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Directed by | |||
| Wes Craven | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Kevin Williamson | (characters) | |
| Ehren Kruger | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Daniel K. Arredondo | .... | co-producer (as Dan Arredondo) | |
| Stuart M. Besser | .... | co-executive producer | |
| Dixie J. Capp | .... | co-producer | |
| Cary Granat | .... | executive producer | |
| Cathy Konrad | .... | producer | |
| Marianne Maddalena | .... | producer | |
| Nicholas Mastandrea | .... | associate producer (as Nicholas C. Mastandrea) | |
| Julie Plec | .... | co-producer | |
| Andrew Rona | .... | executive producer | |
| Bob Weinstein | .... | executive producer | |
| Harvey Weinstein | .... | executive producer | |
| Kevin Williamson | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Marco Beltrami | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Peter Deming | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Patrick Lussier | |||
Casting by | |||
| Lisa Beach | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Bruce Alan Miller | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Thomas Fichter | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Gene Serdena | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Abigail Murray | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Jake Garber | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Kathrine Gordon | .... | hair department head | |
| Levin | .... | makeup artist: Neve Campbell | |
| Carol Schwartz | .... | makeup department head | |
| Donna Cicatelli-Lewis | .... | key makeup artist (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Stuart M. Besser | .... | unit production manager | |
| Daniel Lupi | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Daniel K. Arredondo | .... | assistant director | |
| Rick Avery | .... | second unit director | |
| Rosemary C. Cremona | .... | assistant director: second unit | |
| Michelle Jaeger | .... | assistant director | |
| Maria Mantia | .... | assistant director | |
| Nicholas Mastandrea | .... | first assistant director (as Nicholas C. Mastandrea) | |
Art Department | |||
| Robert W. Anderson | .... | set dresser | |
| Craig B. Ayers Sr. | .... | head greens coordinator | |
| Claudia Bestor | .... | art department coordinator | |
| George Capetanos | .... | set dresser | |
| Robert J. Carlyle | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Skip Crank | .... | assistant property master | |
| James M. Davis | .... | foreman | |
| Mark Dobrogowski | .... | art department assistant | |
| Josh Ian Elliott | .... | on-set dresser (as Josh Elliott) | |
| Gerald Gates Jr. | .... | paint foreman | |
| J. Michael Glynn | .... | set dresser | |
| Jill Haber | .... | painter | |
| Vinson Jae | .... | stand-by painter | |
| John Paul 'J.P.' Jones | .... | property master | |
| Richard McConnell | .... | carpenter | |
| Richard McConnell | .... | gang boss | |
| Anthony D. Parrillo | .... | set designer | |
| Lori Rowbotham | .... | assistant art director | |
| Steven Samanen | .... | graphic artist | |
| Grant Samson | .... | lead man | |
| Abigail Sheiner | .... | construction auditor | |
| Robert Stover | .... | buyer | |
| Sloane U'Ren | .... | set designer | |
| Andrew Leman | .... | graphic designer: props (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Jessy Bender | .... | sound utility | |
| G.W. Brown | .... | supervising adr editor | |
| David Buell | .... | adr recordist | |
| Tim Chau | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| John T. Cucci | .... | foley mixer | |
| Andy D'Addario | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| David Diamond | .... | boom operator | |
| Albert Gasser | .... | sound editor | |
| Howell Gibbens | .... | adr editor | |
| David Kern | .... | sound editor | |
| John Kwiatkowski | .... | sound editor | |
| Donald J. Malouf | .... | sound editor | |
| Piero Mura | .... | sound editor | |
| Dan O'Connell | .... | foley artist | |
| Jim Stuebe | .... | sound mixer | |
| F. Scott Taylor | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Todd Toon | .... | sound designer | |
| Todd Toon | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Mark A. Tracy | .... | first assistant sound editor | |
| Linda Lew | .... | foley recordist (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Ron Bolanowski | .... | special effects coordinator | |
| D. William Lee | .... | special effects foreman | |
| Mike Owenas | .... | special effects assistant | |
| Kevin Pike | .... | special effects pyrotechnician | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Bruce Harris | .... | digital compositor | |
| Bret Mixon | .... | rotoscoping | |
| Reid Paul | .... | compositing supervisor | |
| Andrew Shuford | .... | modelshop visual effects production assistant | |
| Christopher Warren | .... | miniature photography | |
| Gene Warren III | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Gene Warren III | .... | model supervisor | |
Stunts | |||
| Mary Albee | .... | stunts | |
| Laura Albert | .... | stunts | |
| Brian Avery | .... | stunts | |
| Joni Avery | .... | stunts | |
| Rick Avery | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Jennifer Badger | .... | stunts | |
| Rick Barker | .... | stunts | |
| Chuck Borden | .... | stunts | |
| Jeff Brockton | .... | stunt double: Ghostface Killer | |
| Terri Cadiente | .... | stunts (as Terry Cadiente) | |
| Ken Clark | .... | stunt rigger | |
| Gilbert B. Combs | .... | stunts (as Gil Combs) | |
| Tammy Brady Conrad | .... | stunts (as Tamara Brady Conrad) | |
| Erik Cord | .... | stunts | |
| Phil Culotta | .... | stunts | |
| Tabby Hanson | .... | stunts | |
| Hollis Hill | .... | stunts | |
| Steven Lambert | .... | stunts (as Steve Lambert) | |
| Clint Lilley | .... | stunts | |
| Buck McDancer | .... | stunts | |
| Gloria O'Brien | .... | stunts | |
| Spiro Razatos | .... | stunts | |
| Dana Reed | .... | stunts | |
| Michelle Sebek | .... | stunts | |
| Jane Austin | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Clay Donahue Fontenot | .... | stunt double: Dean Richmond/Tyson Fox in Stab 3 (uncredited) | |
| Lisa Hoyle | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Kurt D. Lott | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Gloria O'Brien | .... | stunt double: Jenny McCarthy (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Jennifer Bender | .... | extras casting | |
