D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers (WGA):

Steven Brill (characters)
Kenneth Johnson (story) ...
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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 | Trilogy | Prep School | Hockey | Sequel

Cast

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
Ty O'Neal	...	Dwayne Robertson
Kenan Thompson	...	Russ Tyler
Mike Vitar	...	Luis Mendoza
Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine	...	Julie "The Cat" Gaffney (as Colombe Jacobsen)
Justin Wong	...	Ken Wu
Scott Whyte	...	Scott
Margot Finley	...	Linda
Lynn Philip Seibel	...	Tom Riley
Benjamin Salisbury	...	Josh
Eliza Coyle	...	Angela Delaney
James Craven	...	Mr. Barber
Claudia Wilkens	...	Mrs. Madigan
Melissa Keller	...	Mindy
Samantha Harris	...	Cindy
Jack White	...	Coach Wilson
Steven Brill	...	Arcade Attendant
Mary Brill	...	Jeannie
Jeannette Kerner	...	Board Member
Herbert Brill	...	Board Member
Mike Kelly	...	Referee
Claire Bednarski	...	Gabriella
Jerry Kerner	...	Customer at Mickey's Diner
Bert Sandberg	...	Customer at Mickey's Diner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christopher Day	...	Fan / Box Side (uncredited)
Stephen Dowling	...	Championshiop Game Ref (uncredited)
Paul Kariya	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jessica Ortega	...	Hockey Fan (uncredited)
Tomas Settell	...	Varsity Hockey Player (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Lieberman

Writing credits (WGA)
Steven Brill		(characters)
Kenneth Johnson		(story) and
Jim Burnstein		(story)
Steven Brill		(screenplay) and
Jim Burnstein		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jon Avnet	....	producer
Steven Brill	....	executive producer
C. Tad Devlin	....	executive producer
Jordan Kerner	....	producer
Kathy L. Menzies	....	associate producer
Elizabeth Guber Stephen	....	co-producer

Original Music by
J.A.C. Redford

Cinematography by
David Hennings

Film Editing by
Colleen Halsey
Patrick Lussier

Casting by
Judy Taylor

Production Design by
Stephen Storer

Art Direction by
Harry Darrow

Set Decoration by
Robin Peyton

Costume Design by
Kimberly A. Tillman

Makeup Department
Claire Bastien	....	hair stylist: second unit
Claire Bastien	....	makeup artist: second unit
Kim Carrillo	....	hair stylist: Mr. Estevez
Kim Carrillo	....	makeup artist: Mr. Estevez
Doug Cress	....	assistant makeup artist (as Douglas W. Cress)
Robin Jacobs	....	assistant hair stylist
Cheryl Ann Nick	....	key makeup artist (as Cheryl Nick)
Meryl Verkins	....	assistant makeup artist: second unit
Roxanne Wightman	....	key hair stylist
Crist Ballas	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
C. Tad Devlin	....	unit production manager
Paula M. Endara	....	post-production supervisor (as Paula Endara)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Boyum	....	second unit director
Richard Coad	....	second assistant director
Todd Corman	....	additional second assistant director
Philip Elins	....	second second assistant director
David Fudge	....	second assistant director
Alan Hopkins	....	first assistant director: second unit (as J. Alan Hopkins)
Rick Johnson	....	first assistant director
Bob Saunders	....	second assistant director: second unit (as Robert A. Saunders)
Donna L. Shreve	....	additional second second assistant director

