Jackass 3D (2010)

Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.

Director:

Jeff Tremaine

Writer:

Preston Lacy

Stars:

Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Knoxville	...	Himself
Bam Margera	...	Himself
Ryan Dunn	...	Himself
Steve-O	...	Himself
Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña	...	Himself
Preston Lacy	...	Himself
Chris Pontius	...	Himself
Ehren McGhehey	...	Himself
Dave England	...	Himself
Loomis Fall	...	Himself
Tony Hawk	...	Himself
Eric Koston	...	Himself
April Margera	...	Herself
Phil Margera	...	Himself
Spike Jonze	...	Himself

Storyline

'Jackass 3D' opens with the entire cast all lined up, each wearing a different color of the rainbow, in front of a rainbow colored background, each in turn being attacked in various ways. Some of the footage is slowed down for maximal effect. This is repeated again at the end of the movie with additional explosions mixed in with gallons of water to wash away the cast- chaos is resumed. Throughout the movie the team are subjected to the usual foray of physical abuse from team members or perform hilarious stunts (including some of the more stomach turning stunts such as the Sweat suit cocktail, Toy Train Eruption and Poo Cocktail Supreme - not for the weak stomached!).

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Plot Keywords:

stunt | explosion | sweat | jackass | 3d | 

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Taglines:

3 Times the Laughs. 3 Times the Stupid. 3 Times the Pain.

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Genres:

Documentary | Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for male nudity, extremely crude and dangerous stunts throughout, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Romania

Language:

English Romanian

Release Date:

15 October 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jackass 3

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,696,909 (UK) (5 November 2010)

Gross:

$117,224,271 (USA) (14 January 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dickhouse Productions, MTV Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The fluid slow-motion was executed by using Phantom high-speed cameras combined with 3D equipment, which creates 1,000 frames per second.

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Goofs

Right at the end of the film, when Rip Taylor is throwing ticker tape down on the boys, Rip is shown to be wearing nothing on his head. Then, when the camera angle changes and pans back to Rip, he is wearing a hat complete with horns.

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Quotes

Bam Margera: [both of his hands are covered with hair after using the super mighty glue] That is man-ass Phil over there. Preston's is pretty gross but that is disgusting!

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Connections

References The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Talkin' Baseball® (Willie, Mickey & The Duke)"
Written & Performed by Terry Cashman
Courtesy of Lifesong Records

User Reviews

Jackass 3D

In 1928, Charlie Chaplin wowed audiences by appearing on screen with a real, live lion for his celebrated film The Circus. A lion! Real! On screen! Audiences were mesmerized by this fascinating new art of cinema, an art made all the more engaging for the fact that the plastics of its image had roots in reality; that somewhere else in space and time, Chaplin had actually stood next to this lion and the reality of this image was now available to them for their own viewing pleasure.

For a contemporary equivalent, I give you Steve-O launched through the stratosphere in a PortaPotty full of dog poop. In 3D.

Jackass 3D appeals to cinema's time-honored capacity for ontological testament, and makes an equally compelling case for the camera's potency as an empathy machine: We see the setup of a stunt, we endure its execution, and we then either clutch our balls or puke in our mouths, depending on what the stunt entails. Cinema is reality, and their pain is ours.

Jackass isn't simply effective in the art of its performers, however, as there is a genius to the framing and editing of each segment as well. Many of the film's laughs are built in to its premises, and the crew smartly eschews over-explanation. We see a tee ball, we see the path this ball is on track to take, and we see Steve-O's nuts--as an intelligent and discerning audience, it is left to us to piece together the narrative before it unfolds, resulting in our increased engagement and a far greater potential for humor upon realization. And we then hang in that moment of anticipation, until the situation's potential energy is quickly and cathartically rendered kinetic.

Jackass 3D is notable as well for its use of stereoscopic 3D cinematography. In one scene, Johnny Knoxville fires a projectile toward the screen in slow motion to great effect: shallow depth of field slowly reveals this item to be a dildo, and 3D reveals the dildo to be humorously close to your face. Elsewhere, stereoscopy is employed in the service of some truly excellent model work; the scene's genuine beauty makes its ultimate subversion all the more effective.

Needless to say, Jackass 3D will not appeal to everyone. But as the film so effectively marries the ontology of outrageous stupidity to so many facets of cinematic expression, it's definitely worth seeing if you think you can stomach it. TK 10/17/10