Scary Movie 3 (2003)

In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, Cindy has to investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.

Director:

David Zucker

Writers:

Craig Mazin, Pat Proft,

Stars:

Pamela Anderson, Charlie Sheen, Anna Faris

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pamela Anderson	...	Becca
Jenny McCarthy	...	Kate
Marny Eng	...	Tabitha
Charlie Sheen	...	Tom
Simon Rex	...	George
Jianna Ballard	...	Sue
Jeremy Piven	...	Ross Giggins
Anna Faris	...	Cindy
Timothy Stack	...	Carson Ward (as Tim Stack)
Elaine Klimaszewski	...	Elaine
Diane Klimaszewski	...	Diane
Camryn Manheim	...	Trooper Champlin
Drew Mikuska	...	Cody
Regina Hall	...	Brenda Meeks
Darrell Hammond	...	Father Muldoon

Storyline

A mysterious killer video tape is circulating around. One look at this tape and you have seven days left to live. News Reporter Cindy Campbell (Faris) witnesses this video tape and tries to work out a way to prevent her death. But this is not the only mystery to appear. Crop circles have been appearing in the local farm of Tom (Sheen) and George (Rex). With help from Aunt Shaneequa (Latifah), Cindy suspects that the aliens may be linked with the killer tape and must now work out both mysteries before it's the end of the world.

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Plot Keywords:

crop circle | farm | videotape | splatter | television set | 

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Taglines:

You'll die to see these rings.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for pervasive crude and sexual humor, language, comic violence and drug references

Details

Official Sites:

Miramax [us] Official Facebook

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Scary Movie 3.5

Filming Locations:

Lions Gate Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,586,503 (Spain) (16 April 2004)

Gross:

$50,529,578 (Europe) (23 April 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Brad Grey Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Kenny:  uncredited as the voice of the aliens.

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Goofs

When Brenda is fighting Tabitha in her living room, the first time Tabitha's knocked down you can briefly see where her costume/make-up stops on her legs.

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Quotes

George: Now everybody in the 202, throw your hands in the air 'cause Fat Joe is through / Now everybody in the 202, throw 'em up! Check it out / I'm a white boy, but my neck is red / I put Miracle Whip on my Wonder Bread / My face is pale, nah, I've never been in jail / Me and Buffy spend every winter at Vail / How many bitches have I slapped? Zero. Unh! / And Martha Stewart happens to be my hero / I grew up on a farm and I was born with no rhythm / Dr. Phil's my uncle and I like to hang with him / I ...

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Crazy Credits

Midway through the credits, there is a line that reads: WE ARE ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH THIS THING!!

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Connections

Spoofs Final Destination (2000)

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Soundtracks

"I Love"
Written by Tom T. Hall
Performed by Genuine Music
Courtesy of Coors Brewing Company

User Reviews

A Pefect Example...

...that when you stop worrying about being just plain filthy and start caring about being funny you make a better comedy. I was not a huge fan of "Scary Movie", although it had it's moments. "Scary Movie 2" was just awful. A real disappointment. Then, I was not sure when I saw the Wayans weren't returning and the film was rated PG-13 if it would work at all. Finally caught the film last night and I laughed more 5 minutes of this sequel than I did during the others.

It was great to see that David Zucker can still make a really funny parody movie. It was even more refreshing to see an attempt being made to not just out-gross, out-filth the previous film, and simply focus on making a truly funny comedy.