Beethoven's 3rd (2000) (V)

Director:

David M. Evans

Writers:

John Hughes (characters) and
Amy Holden Jones (characters) ...
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Release Date:

25 July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy

Tagline:

Buckle Up... Beethoven Is Taking A Road Trip!

Plot:

The Newton family from the original Beethoven movies are on vacation in Europe but do plan to join a...

Plot Keywords:

Third Part | Dog Actor | Animal | Digit In Title | Numbered Sequel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Judge Reinhold	...	Richard Newton
Julia Sweeney	...	Beth Newton
Joe Pichler	...	Brennan Newton
Michaela Gallo	...	Sara Newton
Mike Ciccolini	...	Tommy (as Michael Ciccolini)
James Marsh	...	Bill (William) (as Jamie Marsh)
Danielle Keaton	...	Penny (as Danielle Weiner)
Frank Gorshin	...	Uncle Morrie Newton
Holly Mitchell	...	Kennel Employee
Mark Carlton	...	Officer Ranger Smith
Dana Lee	...	Sheriff Festus
Big Nate Kanae	...	Black Bart / Sumo Cowboy (as Big Nate)
Greg Pitts	...	Quentin / Video Store Clerk
Dean Wayton	...	Delivery Man
Scott Evans	...	Grocery Store Manager
James Kiriyama-Lem	...	Gubesoshi
Blake Boyd	...	Gary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Phil Hawn	...	Train Park Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
David M. Evans		(as David Mickey Evans)

Writing credits
John Hughes		(characters) (as Edmond Dantès) and
Amy Holden Jones		(characters)
Jeff Schechter		(written by)

Produced by
David Bixler	....	producer
Kelli Konop	....	producer

Original Music by
Philip Giffin

Cinematography by
John B. Aronson		(director of photography) (as John Aronson)
Ted Morris

Film Editing by
Harry Keramidas

Casting by
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
Chester Kaczenski

Art Direction by
Marc Dabe

Set Decoration by
Judi Giovanni

Costume Design by
Bonnie Stauch

Makeup Department
Darcy Gilmore	....	makeup artist
Tracy Murphy	....	assistant makeup artist
Dean Sadler	....	key makeup artist
Elizabeth Sloan Freel	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Kelli Konop	....	unit production manager
Virginia Landis Albertson	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marco Black	....	first assistant director
Brent Clark	....	second assistant director
Melanie Grefe	....	second assistant director
Robert Schroer	....	second second assistant director
Gary J. Wayton	....	second unit director

Art Department
Rooney Barnes	....	set production assistant
Gerald T. Casey Jr.	....	assistant property master
Stephen 'Casey' Casey	....	property master
Kevin Chambers	....	swing
Don Kaeding	....	lead man
Greg Lynch	....	swing
Daniel Mendible	....	on-set dresser
Steve Pfauter	....	swing (as Stephen O. Pfauter)

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound recording mixer (as Richard Alexander)
David Bach	....	dialogue editor
Gregory Beaumont	....	sound effects editor
Lance Brown	....	sound recording mixer
Gary Cunningham	....	sound mixer
Victoria S. Cunningham	....	boom operator
Matt Dubin	....	digital transfer engineer
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Gregory M. Gerlich	....	supervising sound editor
Robert Getty	....	adr editor
Robert Getty	....	dialogue editor
Michael Hertlein	....	adr editor
Chato Hill	....	assistant sound editor
C.W. Jones	....	foley mixer
Craig Jurkiewicz	....	foley editor
Ossama Khuluki	....	foley artist
Alan L. Nineberg	....	sound effects editor
Richard D. Rogers	....	sound recording mixer
Anne Slack	....	foley editor
Johanna Turner	....	digital transfer engineer

Special Effects by
Brian Robbins	....	special effects assistant
David Waine	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Chris Blackwood	....	stunts
Danny Downey	....	stunt double
David Brian Martin	....	stunt double
Paul E. Short	....	stunts
Gary J. Wayton	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis 'Dink' Adams	....	key grip
Steve Barnes	....	additional first assistant camera (as Steven P. Barnes)
Roman W. Bennett	....	lighting technician
Ray Brown	....	grip
Raymond Brown	....	grip (as Ray Ray Brown)
Dan Carpluk	....	grip
Dan Carpluk	....	key grip
Steve Clancy	....	first assistant camera
Joe Clarke	....	best boy grip
Steve Colgrove	....	lighting technician
Michelle Crenshaw	....	additional first assistant camera
Karen Crow	....	camera intern
Sean Patrick Crowell	....	grip
David Darwin	....	lighting technician
Eric M. Davis	....	lighting technician (as Eric Davis)
Michael Goldman	....	grip
Nathaniel Goodman	....	camera operator
Rick Gowing	....	additional first assistant camera
Jeffrey B. Gregg	....	grip
James Irons	....	grip
Paul Kline	....	second assistant camera
Giovani Lampassi	....	gaffer
Robert Magnano	....	additional second assistant camera
Richard Maxey	....	dolly grip
Benjamin Minot	....	additional first assistant camera (as Ben Minot)
Ted Morris	....	additional camera operator
James A. Neal	....	grip (as James Neal)
Jeff Nemeth	....	grip
Tom O'Connell	....	grip
Karen L. Ogle	....	still photographer
Cory Peavler	....	grip
Dennis Rice	....	lighting technician
Scott Ronnow	....	additional second assistant camera
Joaquin Sedillo	....	additional camera operator
Peter Shultz	....	lighting technician
John V. Smalley	....	grip
Joshua E. Smith	....	lighting technician
Robert Snyder	....	grip
Jirí Solc	....	lighting technician
Kara Stephens	....	additional second assistant camera
Al Stewart	....	grip (as Alan Stewart)
Manny Tapia	....	electrician
Manuel G. Tapia	....	lighting technician
Lon Thompson	....	lighting technician
Kelly Way	....	best boy electric

