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:

In this movie 'Scott Whyte' plays the character of Scott, in D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) he plays the Icelandic hockey player Gunnar Stahl.

Goofs:

Continuity: While showing the Ducks touch the ice in memory of Hans, you can see #21 skate by. 21 is Dean Portman's number, though he doesn't show up until after the 2nd period of the game.

Quotes:

Ken Wu: Yo, Russ, you gotta teach me how to talk some trash.
Russ: It can't be taught, Kenny-man. I mean, it's gotta be the first thing that comes to your mind. You just gotta go for it. Try it.
Ken Wu: Hey Ref! You - ...
Russ: [covers Ken's mouth] Ah! Shh. Pick another target.
Ken Wu: [stuttering] Hey, number forty-four, you - you - you - you- you play - you don't play real good.
Bears Player: Yeah, right.
Russ: Shorter, man. Get to the point.
Ken Wu: Hey, number nine! Bite me!
[is knocked over by number nine player]
Russ: [laughs] Now we're gettin' somewhere.

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Winning It All

A Great End To A Great Disney Sports Series

This Disney film made me much happier than D2 did. I really enjoyed the way it was much more true to the first film than D2 was. This movie used examples from the first film ("He's been the captain since they played in District 5," the announcer utters during the first game.) This time, the team is shy one member (Jesse) but it really seems no different. I do still wonder what happened to all those people who played in the first movie and were never heard from again. Oh well.

In this film, it's almost a rehash of the first film. A team who cannot get it together, get a washed up hockey player who they hate to coach them and they love him...your basic family fun, Disney flick.

All in all this was a great movie, but hopefully Disney realizes that we've had enough.

*** out of ****