Species III (2004) (V)

Director:

Brad Turner

Writers (WGA):

Dennis Feldman (characters)
Ben Ripley (written by)

Release Date:

27 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Beauty is only skin deep.

Plot:

Sara (Sunny Mabrey), the daughter of Eve (Natasha Henstridge) begins her mission to mate with humans, while a specialist military team hunt her down to kill her before its too late.

Plot Keywords:

Military | Daughter | Species | Research | Student

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Robin Dunne	...	Dean
Robert Knepper	...	Dr. Abbot
Sunny Mabrey	...	Sara
Amelia Cooke	...	Amelia
John Paul Pitoc	...	Hastings (as J.P. Pitoc)
Michael Warren	...	Agent Wasach
Christopher Neame	...	Dr. Nicholas Turner
Patricia Bethune	...	Colleen
Joel Stoffer	...	Portus
James Leo Ryan	...	Yosef
Savanna Fields	...	Young Sara
Natasha Henstridge	...	Eve
Reed Frerichs	...	ISD Staffer
Marc D. Wilson	...	Crew Chief
Matthew Yang King	...	Specialist Robert Kelley
Christopher R. Gillum	...	Young Portus
Billy Bacon	...	Commander
Jim Cody Williams	...	Farmer at Gas Station
Mark Zecca	...	Tour Guest
Sean Ching	...	Grad Student (as Sean C. Ching)
Dan Wells	...	Jake
Frank Crim	...	Communications Officer
Rick Dean	...	Cobb the Gas Station Guy
Boni Yanagisawa	...	Female Student
Rob Hinderstein	...	Security Guard #1
Carl Ciarfalio	...	Security Guard #2
Troy Blendell	...	Autopsy Tech
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Keith Camire	...	Military Soldier (uncredited)
Joshua Cook	...	Jock (uncredited)
Kari Ann Peniche	...	Cheerleader (uncredited)
Jason Sarcinelli	...	Adult Male Alien (uncredited)
Marc Scizak	...	Football Player (uncredited)

Directed by
Brad Turner

Writing credits (WGA)
Dennis Feldman		(characters)
Ben Ripley		(written by)

Produced by
David Dwiggins	....	producer
Frank Mancuso Jr.	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Elia Cmiral

Cinematography by
Christian Sebaldt

Casting by
Zora DeHorter
Paul Weber

Production Design by
Cameron Birnie

Set Decoration by
Halina Siwolop

Makeup Department
Kathleen Crawford	....	key makeup artist
Joel Harlow	....	special makeup application
Joel Harlow	....	special makeup effects artist: Harlow FX
Maggie Hayes-Jackson	....	key hair stylist
Kent Nelson	....	key hair stylist
Hiroshi Yada	....	mold maker: Harlow FX

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Dress	....	second assistant director
Patrick A. Duffy	....	first assistant director
Libby Minarik	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Gary Antista	....	property master
Brendan C. Fenton	....	on-set dresser
Jeff Hay	....	set dresser
Jennifer Kelly	....	shopper
Thomas D. Krausz	....	set dresser
Kay Kropp	....	lead painter
Scott W. Leslie	....	set dresser
Richard Redlefsen	....	lead painter
Brent Rice	....	lead man
Andy Schoneberg	....	art department
Maret Wicken	....	painter