Casting Department
Rick Briar	....	casting assistant
Sharon Gytri	....	extras casting assistant
Nancy Mott	....	extras casting
Hart Murmurs	....	adr voice casting
Debe Waisman	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandra Spiwak-Wallin	....	additional costumer (as Sandra Spwak-Wallun)
Joyce Westergaard	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Anthony Bozanich	....	assistant editor
Frank Cuomo	....	post-production coordinator
Tzarina V. Edillon	....	first assistant editor
Mato	....	color timer

Music Department
David R. Barkley	....	orchestrator
Stu Goldberg	....	composer: additional music score
Patrick Griffin	....	composer: additional music
Patrick Griffin	....	music editor
Christopher Klatman	....	composer: additional music
Kenji Nakai	....	recording engineer

Transportation Department
Mark 'Bugsy' Albertson	....	driver
Roxanne Bradbury	....	driver
Steven Butcher	....	driver
Jeanne Cowan	....	driver
Kevin Hudis	....	driver
John A. Huskins	....	driver
Paul Kowalczyk	....	driver
David M. Lang	....	driver
James Lujano	....	driver
Randy Mellison	....	driver
Gordie Merrick	....	driver
Guy Merrick	....	transportation captain
Michael Merrick	....	transportation coordinator (as Mike Merrick)
Terry Van Bebber	....	driver
Gregg Videgain	....	driver
Ray Villarreal	....	driver

Other crew
James Alesna	....	additional set production assistant
Anne Apra	....	stand-in
Rodney Barnes	....	production assistant (as Rodney P. Barnes)
James Budak	....	set production assistant
Matthew D. Conrad	....	production office assistant
Sharon C. Dietz	....	assistant production coordinator
Cindy J. Gray	....	production coordinator
James Anthony Hill	....	set medic
Jennifer Ho	....	production assistant
Annette Hobday	....	production assistant (as Annette Hawley)
Ed Holley	....	additional set production assistant
Roy G. Irwin	....	set medic (as Roy Irwin)
Kelly Jordan	....	assistant: Ms. Sweeney
Michael McAdam	....	stand-in
Jan McWilliams	....	script supervisor
Geralyn Miller	....	production accountant (as Geralyn McGah-Miller)
Karl Lewis Miller	....	animal actors supplied by
April Morley	....	additional trainer
Amy Ostrower	....	assistant accountant
John Wayne Randolph	....	craft service (as John Randolph)
Michael Randolph	....	craft service
Conrad L. Ricketts	....	location manager
Alan Schwartz	....	craft service
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Terry Smith	....	chat assistant
Don Spinney	....	additional trainer (as Donald Spinney)
Suzy Strawn	....	studio teacher
Justin Thaler	....	production assistant: Hughes Entertainment
Patrick Thompson	....	location assistant
Gary J. Wayton	....	photography director (as Gary Wayton)
Joseph Wommacott	....	chat

Production Companies

• Universal Family and Home Entertainment (as Universal Family & Home Entertainment Production) (presents)
• Ludwig Productions
• Universal Studios (copyright holder)

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Vídeo (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2005) (Finland) (TV)
• Net5 (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Argentina)
• Universal Home Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2000) (Finland) (VHS)
• Universal Studios Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Ultimate Effects (special effects)

Other Companies

• Action Motion Picture Catering  catering
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Digital Sound and Picture  recording facilities
• Digital Sound and Picture  sound post-production
• East Coast Post  avid editing system provided by
• Mato  color timing
• Set Ready Craft Service  craft service

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Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | USA:G | Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Universal Family and Home Entertainment

Trivia:

The hotel that the family ends up spending their one night at happens to be the same hotel that Chevy Chase steals the cash from the register in the original National Lampoon's Vacation.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Beethoven broke free from the camper's mirror in which he was tied to, in the next scene, when Beethoven is running to Brennon's aid, you can then see in the background that the mirror on the camper is still intact, as if it were never broken off.

Movie Connections:

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why make these?

Even though I am a Charles Grodin fan, I was not that crazy about the first two Beethovens, Grodin and Bonnie Hunt made these tolerable. First off the original family is gonzo in the third one, one because the kids are old about 8 years later, Grodin and Hunt have better things to do now-a-days, so why make another movie when the first two were good enough? Why have Judge Reinhold one of the worst actors for this role? I question the folks who decided to even make a third movie almost 8 years later, and the fourth one isn't even worth the time, it has gotten ridiculous! but I wouldn't be suprised if we see a Beethoven 5th with someone like Pauly Shore, I really can't get any more out of hand, these people have ruined the series with these straight to video sequels.