Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)

Director:

Navid Khonsari

Writers:

Ian McQue (characters)
Dan Houser (script) ...
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Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Liberty City... Where The Only Dirty Word Is Hope

Plot:

A young bank robber escapes from police custody and works his way up through the mafia ladder of crime-ridden Liberty City, USA.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Criminal | Mafia | Gang | Bank Robber

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Frank Vincent	...	Salvatore Leone (voice)
Joe Pantoliano	...	Luigi Goterelli (voice)
Michael Madsen	...	Toni Cipriani (voice)
Michael Rapaport	...	Joey Leone (voice)
Debi Mazar	...	Maria Leone (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Donald Love (voice)
Robert Loggia	...	Ray Machowski (voice)
The Guru	...	8-Ball (voice)
Lianna Pai	...	Asuka Kasen (voice)
Les J.N. Mau	...	Kenji Kasen (voice)
Cynthia Farrell	...	Catalina (voice)
Sondra James	...	Momma Cipriani (voice)
Al Espinosa	...	Miguel (voice)
Chris Phillips	...	El Burro / Marty Chonks (voice)
Hunter Platin	...	Phil Cassidy / Curly Bob / Chico (voice)
Walter Mudu	...	D-Ice / King Courtney (voice)
Bill Fiore	...	Darkel (voice) (scenes deleted)
Curtis McClarin	...	Curtly (voice) (as Curtis L. McClarin)
Kim Gurney	...	Misty (voice)
Lazlow Jones	...	Himself (voice)
Maria Chambers	...	Toni (voice)
Stretch Armstrong	...	Himself - Game Radio DJ (voice)
Ryan Croy	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Lord Sear	...	Himself - Game Radio DJ (voice)
Alice B. Saltzman	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Gerry Cosgrove	...	Morgan Merryweather (voice) (as Gerald Cosgrove)
Sean R. Lynch	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Frank Chavez	...	Pedestrian / Fernando Martinez (voice)
Neil McCaffrey	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Russ Mottla	...	DJ Mike Hunt - Head Radio (voice)
Rey Concepion	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Reed Tucker	...	Reed Tucker (voice)
André	...	Himself - Rise FM DJ (voice)
Charles Herold	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Lucien Jones	...	Chatterbox Guest (voice)
Nick Mandelos	...	Jeff (voice)
Karen Bykowski	...	Chatterbox Guest (voice)
Andrew Greenwald	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Abbi Davis	...	Jane The Angry Parent (voice)
Jennifer Kolbe	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Hank Stewart	...	Chatterbox Guest (voice)
Sara Sewell	...	Pedestrian Dialogue (voice)
Navid Khonsari	...	'Killer Bees' Caller (voice)
Frank Fava	...	Chatterbox Guest (voice)
Kit Halsted	...	Chatterbox Guest (voice)
Joe Casalino	...	Chatterbox Guest (voice)
Dan Houser	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jay Crutcher	...	Chatterbox Guest (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Anthony	...	Commercials (voice)
Alex Anthony Sioukas	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Garvin Atwell	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jeff Berlin	...	Imaging Voice Head Radio / Commercials (voice)
Deena Berman	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Keith Broadus	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Falko Bukert	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Liam Burke	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Laura Bykowski	...	Commercials (voice)
Cameo Carlso	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Kevin Cassin	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Ramon Concepcion	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Adam Davidson	...	Pedestrian (voice)
John Di Benedetto	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Chris Difate	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Kashona Fields	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Anita Fitzsimmons	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Mark Garone	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Nancy Giles	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Emmanuel Goldstein	...	Radio caller (voice)
Joseph Greene	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jonathan Hanst	...	Imaging Voice (Lips 106), Commercial Voice (voice)
Ana Hercules	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Liz Howell	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Richard Huie	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Shirley Irick	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Liezl Jacinto	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Kelly Kinsella	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Steve Knezevich	...	Pedestrian (voice)
J.D. Leeds	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Joel M. Lilje	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Hsian Lin	...	Ped / Triad (voice)
Erek Mateo	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Canaan McKoy	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Colin Mcshane	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Steve Michael Robert	...	Pedestrian (voice)
James Mielke	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Shelley Miller	...	DJ Andee - Lips 106 (voice)
Leila Milton	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Matthew Murray	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Don Nkrumha	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Alex Odulio	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Craig Olivio	...	Commercials (voice)
Laura Paterson	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Kendell Pittman	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Ami Plasse	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Porkchop	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Sigrid Preissl	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Wil Quesnel	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Ron Reeve	...	Commercials (voice)
Philipa Roselli	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Stephanie Roy	...	Commercials (voice)
DJ Rush	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Alice Saltzman	...	Commercials (voice)
Amy Saltzman	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Stanton Sarjeant	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Yukimara Sato	...	Yakuza (voice)
Bernie S.	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Kim Schaefer	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Renaud Sebbane	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jason Shigemori	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Alana Silvestro	...	Commercials (voice)
Chris Silvestro	...	Commercials (voice)
Joanna Sly	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Virginia Smith	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jeff Stanton	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Mollie Stickney	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Sal Suazo	...	Mobster / Additional Voices (voice)
Peter Suciu	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Corey Wade	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Laura Walsh	...	Pedestrian (voice)
A.M. Watson	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Lance Williams	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Sherri Wohgimath	...	Chatterbox Caller (voice)
Doris Woo	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Darren Zoltowski	...	Pedestrian (voice)