| Sarah Katzman | .... | casting associate | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Tina Anderson | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Tony Bacigalupi | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Nathan Easterling | .... | assistant editor (as Nate Easterling) | |
| John Embry | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Mato | .... | color timer | |
| Lisa Romaniw | .... | assistant editor (as Lisa Mozden) | |
Music Department | |||
| Bill Abbott | .... | music editor | |
| Pete Anthony | .... | conductor | |
| Pete Anthony | .... | orchestrator | |
| Thomas Bartke | .... | music transcriptor | |
| Marco Beltrami | .... | conductor | |
| Marco Beltrami | .... | orchestrator | |
| Frank Bennett | .... | orchestrator | |
| William Boston | .... | orchestrator | |
| Brian Bulman | .... | assistant music editor | |
| Ed Gerrard | .... | music supervisor | |
| Will Johnstone | .... | additional programmer | |
| Adam Kay | .... | music editor | |
| Kevin Kliesch | .... | orchestrator | |
| Jon Kull | .... | orchestrator | |
| Kevin Manthei | .... | orchestrator | |
| Denise Okimoto | .... | assistant music editor | |
| Randy Spendlove | .... | executive music producer | |
| Rose Thomson | .... | background vocals | |
| Kevin Manthei | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Bruce Callahan | .... | transportation | |
| Jim Chesney | .... | captain | |
| J. Armin Garza II | .... | driver: camera car | |
| Scotty Goudreau | .... | driver co-captain | |
| David Joseph | .... | driver: production van | |
| Glenn Midcap | .... | driver | |
| Derek Raser | .... | transportation coordinator | |
| George A. Sack Jr. | .... | transportation | |
| John Sagray | .... | driver | |
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SCREAM 3 / (2000) ***
Starring: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Matthew Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Deon Richmond, Patrick Warburton, Liev Schreiber, and Carrie Fisher Directed by Wes Craven. Written by Ehren Kruger, based on characters by Kevin Williamson. Running time: 116 minutes. Rated R (for strong horror violence and language).
By Blake French:
"Scream 3" is not as satisfying as the original horror masterpiece "Scream," but what can we expect from the final chapter in a slasher trilogy? The first film was a superior horror thriller--one of the most loved slasher movies of the past decade. That was a picture with some hard standards to live up to. However, Wes Craven, director of the trio, accomplished another success with the sequel of "Scream." Usually this kind of movie would fade into the Hollywood recycle bin by now. But "Scream 3" still produces chills, thrills, and lots of surprises--even though we have been receiving the same kind of story for the past four years. This film is marginally passable, although the most flawed film of its series, that fairs as recommendable, but not substantial in quality.
The film's opening once again provides the audience with a pre-credit murder sequence that is almost the highlight of the entire production. The "Scream 3" writers take advantage of one of the movie's old and important characters to arrange this very effective, and scary, sequence.
The setting is several years after the second film. The small college town of Woodsboro is where we are placed. Neve Campbell again stars as Sidney Prescott, a tormented young woman who was the target of the killing sprees in the past. She has attempted to move on with her life with her father, and has an anonymous hotline operation that offers assistance to those in need. Also, television reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox Arquette) has experienced a big career jump, now working for a network called Total Entertainment. While the wrongly accused murder suspect of Sidney's mother, Cotton Weary (Liev Schreiber), has his own trashy TV talk show.
The central presence that connects the events here is the production of "Stab 3: Return to Woodsboro," a movie the characters are creating that follows a horror trilogy based on the terrors experienced by Sydney. The masked murderer may or may not be found on the set. Besides police Detective Kincaid (Patrick Dempsey), and the arrogant bodyguard Stone (Patrick Warburton), concluding the list of suspects, there is Dewey Riley (David Arquette), a former cop who is now an advisor for "Stab 3," Roman Bridger (Scott Foley), the film's director, John Milton (Lance Henriksen) the film's producer, as well as acting counterparts Sarah Darling (Jenny McCarthy), Tom Prinze (Matthew Keeslar), Angelina (Emily Mortimer), Gabe Tucker (Deon Richmond), and Gales's reciprocal (Parker Posey).
Certain plot points lead our suspicion to believe one of several characters is the killer. We are fooled again, however. But does the killer's identity really matter here? As long as we receive a speech on why he or she is responsible, we would be satisfied and any of the character's could have been the killer. None of the characters have any shape or construction. We care only about the order that the victims will be picked off at, not about who hides behind the ghost mask. The identity is actually pointless when the slasher is finally revealed.
Once again, a key success in "Scream 3" is the scary sequences that build up momentum and thus work well, usually where the slasher kills his victims. What makes these scenes so effective is how we know that characters are three dimensional; they put up a firm fight for their lives, unlike victims in most slasher films. However, the plot seems to revolve around the murders, instead of the murders branching off from the story. "Stab 3" seems to be a central presence to connect the film's somewhat desperate through line.
Some of the plot points are fun and revealing. We see a videotape of a past character describing the possibilities of the movie's final outcome. This event programs our imaginations to suspect the unexpected. The plot does desperately attempt to fill in missing pieces of the previous screams, however, showing some signs of contrived foreshadowing. Each scene moves the story forward, though, replenishing the plot with freshness and ability around every abrupt corner.
"Scream 3" is a close call, and is given somewhat of a mixed review, but I still am giving the movie a marginal recommendation. It contains more startles, more surprises, and more effective scary material than most slasher movies. Although I believe it was a wise move to make this film the final installment of its series.
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