Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)

User Rating:

9.2/10   

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:

All of the songs featured on Flashback FM are from the movie Scarface (1983). Robert Loggia, who voiced Ray Machowski, starred in Scarface as Frank Lopez.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the cut-scene for the mission "Cipriani's Chauffeur", Michael Madsen, the voice actor of Toni Cipriani, mispronounces Toni's last name as "Kipriani".

Quotes:

Old woman: [having her car stolen] I'm an old lady, for Christ's sake!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Return of the Forest Monster (2003)

Soundtrack:

Libiamo ne'lieti calici

Awesome beyond belief!!

What can I say, this game rocks.

The basic story is you are a criminal on the run. Your girlfriend and partner set you up after a bank robbery by shooting you and leaving you for the cops. You are busted but during the transportation to jail the Columbians (I think) bust out one of their men from the van, you and another convict (8-Ball) escape too. He sets you up with with Luigi and you start you work in the criminal underworld. The city is made up of three islands. But you can't just go from island to island right away. Yet the story makes sense why you can't. The bridge from the first island to the second is destroyed in the break out. So there is a huge gap in it. And the underground tunnel system project isn't finished yet either. But as soon as you've finished all the major missions on the first island, the bridge is repaired and part of the tunnel system is completed. (you hear it on the radio).

The story line has it all. Betrayal, little bit of love, violence, a little humor, lots of action, and more. This is by far one of the best made games I have ever played. It is so deep in gameplay. You choose when you want to take a mission by going to the proper place and get an assignment. Don't feel like taking a job at the moment? Just walk around the city if you feel like it. People pass you on the street and you hear lots of funny comments. I dub one guy "Village Person" type because he says lines like "There is a place you can go.." and a few other things that sound like lines from a Village People song. There are college students, gang members, Chinese Triads, Mafia, Spanish hoods, hookers, pimps, cops, and more! All the types have their own voices for that type and own lines of speech.

You can beat up people with a baseball bat if you like. Just don't it in front of the cops. They don't like that. Stand around and wait after you killed some one and an ambulance will come and heal that person. Hold off the paramedics for a while and the persons body disappears and a chalk outline appears for while. You can stick your gun in a person's face and hold them up.

All cars in this game can be stolen. Well some are locked so you are out of luck on them. But the car types also have their own driving styles too. Steal an ambulance and take a corner too fast at top speed and you may tip over. Steal a fast can and you may not be able to make the turn and you spin out a bit and hit a wall. Take a different can and you may not be fast enough to out run cops or keep up with the person you are chasing. This is great because cars do not simply have the same driving stlye like they do in games like Driver 2 and such. Plus this has a good physics engine. In some chases in Driver 2 I tried to ram a guy instead of just tailing him. It was like hitting a brick wall. I didn't do a thing to him but I was pretty much totaled. Not in GTA3. You hit them and they will feel it. Lots of cool cars are in the game even an ice cream truck and a small airplane, no wings but it still flys.

Next their is the voice acting. It is superb! Excellent cast! Also in the car you can listen to the radio. different channels to choose from. There is rap, ska, classic rock, opera, a talk radio (my fave), and more. The talk radio is a riot to listen too. There are calls such as one lady complaining about people on cell phones and is even in charge of an organization (ok there are three of them) called Citizens Raging Against Phones. Yes the organization is CRAP. Another guy wants to hire a nanny because he needs to be spanked. It even has guests on it. One is a pimp who runs Fernando's new beginnings and a self help guru/martial artist.

The cities are huge! It would take you a couple hours alone to walk the entire city. Plus their are more things to do in the game than just missions. There are 100 hidden packages scattered across the three islands that make up the city. Find them to have weapons created at your hideouts. Also their are places where you can ramp your car off of for uniqe stunt bonuses. This game is not something you will finish in a few short hours. This will take over 50 hours easily to finish.

This is my all time favorite game. I hope they make another one similar to this and add even more to it. 10/10