Art Department
Maria L. Baker	....	art department coordinator
Tammy Banal	....	property assistant
Adam Beck	....	swing gang (as Adam L. Beck)
John Alan Champion	....	swing gang (as John A. Champion)
Jeffrey Daniels	....	swing gang (as Jeff Daniels)
Donavan M. Hake	....	construction foreman
Tim Hanson	....	swing gang
Anne Hyvarinen	....	head painter
Brian Langsdorf	....	construction coordinator
Sydney Ann Lunn	....	property assistant
Scott Nordhausen	....	swing gang
Leah M. Otto	....	property assistant (as Leah Otto)
Robin Richesson	....	illustrator
Michael Schmidt	....	leadman (as Michael J. Schmidt)
Tim Snowber	....	on-set dresser
Jill Stevenson	....	assistant set decorator
Amy Thornberry	....	assistant head painter
Chris Ubick	....	property master
Tim Y. Wetzel	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	dialogue mixer
Todd Bassman	....	boom operator
Denise Bell	....	sound recordist
Mike Boudry	....	sound recordist
G.W. Brown	....	adr supervisor
Tim Cooney	....	sound mixer
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound effects mixer (as Tom Dahl)
Michael Dressel	....	foley editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
John Kwiatkowski	....	adr editor
Jeffrey R. Payne	....	sound effects editor (as Jeffrey Payne)
Susan Ritter	....	assistant sound editor
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
Robert L. Sephton	....	sound supervisor
Bill Shotland	....	cable person
D. Chris Smith	....	sound effects editor
Chris Sparkes	....	loader (as Christine Sparkes)
F. Scott Taylor	....	first assistant sound editor
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Skip Williams	....	dialogue editor
Daniel Yale	....	foley editor
Armond Ghzanian	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Jonathan Karp	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Piero Mura	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Bruce R. Anderson	....	special effects assistant
Eric D. Howell	....	special effects assistant (as Eric Howell)
Paul Murphy	....	special effects coordinator
Peter Stolz	....	mechanical effects

Visual Effects by
Howard A. Anderson	....	opticals (as Howard Anderson)