Sound Department
Michael Babcock	....	creature sound designer
Michael Babcock	....	sound re-recording mixer
David S. DiPietro	....	adr recordist
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Shelik Fernandez	....	sound effects recordist
Victor Iorillo	....	supervising sound editor
Kurt Kassulke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor
Marla McGuire	....	adr editor
Stacey Michaels	....	foley mixer
Phillip W. Palmer	....	production sound mixer
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
Jeff Rosen	....	sound effects editor
Noel Vought	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Jaremy Aiello	....	lead sculptor: Harlow FX
Darin Bouyssou	....	moldmaker: Harlow FX
Tamara Carlson	....	suit fabricator: Harlow FX
Andy Clement	....	animatronic baby effects
Glen Eisner	....	sculptor: Harlow FX
Pete Farrell	....	moldmaker: Harlow FX
Rachel Fionda	....	foam rubber seamer: Harlow FX
Jack Firman	....	silicone fabrication: Harlow FX (as John Firman)
Fred Fraliegh	....	suit fabricator: Harlow FX
Anthony Francisco	....	concept designer and storyboard artist: Harlow FX
Chris Garnass	....	shop coordinator: Harlow FX
Chris Grossnickle	....	silicone seamer and fabricator: Harlow FX
Joel Harlow	....	creature designer and special makeup effects creator: Harlow FX
Joel Harlow	....	prosthetic designer and sculptor: Harlow FX
Rob Hinderstein	....	creature designer: Harlow FX
Jeff Jingle	....	animatronics supervisor: Harlow FX
Tom Killeen	....	painter: Harlow FX
Boyd Lacosse	....	key effects coordinator
Rick Lalonde	....	hair technician: Harlow FX
James McLoughlin	....	moldmaker: Harlow FX
David Monzingo	....	creature effects supervisor: Harlow FX
Larry Odien	....	puppeteer: Creative Character
Robert Ramos	....	moldmaker: Harlow FX
Richard Redlefsen	....	painter: Harlow FX
Todd Rex	....	sculptor: Harlow FX
Christian Ristow	....	animatronics engineer: Harlow FX
Andy Schoneberg	....	sculptor: Harlow FX
Douglas J. Stewart	....	painter: Harlow FX
Douglas J. Stewart	....	special creature/character effects
Gregory C. Tippie	....	special effects coordinator
Brian Van Dorn	....	mold shop supervisor: Harlow FX
Mark Viniello	....	foam rubber fabrication: Harlow FX
Jeanne Vosloo	....	suit fabricator: Harlow FX
John Wheaton	....	sculptor: Harlow FX
Chris Wolters	....	moldmaker: Harlow FX
Hiroshi Yada	....	moldmaker: Harlow FX

Visual Effects by
Berj Bannayan	....	software engineer: Soho vfx
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositor
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects supervisor
Kristy Blackwell	....	CG supervisor
Mark Della Rosa	....	3D animator: Soho VFX
Shane Glading	....	technical supervisor
Rob Hodgson	....	visual effects
Aazim Khan	....	digital artist
Michael Kowalski	....	producer: visual effects, Soho VFX
Jef Lonn	....	digital compositor
Daniel Lu	....	3D animator: Soho VFX
Allan Magled	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho vfx
Sarah McMurdo	....	visual effects coordinator
Mike Mombourquette	....	digital compositor: Soho vfx
Andrew Nguyen	....	concept designs
Vladimir Popovic	....	systems administrator
Matt Ralph	....	3D animator: Mr. X
Jorge Razon	....	3D animator: Soho VFX
Eric J. Robertson	....	visual effects producer
Keith Sellers	....	3D animator: Soho VFX
Karl Sisson	....	CG artist
Derek Sunderland	....	3D animator: Mr. X
Aaron Weintraub	....	compositing supervisor
Michael Wile	....	technical director: Soho vfx

Stunts
Nick Brandon	....	stunt rigger
Richard Bucher	....	stunts
Jacob Chambers	....	stunt performer
Chris Daniels	....	stunt double
Casey Easlick	....	stunt double
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Roel Failma	....	stunts
Lena Fennema	....	stunt performer
Greg Fitzpatrick	....	stunt double: J.P. Pitoc
Alisa Hensley	....	stunt double: Natasha Henstridge
Theo Kypri	....	stunt double
Michael Li	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunt double
Marc Scizak	....	stunts
Charles A. Tamburro	....	aerial stunt helicopter pilot
Jim Vickers	....	stunt coordinator
Jeff Wolfe	....	stunts
Boni Yanagisawa	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Saeed Adyani	....	still photographer
Ken Glassing	....	camera operator
George Hesse	....	first assistant camera
Paul Janossy	....	first assistant camera
Greg McCurley	....	lighting technician
Kevin McNeil	....	grip
Evan A. Nesbitt	....	digital imaging technician
Gary A. Williams	....	dolly grip
Ken Glassing	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Amy De Souza	....	casting assistant
Ivy Isenberg	....	casting associate
Brad Kenny	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Randy Beveridge	....	lead colorist
Michelle Walsh	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Richard Belyeu	....	transportation coordinator
Jeff Bova	....	driver

