Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Eastman (characters) &
Peter Laird (characters) ...

Release Date:

17 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Turtles Are Back....In Time

Plot:

The turtles find themselves transported back in time to ancient Japan.

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | Japan | Magic | Samurai | Sewer

Cast

Elias Koteas	...	Casey Jones / Whit
Paige Turco	...	April O'Neil
Stuart Wilson	...	Walker
Sab Shimono	...	Lord Norinaga
Vivian Wu	...	Mitsu
Mark Caso	...	Leonardo
Matt Hill	...	Raphael
Jim Raposa	...	Donatello
David Fraser	...	Michaelangelo
Henry Hayashi	...	Kenshin
John Aylward	...	Niles
Mak Takano	...	Benkei (Honor Guard #1)
Steve Akahoshi	...	Honor Guard #2 (as Steven Getson Akahoshi)
Kent Kim	...	Honor Guard #3
Ken Kensei	...	Honor Guard #4

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time (USA) (working title) (USA) (DVD box title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Sacred Scroll of Death (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12/9 | Germany:6 | Norway:11 (video premiere) | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Astoria, Oregon, USA

Company:

Clearwater Holdings

Trivia:

The only live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie to not include the Shredder character.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Raphael is having his heart to heart with Yoshi, one of his wristbands is missing. When he joins Yoshi in flying the kite, his wristband has reappeared.

Quotes:

Michaelangelo: Uh-oh, turtle tantrum.

Movie Connections:

References Backdraft (1991)

Soundtrack:

Tarzan boy (1993 remix)

Had it's moments :)

For some reason I never got around to seeing this when it first came out. Though I do remember watching the trailer on TV when Donatello says "You were expecting maybe uhh...The Addams Family?!" I used to like saying that to people for some reason!

I finally recieved Turtles III for Christmas this year. All my friends told me it was horrible. After seeing it, I admit it wasn't up to the standards of the first movie (classic!) but it did have its moments. It was nice to hear Donatello's original voice again. His character was almost like a combination of the 1st movie and the 2nd (wise cracking slacker and math brain).

Leo tries so hard to be a good leader, always endearing.

I liked Mikey's weak attempts at making conversation with Mitzu "So uh, what's your sign?"

Rapheal is always a great character, struggling with his temper and all and in this movie he's finally able to help someone else.

I wish Casey Jones had been in it more but it was good to see him again.

Turtle power!