foreman
Walter Dion	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
John Coats	....	producer: visual effects (as John Coates)
Gene Dobrzyn	....	production coordinator: visual effects
Tim Donahue	....	art director: visual effects
John P. Mesa	....	visual effects cameraman
William Mesa	....	director of visual effects (as Bill Mesa)
Andrew Naud	....	producer: visual effects
David Stump	....	camera: visual effects
Marcus Tate	....	producer: visual effects
Chris Dawson	....	model maker (uncredited)
Stephen Lebed	....	model maker (uncredited)

Stunts
Clarke Coleman	....	stunts
Fumio Demura	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts (as Thomas De Wier)
Pat E. Johnson	....	stunts choreographer
Carol Neilson	....	stunts
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts
Billy Morts	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer (as Ronald Batzdorff)
Mike Benson	....	camera operator (as Michael Benson)
Jeffrey R. Clark	....	first assistant camera
Gary R. Dodd	....	best boy
Gary R. Dodd	....	grip
Jim Dunford	....	best boy
Jim Dunford	....	grip
Scott Fieldsteel	....	best boy
Jack N. Green	....	aerial camera operator
Frank Keever	....	key grip
William Kenney	....	dolly grip
Ross A. Maehl	....	gaffer
Stan McClain	....	aerial camera operator
Edward Morey III	....	camera operator
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer (as Ralph Nelson Jr.)
Jeffrey Norvet	....	first assistant camera
Joe A. Ponticelle	....	second assistant camera
David St. Onge	....	best boy
Elizabeth Ziegler	....	Steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michael Chavez	....	key costumer
Thomas E. Johnson	....	costume supervisor: men (as Tom Johnson)

Editorial Department
Douglas Brumer	....	assistant film editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
David Holden	....	additional editor
Jere Huggins	....	additional editor
David Jansen	....	apprentice film editor
Thomas G. Jingles	....	apprentice film editor
Trevor Jolly	....	first assistant editor
Frederika Kesten	....	apprentice film editor
Kevin Lindstrom	....	assistant film editor
Russell Paris	....	post-production coordinator
Mark Sadusky	....	assistant film editor
Rex Stewart	....	assistant film editor
Merry Tigar	....	apprentice film editor
Rick Tuber	....	assistant film editor
Stanley Wohlberg	....	assistant film editor (as Stan Wohlberg)

Music Department
Brooks Arthur	....	music supervisor
Jack Eskew	....	orchestrator
Stephen A. Hope	....	music editor
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer
John Rotondi	....	scoring engineer: Y4 (uncredited)
Celia Weiner	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Richard Belyeu	....	transportation captain (as Richard C. Belyeu)
James E. Foote	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Paula Abdul	....	choreographer
David Bandler	....	assistant: John G. Avildsen
James Barrett	....	advisor: bonsai plants
Howard Brandy	....	unit publicist
James Crabe	....	the Karate Kid family will miss our dear friend (as Jimmy Crabe)
Richard Davis Jr.	....	location manager
Patricia L. DeShields	....	production accountant
Thomas Dewier	....	rappelling advisor (as Thomas De Wier)
Joyce Wilson Fetherolf	....	assistant: John G. Avildsen
Sonny P. Filippini	....	script supervisor
Craig Hosking	....	helicopter pilot
Pat E. Johnson	....	martial arts choreographer
Kathryn J. McDermott	....	assistant: Shel Schrager
Roy Nagatoshi	....	advisor: bonsai plants
Karyn Saffro	....	production associate
Joyce Warren	....	production coordinator (as Joyce M. Warren)
Jamie Weintraub	....	assistant: Jerry Weintraub
Jody Weintraub	....	assistant: Jerry Weintraub
Julie Weintraub	....	assistant: Jerry Weintraub
Sarah Weintraub	....	assistant: Jerry Weintraub
Anne Marie Yantos	....	production associate
Lynette Katselas	....	dialogue coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Weintraub International Group

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films (1989) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)

Special Effects

• Introvision International

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Ennis-Brown House - 2655 Glendower Avenue, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

This movie was part of a wave in the late 80's/early 90's to introduce wide screen letterbox movies to the general public. The first printing of the VHS are all in letterbox. (re-prints from 1994 claim to be in wide screen but are pan & scan). (Ghostbusters II (1989) was another big title movie released in letterbox only in the first printing, many video stores got complaints about these titles because customer's thought that there was half of the picture missing, many video store owners called RCA/Columbia to find out if there was a printing problem to only be told that they were meant to be this way.)

Goofs:

Anachronisms: If the movie is supposed to be based 1 year after the original Karate Kid, that would make it 1985. The body style Mustang GT driven by Barnes and his friends wasn't produced until 1987.

Quotes:

Terry Silver: There you are.
Daniel Larusso: Yeah. I had to do some thinking.
Terry Silver: And?
Daniel Larusso: I decided not to fight in the tournament this year. I figured that's the least of respect I owe you. Just to let you know.
Terry Silver: You owe me alot more than that, Danny-boy.
Daniel Larusso: Oh, I can have the payment for the lessons in a couple of weeks. I just need to get the money.
Terry Silver: No money. You're getting in that ring and fighting the tournament. That will be how you pay for the lessons.
Daniel Larusso: Wait. Mr. Silver, you can't make me do anything I don't want to do.
Terry Silver: [laughs] Danny, Danny. Since the moment I met you, I've been making you do things you don't want to do.
Daniel Larusso: [confused] What do you mean?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Soundtrack:

THIS COULD TAKE ALL NIGHT

Ralph Chunkio, but a great movie.

OK, it's obviously been at least two years between karate kid 2 and 3, so why on earth does the director feel the need to make it look like Daniel is coming back from Okinawa, when it's clear for everyone to see the difference, he's aged, he's got more flip, and yes, the actor has got fatter. Have you seen his chubby cheeks? All of this aside, the movie is very good i feel. Thomas Ian Griffith's performance is classic, threatening, but very funny. The conflict between teacher and student becomes a tad boring though,plus the little sweet love story between Danial and the tree girl is insulting, we have seen this in the first two movies, forget it,move on.

This is way better than the second, and has some better moments than the 1st. It's the most comical if you like that sinister style.