D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers (WGA):

Steven Brill (characters)
Kenneth Johnson (story) ...

Release Date:

4 October 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

No Fear. No Limits. No Brakes. Just Ducks.

Plot:

In the third episode of this series, the Ducks get scholarships to Eden Hall Academy, a high ranking prep school...

Plot Keywords:

Coach | Prep School | Hockey | Trilogy | Sequel

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Emilio Estevez	...	Gordon Bombay
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Coach Ted Orion
David Selby	...	Dean Buckley
Heidi Kling	...	Casey Conway
Joshua Jackson	...	Charlie Conway
Joss Ackland	...	Hans
Elden Henson	...	Fulton Reed (as Elden Ryan Ratliff)
Shaun Weiss	...	Greg "Goldie" Goldberg
Vincent Larusso	...	Adam Banks (as Vincent A. Larusso)
Matt Doherty	...	Lester Averman
Garette Ratliff Henson	...	Guy Germaine
Marguerite Moreau	...	Connie Moreau
Michael Cudlitz	...	Cole
Christopher Orr	...	Rick
Aaron Lohr	...	Dean Portman

MPAA:

Rated PG for some hockey rough-housing and mild language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #34324) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Blake School - 511 Kenwood Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Avnet/Kerner Productions

Trivia:

Brandon Quintin Adams who played Jesse Hall in the first two films isn't in the movie. No recognition is given to him. The same happened with several Ducks going from the first to second film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Dean Portman returns, he 'checks' the blond-haired varsity kid over the boards, where he breaks the glass en route to crashing into some fans. In an NHL game, when the glass is broken, they would stop the game to repair it. There is no understood delay in the JV-Varsity showdown after the glass breakage.

Quotes:

Coach Orion: [picks hockey puck up off the ice and addresses the Ducks] What's the one thing all great teams have in common?
Lester Averman: Great coaching.
Coach Orion: [unamused] Don't try to suck up to me, Averman.
[pause]
Coach Orion: Defense. See, unlike scoring, defense never quits. But to play great defense you need one thing above all else.
Lester Averman: [sarcastically, to Goldberg] Bet it starts with a W.
Coach Orion: Confidence. Listen, if you learn nothin' else when you're here, you learn this, all right? This is not just about hockey. It's easy to be confident when you have control of the puck. It's very, very difficult to keep that confidence when you gotta take whatever strange bounces life throws your way. Don't be careless, but don't be too careful either. You cannot be afraid to lose! That's how you gain the confidence to attack the game when the puck isn't yours. That's how you attack life...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

International Intrique

Average movie

Over all, this is an average movie. Here are the negative parts of the film. What was the point in putting Emilio Estevez's name on the front cover of the movie box if he is only in about three scenes of the movie? In the first place he should of been their coach through the series. This movie also had a lack of hockey. How realistic is it to come back from 9-0 in one period of hockey? Disney you need to give me a break. Here is also something unrealistic. Don't you think the ducks would be the varsity team? In D2 they went to the junior good will games and played on team USA. They should be able to easily beat the real varsity team. Like Adam Banks said in D2 they were good enough to play against the world. Coach Orion was annoying too. Bad mistake for Bombay to leave. Like I was saying before the movie had a lack of hockey. Throughout the movie you only see them play three games. Here are the positive things to say. The pranks were funny. I especially liked the one with horse turd. Over all I give this movie ** of ****.