Scary Movie 3 (2003)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

Craig Mazin (written by) and
Pat Proft (written by) ...

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Reload for a third shot

Plot:

In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, Cindy has to investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.

Plot Keywords:

Crop Circle | Farm | Videotape | Thrown Through Window | Horror Spoof

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19	7:00 PM	COMEDY
Mon. July 20	5:00 PM	COMEDY

Cast

Pamela Anderson	...	Becca
Jenny McCarthy	...	Kate
Marny Eng	...	Tabitha
Charlie Sheen	...	Tom
Simon Rex	...	George
Jianna Ballard	...	Sue
Jeremy Piven	...	Ross Giggins
Anna Faris	...	Cindy
Timothy Stack	...	Carson Ward (as Tim Stack)
Elaine Klimaszewski	...	Elaine
Diane Klimaszewski	...	Diane
Camryn Manheim	...	Trooper Champlin
Drew Mikuska	...	Cody
Regina Hall	...	Brenda Meeks
Darrell Hammond	...	Father Muldoon

Also Known As:

Film de peur 3 (Canada: French title)
Scary Movie 3.5 (USA) (DVD box title)
Scary Movie 3: Episode I - Lord of the Brooms (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for pervasive crude and sexual humor, language, comic violence and drug references.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Iceland:10 | Netherlands:6 | Malaysia:U (DVD) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (NO. 39360) | Greece:K-13

Filming Locations:

Lions Gate Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Some additional scenes extensively including spoofs of The Matrix Reloaded (2003) were removed from the final film. They included a scene where Cindy fights a large number of Tabithas similar to the Burly Brawl scene in The Matrix Reloaded, and Orpheus "prophesizing". The removal of those scenes is also the reason of Queen Latifah never appearing in the final movie dressed as Neo from The Matrix Reloaded, although she appears dressed up that way in the movie's promotions and poster.

Goofs:

Continuity: The position of the cup of the President's desk.

Quotes:

Cody: Smoke all you want, you're gonna get hit by a bus.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Gothika (2003)

Soundtrack:

Thugs Never Smilin'

Shut Down Your Brain and Start Laughing

Parody movies are always of the type 'love or hate' it. I am not intellectual, I love cinema as culture, but also as entertainment, so I like them. Further, when I see this type of movie, I know exactly what I am going to see: scatological jokes, funny and surrealistic situations and definitely a movie that will never be indicated for an Oscar. I found this 'Scary Movie 3' very funny. It satirizes mainly 'The Ring', followed by 'Signs', and part of '8 Miles' and one of these last two 'The Matrix' sequences. The last scene is a joke with 'Final Destination'. This is the type of movie that you must shut down your brain and start laughing. There are two scenes that I liked very much: when the moron George (Simon Rex) is in a club for Afro-Americans, wins the rap competition and covers his head with the hood of his coat. The other one, when Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris) uses her laptop and many screens pops-up. In many sites, even in IMDb, there are some pops-up screens that irritate me. What I do not understand is some comments of persons that should never watch this type of movie. What do they expect to see when they go to the movie theaters or buy / rent a DVD of 'Scary Movie 3', directed by David Zucker and with Leslie Nielsen in the cast? An art movie, with hidden messages, an epic, a classic or a film with politically correct jokes? Honestly, if I did not like this genre, I would never spend my time watching it. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): 'Todo Mundo em Pânico 3' ('Everybody in Panic 3')