Directed by
Navid Khonsari

Writing credits
Ian McQue		(characters)
Dan Houser		(script) &
James Worrall		(script)
Dan Houser		(pedestrian dialogue) &
James Worrall		(pedestrian dialogue) &
Navid Khonsari		(pedestrian dialogue)
Paul Kurowski		script

Produced by
Leslie Benzies	....	producer
Gary Foreman	....	technical producer (as Gary J. Foreman)
Dan Houser	....	producer
Sam Houser	....	executive producer
Jamie King	....	producer: motion capture
Jeremy Pope	....	associate producer
Rich Rosado	....	producer
Renaud Sebbane	....	producer: motion capture

Original Music by
Craig Conner
Stuart Ross

Film Editing by
Craig Conner

Art Direction by
Aaron Garbut

Art Department
Keiran Baillie	....	map designer
Stephen Bliss	....	illustration
Craig Filshie	....	designer
Paul Kurowski	....	lead vehicle designer
Kaves Lordzofbklyn	....	graffiti
William Mills	....	designer
Stuart Petri	....	artist
Tommy Rebel	....	graffiti
Chris Rothwell	....	designer
James Worrall	....	designer

Sound Department
Georgia Hilton	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Houser	....	sound director
Renaud Sebbane	....	audio producer
Renaud Sebbane	....	sound producer: pedestrian dialogue
Raymond Usher	....	audio programmer
Allan Walker	....	sound designer
Allan Walker	....	sound master

Visual Effects by
Keiran Baillie	....	3D artist
Adam Cochrane	....	3D artist
Stephen Daniels	....	motion capture actor
Jenefer Gross	....	motion capture actor
Alex Horton	....	technical director: motion capture
Giselle Jones	....	motion capture actor
Navid Khonsari	....	director of motion capture
Gary McAdam	....	3D artist
Michael Pirso	....	3D artist
Renaud Sebbane	....	motion capture actor
Andrew Soosay	....	3D artist
Robert Stio	....	motion capture actor
Alisdair Wood	....	3D artist

Animation Department
Alex Horton	....	animator
Lee Montgomery	....	animator

Editorial Department
Jenefer Gross	....	photo editor: liberty tree editorial
Dan Houser	....	editor: liberty tree editorial

Music Department
Craig Conner	....	music editor
Craig Conner	....	producer: radio stations and music
Terry Donovan	....	music supervisor
Terry Donovan	....	soundtrack coordinator: radio stations and music
Dan Houser	....	producer: radio stations and music
Lazlow Jones	....	music editor
Stuart Ross	....	producer: radio stations and music
Allan Walker	....	music editor

Other crew
Craig Arbuthnott	....	test manager
Jeronimo Barrera	....	production team
David Beddoes	....	game tester
Devin Bennett	....	game tester
Jeff Berlin	....	imaging production: Head Radio
Alan Campbell	....	coder
Christopher Carro	....	production team
Jeff Castaneda	....	production team
Christine Chalmers	....	technical supporter
Craig Conner	....	director: pedestrian dialogue
Neil Corbette	....	lead tester
Lee Cummings	....	game tester
Adam Davidson	....	lead analyst
Terry Donovan	....	vice president of marketing
Andrew Duthie	....	lead tester
Mark Flett	....	game tester
Adam Fowler	....	technical director
Joseph Greene	....	game tester
Oswald Greene Jr.	....	game tester
Jenefer Gross	....	production team
John Haime	....	lead tester
Mark Hanlon	....	coder
Mike Hong	....	game tester
Dan Houser	....	director: pedestrian dialogue
Joseph Howell	....	game tester
Richard Huie	....	game analyst (as Richard Huìe)
Graeme Jennings	....	game tester
Lazlow Jones	....	director: pedestrian dialogue
Navid Khonsari	....	director: motion capture
Jamie King	....	director of development
Steve Knezevich	....	production team
Jennifer Kolbe	....	production team
Jung Kwak	....	production team
Greg Lau	....	production team
Donald Love	....	proprietor: liberty tree editorial
Sean R. Lynch	....	imaging production
Andrzej Madajczyk	....	coder
David Murdoch	....	game tester
Haklin N.G.	....	game tester
Laura Paterson	....	production team
Laura Paterson	....	tea girl: liberty tree editorial
Brian Planer	....	game tester
Kahleem Poole	....	game tester
Aaron Rigby	....	game tester
Alexander Roger	....	coder
Jeff Rosa	....	quality assurance manager
Brandon Rose	....	technical coordinator
Lorraine Roy	....	technical supporter
Stanton Sarjeant	....	production team (as Stanton A. Sarjeant)
Elizabeth Satterwhite	....	game tester
Andrew Semple	....	studio manager
Carly Slater	....	production team
Edwin Smith	....	game tester
Michael Sutherland	....	game tester
Adam Tedman	....	production team
Adam Tedman	....	publisher: liberty tree editorial
Raymond Usher	....	coder
Jameel Vega	....	game tester
Obbe Vermeij	....	technical director
Lance Williams	....	game tester
Graeme Williiamson	....	coder (as Graeme Williamson)
Devin Winterbottom	....	production team
Brian Wood	....	production team
James Worrall	....	correspondant: liberty tree editorial
Paul Yates	....	production team (as Paul Yeates)

