D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers (WGA):

Steven Brill (characters)
Kenneth Johnson (story) ...

Release Date:

4 October 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

No Fear. No Limits. No Brakes. Just Ducks.

Plot:

In the third episode of this series, the Ducks get scholarships to Eden Hall Academy, a high ranking prep school...

Plot Keywords:

Coach | Prep School | Hockey | Trilogy | Sequel

Cast

Emilio Estevez	...	Gordon Bombay
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Coach Ted Orion
David Selby	...	Dean Buckley
Heidi Kling	...	Casey Conway
Joshua Jackson	...	Charlie Conway
Joss Ackland	...	Hans
Elden Henson	...	Fulton Reed (as Elden Ryan Ratliff)
Shaun Weiss	...	Greg "Goldie" Goldberg
Vincent Larusso	...	Adam Banks (as Vincent A. Larusso)
Matt Doherty	...	Lester Averman
Garette Ratliff Henson	...	Guy Germaine
Marguerite Moreau	...	Connie Moreau
Michael Cudlitz	...	Cole
Christopher Orr	...	Rick
Aaron Lohr	...	Dean Portman

MPAA:

Rated PG for some hockey rough-housing and mild language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #34324) | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Blake School - 511 Kenwood Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Avnet/Kerner Productions

Trivia:

The Eden Hall varsity team are played by the same actors who played The Hawks in the first movie.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Dean Portman returns, he 'checks' the blond-haired varsity kid over the boards, where he breaks the glass en route to crashing into some fans. In an NHL game, when the glass is broken, they would stop the game to repair it. There is no understood delay in the JV-Varsity showdown after the glass breakage.

Quotes:

Connie Moreau: This ninja stuff really makes you look uh, I don't know how you say um...
Guy Germaine: [suavely] Ruggedly handsome?
Connie Moreau: Amazingly stupid!
Guy Germaine: [sarcastically] Very funny.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Original Mighty Ducks Theme

This "Duck" sinks and drowns

D3:THE MIGHTY DUCKS is the follow-up to the original MIGHTY DUCKS, and its sequel, D2: THE MIGHTY DUCKS. Although it is not as good as the others, it is enjoyable at times, and has a very good storyline. It has all of Ducks attending college at Eden Hall University, where they are considered worthless scrubs. In order to prove themselves, they need to beat the Eden Hall varsity squad. The reason this movie is lacking is because Emilio Estevez, the standout star of the previous 2 movies, disappears 5 minutes into the movie, and does not even make another appearance until the end. Another reason is because some fan-favorites from the first two did not make it to the third, including the Hall brothers, Jesse and Terry, Peter, and Karp. Although the movie recieves a huge lift when Dean Portman returns to the squad and helps them win the game against the varsity team, it does not have the same feeling of a camaraderie as the first two. This could have been a great movie, if certain changes were made. It is still an enjoyable family movie.