Scream 3 (2000)

Ghostface pays Sidney and her friends a third visit while they visit the set of "Stab 3", the third movie based upon the Woodsboro murders.

Director:

Wes Craven

Writers:

Kevin Williamson (characters), Ehren Kruger

Stars:

Liev Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox

5 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liev Schreiber	...	Cotton Weary
Beth Toussaint	...	Female Caller (voice)
Roger Jackson	...	The Voice (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)
Kelly Rutherford	...	Christine Hamilton
Neve Campbell	...	Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox	...	Gale Weathers (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Julie Janney	...	Moderator
Richmond Arquette	...	Student
Patrick Dempsey	...	Detective Mark Kincaid
Lynn McRee	...	Maureen Roberts Prescott
Nancy O'Dell	...	Female Reporter
Ken Taylor	...	Male Reporter
Scott Foley	...	Roman Bridger
Roger Corman	...	Studio Executive
Lance Henriksen	...	John Milton

Storyline

A new film is currently in production, and a killer is on the loose. The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their life. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | ex cop | scream | mask | reporter | 

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Taglines:

The best Scream is always the last one. Just hope the last one isn't your own.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [de]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 February 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ghostface

Filming Locations:

1336 Harper Avenue, West Hollywood, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,449,937 (UK) (28 April 2000)

Gross:

ESP 912,378,401 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Konrad Pictures, Craven-Maddalena Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The empty cinematographer's chair on the "Stab 3" set has the name of the actual Scream 3 cinematographer, Peter Deming.

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Goofs

After Jennifer's death, Gale is attacked and uses her leg to push herself and the killer down the basement stairs. They fall in, and it is shown that the door opens inwards, but in the next shot, the door is shown to be closing inwards from the outside.

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Quotes

Dewey: Is that a threat, Detective?
Mark: When it's a threat... you'll know it.
Dewey: Was that a threat?

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Connections

References Mallrats (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Is This the End"
Written by Mark Tremonti (as Tremonti) and Scott Stapp (as Stapp)
Performed by Creed
Courtesy of Wind-Up Records

User Reviews

Welcome to the final act!

Scream 3 will not disappoint fans of the first two unless your expectations are unrealistically high. All the Scream movies follow a pattern - one of the criticisms I read of Scream 3 was that it was a Xerox copy of the first two - but all sequels are basically remakes of previous films that preceeded it e.g. the Bond series. The success of the Scream films is that Craven and Williamson (and now Scream 3 scribe Kreuger) have blended the ingredients differently each time - you'll definitely enjoy the "Hollywood" flavour of this one!