Thanks
Emily Anderson	....	special thanks
The Angry Captain	....	special thanks
Jennie Baillie	....	special thanks
Ed Bielawa	....	special thanks
Hamish Brown	....	special thanks
Lilion Brozska	....	special thanks
Paul Cawley	....	special thanks
Justin Chisholm	....	special thanks
Christine	....	special thanks
Christine Davidson	....	special thanks
Judy Henderson	....	special thanks
Richie Henderson	....	special thanks
Bob Hillary	....	special thanks
Chrissy Hoban	....	special thanks
Sandra Hutton	....	special thanks
Rita Liberator	....	special thanks
Claire Logan	....	special thanks
Martin Logan	....	special thanks
Nick Love	....	special thanks
Alex Mason	....	special thanks
Alan McGregor	....	special thanks
Willie Pettigrew	....	special thanks
Innes Ricard	....	special thanks
Rodzinka	....	special thanks
Natasja Saad	....	special thanks (as Little T.)
Peter Smith	....	special thanks
Anne Morgan Spalner	....	special thanks
Szufelka	....	special thanks
Tommy	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Rockstar North
• Rockstar Games
• Rockstar Vienna (Xbox version)
• DMA Design

Distributors

• Capcom Company (2003) (Japan) (all media) (PlayStation 2)
• KE Media (2001) (Sweden) (all media)
• Rockstar Games (2001) (Germany) (all media)
• Rockstar Games (2001) (UK) (all media)
• Rockstar Games (2001-2002) (USA) (all media)
• Rockstar Games (2002) (Canada) (all media)
• Take Two Interactive Software (2001) (UK) (all media)
• Take2 Interactive Software (2001) (Germany) (all media)

Other Companies

• Modern Uprising Studios  motion capture recorded at

Also Known As:

GTA3 (USA) (short title)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (USA)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo | Dolby Digital (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Australia:Refused Classification | Australia:MA (re-release) (cut) | Finland:K-18 | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Sweden:18 | UK:18 | USA:M

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

Originally the police cars were going to use the NYPD blue and white paint scheme. A few screenshots of them can be seen in the map/poster that comes with the game (the best one is right under the word "Liberty" in the title "Welcome To Liberty City"). It is believed that the police cars were changed to the standard black and white paint scheme to make them not look like the NYPD cars because of the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Although of insignificance, during the police convoy scene, it is clear that there are at least 4 police officers in total. (At least one driver in the police cruiser and one driver of the van with two officers in the back on the van.) Once the fictional "patriot" SUV stops the police cruiser, only two officers exit their vehicles. The driver of the police cruiser and the police van, although animated, did not make an attempt aid their fellow officers or to continue driving forward. This is very strange, although this realism would strongly tamper with the actual introduction. Furthermore, if you look inside the Patriot when it swerves in front of the police cruiser there's no one actually driving it, this is true for the white Rumpo van that the two Colombians emerge from.

Quotes:

Asuka Kasen: It's my handsome handyman! Maria's all tied up at the moment, but I'll tell her you called.
Maria: Who's that? Asuka? I know I've been a naughty girl, but I really need to pee! OK?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Return of the Forest Monster (2003)

Soundtrack:

Finch'han del vino

One of the most enjoyable games I've ever played (views may vary)

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a violent, no holds barred (with cheats of course), racist and audacious video game. While people who have a taste for these video games will enjoy it more than others who don't, I think that's the point. But for all ages, big or small, tiny or large, black or white even, this is reccomended if you have PS2- worth it alone for the radio. A