Stunts
Katie Boyum	....	stunts (as Katherine Boyum)
Steve Boyum	....	stunt coordinator
Bob Brown	....	stunts (as Robert Brown)
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
James Fierro	....	stunts
Nita Gayle	....	stunts
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
Alan Hopkins	....	stunts
Eric D. Howell	....	stunts (as Eric Howell)
Ruth Irvine-Alexander	....	stunts
Michael Francis Kelly	....	stunts (as Michael F. Kelly)
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunts (as Rick Lefevour)
Stacy Logan	....	stunts
Matt McBride	....	stunts
Joel K. Neubeck	....	stunts
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunts
Jennifer Rose	....	stunts
Kevin Sorenson	....	stunts
Catherine Petra Villalobos	....	stunt double
Jeff Williams	....	stunts (as Jeffrey M. Williams)
Rose Williams	....	stunts
Lois Yaroshefsky	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
McEveety Annie	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Annie McEveety)
Bruce Benedict	....	camera operator: second unit
Steve Boyum	....	director of photography: second unit
Jeremy Briggs	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Scott Christensen	....	video assist operator: second unit
Peter Clemence	....	key grip: second unit
Harve Cook	....	video assist operator
Ed Dally	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Mark Shane Davis	....	key grip
Darren Drew	....	electrician: second unit
Milo Durben	....	dolly grip (as Milo R. Durben)
Ace Eastman	....	rigging grip
James Farrell	....	grip
Ian Fox	....	camera operator
Tom Franchett	....	best boy electric (as Thomas Franchett)
Jamie Franta	....	grip
Christopher Haifley	....	camera loader: second unit (as Chris Haifley)
William H. Hobson	....	grip (as William Hobson)
Christopher Hultgren	....	electrician (as Christopher A. Hultgren)
Douglas Johnson	....	camera loader
Steve Lang	....	rigging key grip (as Stephen J. Lang)
David Meyers	....	rigging gaffer
James Meyers	....	rigging (as James P. Meyers)
Zachary Meyers	....	electrician
Paul Paguyo	....	grip
Peter Pearce	....	electrician
Meila Penn	....	still photographer
Reinhart 'Rayteam' Peschke	....	chief lighting technician (as Ray Peschke)
David 'D.R.' Rhineer	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as David Rhineer)
Greg Rhineer	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jamie Ronnei	....	grip (as James Ronnei)
Afshin Shahidi	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Joseph Slagerman	....	best boy grip (as Joe Slagerman)
James R. Thompson	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as James 'J.R.' Thompson)
Tony Tucker	....	electrician: second unit
Tony Tucker	....	rigging (as Anthony P. Tucker)
Jeff Villars	....	rigging grip
Wilson Webb	....	electrician
Niel Williams	....	best boy grip
Elizabeth Ziegler	....	steadicam operator (as Elizabeth Zeigler)
Thomas O'Connor	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nicole Gelbard	....	casting associate (as Nicole Boroda-Gelbard)
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Andi Wulff	....	extras casting (as Andrea Wulff)
Charles Crossin	....	background casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tina Anderson	....	wardrobe assistant (as Christina Anderson)
Jeannine Bourdaghs	....	set costumer
Allyson Brown	....	costume supervisor
Cathy Crandall	....	assistant costume designer (as Cathy Crandall Sutton)
Dana Kay Hart	....	key costumer
Ann Miller	....	set costumer (as Annie Miller)
Jenny Singsaas	....	seamstress
Susan Strubel	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Jonathan Alvord	....	apprentice editor
Peter Brayshaw	....	post-production assistant
Elisa Cohen	....	apprentice editor
Paul Covington	....	first assistant editor (as Paul J. Covington)
Peter Devaney Flanagan	....	first assistant editor
Melissa Kent	....	additional second assistant editor
Paul Kiernan	....	apprentice editor
Bob Putynkowski	....	color timer
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Yvonne Valdez	....	second assistant editor
Abdul Williams	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Andy D'Addario	....	music mixer
Geoff Foster	....	score mixer
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Ben Georgiades	....	assistant score engineer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Richard A. Harrison	....	assistant music editor (as Rich Harrison)
Will Harrison	....	assistant score engineer
George A. Martin	....	music editor
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Michael Fey	....	music executive (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Larry Anderson	....	transportation co-captain: second unit
Loren Anderson	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Kennedy	....	transportation captain: second unit (as Mike Kennedy)
Linda Olson	....	transportation captain (as Linda R. Olson)
Leo Skudlarek	....	set driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Jeffrey Abramson	....	location assistant
John Brandon Adolph	....	hockey assistant
Wendell Anderson-Falls	....	production assistant
Heath Anderson	....	production assistant
Tammy Apana	....	assistant production coordinator (as Tammy Apana-Diandra)
Cindy Lee Arnold	....	first assistant production accountant (as Cindy Arnold)
