3 Ninjas (1992)

Director:

Jon Turteltaub

Writers:

Edward Emanuel (screenplay)
Kenny Kim (story)

Release Date:

7 August 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Family | Sport

Tagline:

Action at it's Best!

Plot:

Each year, three brothers Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visits their Japanese grandfather, Mori...

Plot Keywords:

Brother | FBI | Martial Arts | Grandfather | Ninja

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Victor Wong	...	Grandpa
Michael Treanor	...	Rocky
Max Elliott Slade	...	Colt
Chad Power	...	Tum Tum
Rand Kingsley	...	Snyder
Alan McRae	...	Sam Douglas
Margarita Franco	...	Jessica Douglas
Kate Sargeant	...	Emily
Joel Swetow	...	Brown
Professor Toru Tanaka	...	Rushmore (as Toru Tanaka)
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Fester
Race Nelson	...	Marcus
D.J. Harder	...	Hammer
Baha Jackson	...	Bully
Scott Caudill	...	Bully
Fritzi Burr	...	Babysitter
Tasen Chou	...	Store Owner
Clifton Powell	...	FBI Agent Kurl
Al Septien	...	Arab FBI Agent

Directed by
Jon Turteltaub

Writing credits
Edward Emanuel		(screenplay)
Kenny Kim		(story)

Produced by
Martha Chang	....	producer
Shunji Hirano	....	executive producer
James Kang	....	co-executive producer
Hiroshi Kusu	....	co-producer
Yuriko Matsubara	....	producer
Woo-sang Park	....	associate producer (as Richard Park)
Akio Shimizu	....	co-producer
Susan Stremple	....	line producer

Original Music by
Richard Marvin

Cinematography by
Richard Michalak		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Rennie

Production Design by
Kirk M. Petruccelli		(as Kirk Petruccelli)

Art Direction by
Greg J. Grande
Ken Kirchner

Set Decoration by
Carol Pressman

Costume Design by
Mona May

Makeup Department
Angela Moos	....	makeup artist (as Angela Moos)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carla Bowen	....	assistant director
Alexandra Guzman	....	assistant director
Scott Harris	....	assistant director
Andrew C. Keeter	....	second assistant director
J.B. Rogers	....	assistant director

Art Department
Tom Waisanen	....	set dresser
Richard K. Wright	....	property master

Sound Department
Bruce M. Honda	....	adr engineer
Bruce M. Honda	....	sound effects editor
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
Sharon Michaels	....	foley artist
Paige Pollack	....	foley artist
Bill V. Robbins	....	sound mixer
Mark A. Rozett	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Robert E. McCarthy	....	special effects

Stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts (as Peter Antico)
Brian Avery	....	stunts
Mike Avery	....	stunts (as Mikey Avery)
Rick Avery	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Avery	....	stunts
John Branagan	....	stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunts
Jeff Cadiente	....	stunts
Danny Castle	....	stunts
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts (as Doc Charbonneau)
Monty Cox	....	stunt coordinator
Monty Cox	....	stunts (as Lamont Cox)
Richard Epper	....	stunt performer
Dane Farwell	....	stunts
Greg Gault	....	stunts (as Gregory Gault)
Al Goto	....	stunts
Keii Johnston	....	stunts
Randy Lamb	....	stunts
Eric Lee	....	stunts
Warren McGee	....	stunts
Denney Pierce	....	stunts (as Denny Pierce)
Pat Romano	....	stunts (as Patrick Romano)
Birgit K. Schier	....	stunts (as Birgit Schier)
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts
Philip Tan	....	stunts
Jack West	....	stunts
Myung Kim	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Christopher Faloona	....	director of photography: second unit
Christopher Faloona	....	gaffer
Kirk R. Gardner	....	Steadicam operator
Eric H. Lasher	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Kim Williams	....	casting

Editorial Department
Pamela Choules	....	first assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Laura M. Grody	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Roger Bojarski Jr.	....	driver: honeywagon
David W. Dale	....	driver
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
John Rice Sr.	....	driver: production van

Other crew
Paul F. Brinkman Jr.	....	location manager
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Wendy Renskowski Dale	....	assistant accountant
Darrin Lipscomb	....	assistant location manager
Bonnie Weis	....	production accountant
Mary Wright	....	script supervisor
John Siedenburg	....	chef (uncredited)

Thanks
Justin Berfield	....	special thanks
Lorne Berfield	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Global Film Enterprises (uncredited)
• Global Venture Hollywood (in association with)
• Touchstone Pictures (presents)

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1996) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1996) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (1993) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Unión Films S.A. (Spain)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for martial arts action, mild language, and theme

Runtime:

84 min | Germany:93 min | Sweden:98 min (uncut version) | Argentina:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:12 | Iceland:L (original rating) | South Korea:All | USA:PG (Certificate #31916) | Australia:PG | Germany:16 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (cut)

Filming Locations:

Santa Monica High School - 601 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, USA

Company:

Global Film Enterprises

Trivia:

Released on the big-screen with the Disney cartoon short, Bonkers: Pedal to the metal in front of the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Colt is sitting in is father's study, his mother is seen wearing two different earrings, one is round, the other dangles below her ear.

Quotes:

Rocky:We should run.
Tum Tum:We should hide.
Colt:We should kick their butts!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Under the Influence (2008/I)

Soundtrack:

Kid Power

This movie is good....a great kids movie

OK so i am getting annoyed by all these people bashing this movie....it was made for kids so obviously adults aren't going to love it...DUH!....i mean i watched this movie at least twice a month as a kid and now even though I'm 15 i'll still watch it if its on TV or if i feel like renting it....its a great way to remember what it was lyk being a a little kid....it gets kids imagination working i mean i would spend hours acting out scenes after i saw this movie...and this movie sparked such an interest in martial arts in me that i started taking lessons and now am a brown belt.....its just a fun movie the writer didn't intend it to be a classic but it is anyway to kids and grownups who are kids at heart....think b4 u speak....and don't take everything so seriously....I LOVE COLT!!!!!