Other crew
Max Blomgren	....	synthesizer programmer
Keith Bohanan	....	location manager
Heather Cappiello	....	script supervisor
Leon Dewayne Cozy	....	set production assistant
Peter Gray	....	24p high definition systems engineer
Dan Harder	....	medic: construction/rigging
Blake Perkinson	....	production assistant
Christian Ristow	....	puppeteer: various characters
Kristian Sorensen	....	military coordinator
Jim Vickers	....	fight choreographer
Christine Zavala	....	production coordinator
Mark Zecca	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• FGM Entertainment
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Herald Film Company (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Nihon Herald Eiga (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (France) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (Italy) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Harlow Effects
• Mr. X
• Soho VFX

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Westwind Media  audio and video post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, sexual content and some language.

Runtime:

111 min | Argentina:100 min | USA:112 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | UK:15 | USA:R | USA:Unrated (unrated version) | Norway:15 | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Monrovia, California, USA

Company:

FGM Entertainment

Trivia:

Executive Producer Frank Mancuso Jr. wanted this sequel to be aimed more at young adults so the characters were written to be younger than what was originally planned.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Despite never having any human contact, adult Sara clearly has pierced ears.

Quotes:

Dean: Come on, she can't be that hot and be a bio-chemist at the same time.
Hastings: Who cares what she is.
Dean: What are you doiing?
Hastings: [types e-mail to her] I'm going to see how crazy this chick is.
[sends it and gets a quick response back]
Hastings: Dude, there's already an answer.
Amelia: [voice from computer] Hi, this is Amelia.
Hastings: Get out your credit card. Dude, I'm in love already.
Amelia: [voice from computer] Before we speak directly, I need to ask you a few questions. Have you done unusual lab work in protoplastic cell suspension, specifically any kind of transmembrane conducity and permiability diffusion? I'm looking for a for a man whose pro-coefficence is greater than 10A minus 16 meters squared per second. If you're that man, please submit some sample data in the response body of an e-mail to me. If I like what you write, we can meet. I promise you won't be disappointed.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in 'Species III': Set Invasion (2004) (V)

The Purest Species

While being transported in a military ambulance and supposed dead, Eve (Natasha Henstridge) delivers an offspring and is killed by a half-breed. The baby girl is abducted by Dr. Abbot (Robert Knepper), and a couple of days later she grows up, reaching adulthood and becoming a gorgeous young woman called Sara (Sunny Mabrey). Dr. Abbot expects to develop a perfect DNA using Sara's eggs and win the Nobel Prize, and invites the student Dean (Robin Dunne) to be his assistant and share his research and future awards. But while Sara unsuccessfully chases a perfect mate for her to generate a perfect being, the flawed half-breeds leaded by Amelia (Amelia Cooke) try to reproduce with her to survive their species.

"Species III" has a flawed story, but it is very gore and attractive, mostly because of the beauty of Sunny Mabrey. This unknown actress has a good performance in the role of an intelligent alien without feelings, and her sculptural body, one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, suffices to make this movie worthwhile. Natasha Henstridge has a short participation in the initial sequence; Robert Knepper has a good performance in the role of an obsessed scientist and Robin Dunne refuses the irresistible invitation of Sara "to exchange services" and completes the reasonable cast of this entertaining movie. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "A Experiência III" ("The Experience III")