Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Peter Segal

Writers (WGA):

Jim Abrahams (television series Police Squad) &
David Zucker (television series Police Squad) ...

Release Date:

18 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

A Mad Bomber Is On The Loose, And If Anyone Can Stop Him....So Can Frank!

Plot:

Frank Drebin comes out of retirement to help Police Squad infiltrate a gang of terrorists planning to detonate a bomb at the Academy Awards.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Academy Awards Ceremony | Oscars | Bomb | Prison

Awards:

3 wins

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19	5:00 PM	COMEDY
Mon. July 20	10:00 AM	COMEDY

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Lt. Frank Drebin
Priscilla Presley	...	Jane Spencer Drebin
George Kennedy	...	Captain Ed Hocken
O.J. Simpson	...	Nordberg
Fred Ward	...	Rocco Dillon
Kathleen Freeman	...	Muriel Dillon
Anna Nicole Smith	...	Tanya Peters
Ellen Greene	...	Louise
Ed Williams	...	Ted Olsen
Raye Birk	...	Papshmir
Matt Roe	...	Clayton
Wylie Small	...	Defense Attorney
Sharon Cornell	...	Stenographer
Earl Boen	...	Dr. Stuart Eisendrath
Jeff Wright	...	Store Manager

Also Known As:

Naked Gun 33 1/3: Just for the Record (USA) (working title)
The Naked Gun III (USA) (trailer title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for off-color humor.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Brazil:Livre (DVD rating) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-10/7 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:10 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles County Municipal Courts Building - 110 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Director Peter Segal, in addition to playing the producer of Sawdust and Mildew, also makes several other appearances in the film (mostly in voice-over): -The voice of the suicide bomber in the The Untouchables (1987) parody at the start of the film. -The voice of the KSAD deejay. -The ADR'ed scream of the inmate escaping prison by pole-vaulting. -The real Phil Donahue, before Frank knocks him out and takes his place. -The voice of the man shouting "Stop the stairs, Joey!" at the Academy Awards.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Frank arrives home for his "special evening," there's an old portrait hanging next to the front door. A few minutes later when Jane leaves, it's a similar, but different, portrait.

Quotes:

[in the prison cafeteria]
Frank Drebin: Hey! You call this slop? Real slop has got chunks in it! This is more like gruel! And this Château Blanc '68 is supposed to be served slightly chilled! This is room temperature! What do you think we are, animals?
Convicts: NO!
Frank Drebin: Then what are we?
[the entire mess hall is silent with puzzlement]
Mess Hall Convict: Uh... Homo sapiens?
Frank Drebin: You're right! We're men! We are men! We are men...

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Soundtrack:

The Food Song

yeah, it's a sequel

Sequels are often criticized for their corny plot, bad writing, bad acting, etc. But with this kind of a movie, who's seeing it for any reason other than the jokes? I mean, nobody saw the first "Naked Gun" movie for its enticing plot or the ingenious acting ability. They saw it to laugh. And "Naked Gun 33 1/3" serves the same purpose, because, after all, everyone knows that the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team will never run out of jokes.

And unlike "Airplane II", which pretty much just re-used all the same jokes from the original "Airplane!", there is some good, original stuff here. Maybe not the best of the series, but the movie still does its purpose - to induce laughter unto everyone. In fact, the whole series is just starting to blend together. I was reading quotes from the first "Naked Gun" the other day. I saw that one quote was Drebin saying "I faked every orgasm." The thing is, I coulda sworn that was from the third "Naked Gun" movie.

So if you liked the kind of humor that was in "The Naked Gun", "Naked Gun 2 1/2" and "Naked Gun 33 1/3" will not disappoint you. Just stay away from "Repossessed" and "Spy Hard."