Brooke Ballinger-White	....	skating double: Connie
Mary Banovetz	....	assistant production coordinator: second unit
Robert Boyle	....	location manager: second unit (as Robert J. Boyle)
Colin Burton	....	skating double: Connie
Andre Campbell	....	production assistant
Andrew Carlson	....	hockey assistant
Andrew Carlson	....	skating double: Averman
Carol Chacamaty	....	administrator: Avent/Kerner
Kyle Clementson	....	production assistant
Mike Craine	....	skating double: Goldberg
Michael Curtis	....	title designer
Debbie DeLisi	....	production assistant (as Debra A. Kaszynski)
Mark Demarais	....	production assistant
Angela Rae Diemert	....	assistant: Mr. Lieberman
Josh Duerkop	....	skating double: Coach Orion
Daniel J. Dustin	....	set medic (as Dan Dustin)
Chris Edwards	....	rollerblading double: Goldberg
Ryan Ford	....	skating double: Dwayne
Kelly Foster	....	production assistant
Christine Gaiman	....	assistant: Mr. Kerner (as Chris Gaiman)
Adam Geiger	....	production assistant
Kurt W. Gensmer	....	set medic (as Kurt Gensmer)
Robert Graf	....	location manager (as Robert J. Graf)
Sheryl Hayward	....	production assistant
Lyn Healy	....	assistant: Mr. Avnet
Matthew Heien	....	production assistant
Kirsten Hermann	....	production accountant
Gail Hunter	....	script supervisor (as Gail D. Hunter)
Dan Hurley	....	skating double: Portman
Ruth Irvine-Hauer	....	production coordinator
Rachel Kapel	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Michael Francis Kelly	....	assistant hockey coach (as Michael F. Kelly)
Steven R. Kutcher	....	entomologist
Daryl C. Lefever	....	second assistant production accountant
Lisa Masseur	....	production coordinator: second unit (as Lisa Haleski Masseur)
David May	....	skating double: Julie
Mickey McDermott	....	assistant: Mr. Estevez
Taj Melson	....	hockey assistant
Teresa L.E. Meyer	....	production assistant: second unit (as Theresa Meyer)
Mike Moorman	....	skating double: Luis
Peter L. Mullin	....	hockey trainer
Peter L. Mullin	....	skating double: Fulton (as Peter Mullin)
Lori J. Ness	....	production assistant
Garrette Noel	....	skating double: Guy
Tony Oftedahl	....	horse handler
Marsha Oglesby	....	development executive: Avent/Kerner
John Oliver	....	skating double: Julie
Mary Olson	....	office intern
Jill O'Shaughnessy	....	production assistant: second unit
Matt Ostrow	....	skating double: Banks
Brad Perry	....	hockey assistant
P.J. Perry	....	hockey assistant
Andy Peters	....	skating double: Julie
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist (as Claire S. Raskind)
Todd Remely	....	production assistant
Matt Remore	....	skating double: Cole
Casey Rooney	....	skating double: Luis
Dan Runyon	....	craft service (as Daniel G. Runyon)
Patricia Silkett	....	studio teacher
Beth Smith	....	production assistant: second unit (as Beth A. Smith)
Barbara Spado	....	craft service
Erica Spano	....	duck wrangler (as Erica J. Spano)
Titus Strohman	....	skating double: Russ
Amy L. Sundby	....	production assistant
Michelle Theis	....	production assistant (as Michelle R. Theis)
Lisa Thomas	....	payroll accountant
Todd Tosel	....	skating double: Charlie
Steve Tournabee	....	skating double: Rick
Alison Treleaven	....	assistant: Mr. Kerner
Jimmy Trimble	....	rollerblading double: Charlie
John Warren	....	assistant location manager (as John C. Warren III)
Donna Wells	....	assistant production coordinator
Jack White	....	hockey choreographer
Jack White	....	hockey technical advisor
Jack White	....	technical advisor
Angela Witzke	....	accounting assistant
Aaron Worrell	....	production assistant
Lois Yaroshefsky	....	studio teacher
Dave Bellmont	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Nita Boyum	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Dan Conklin	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Dave Dustin	....	set medic (uncredited)
Theresa Hunsberger	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Raul Moreno	....	promotions (uncredited)

Thanks
Paul Kariya	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Avnet/Kerner Productions
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1999) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Gativideo (1997) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Minnesota Sprot and Spine  physical therapy
• Rescue Resources Inc.  first aid

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Avnet/Kerner Productions

Trivia:

The principal from the original movie has a cameo as a teacher who gives multiple test a week.

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:

Coach Orion: You're playing hard. I'm proud of you guys.
Luis Mendoza: They're cheap-shotting us to death.
Coach Orion: I know they are. I know they are.
Lester Averman: It's going to take a miracle for us to hold on.
Dean Portman: [enters the lockeroom reading his scholarship] Dean Portman is awarded a full athletic and academic scholarship to the Eden Hall Academy. I had this lying around the house in Chicago, my attorney thought I should sign, I agreed. It's official boys. I'm back!
Charlie Conway: [aside to Orien] Bombay.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Born To Be Wild

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 ****.