Gordon Bombay, a hotshot lawyer, is haunted by memories of his childhood, when, as the star player in his champion hockey team, he lost the winning goal in a shootout, thereby losing the game, and the approval of his coach. After being charged for drunk driving, the court orders him to coach a peewee hockey team, the worst in the league, Gordon is at first very reluctant. However, he eventually gains the respect of the kids and teaches them how to win, gaining a sponsor on the way and giving the team the name of The Ducks. In the finals, they face Gordon's old team, coached by Gordon's old coach, giving Gordon a chance to face old ghosts.Written by
Liz Jordan <c9310494@alinga.newcastle.edu.au>
Jane Plank did not really know how to figure skate; Katie Wahlquist was the figure skating stunt double for Tammy Duncan. See more »
Goofs
When Gordon Bombay is arrested for DWI in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the police officer states that he will be giving him the choice between "breath, blood or urine". While that is the law and practice in the City of Hollywood and the rest of California, it is not the law in Minnesota, where police offer only breath or a choice of "blood or urine". Despite a law to the contrary, many police in Minnesota offer only blood or only urine and the courts have not disapproved. See more »
Quotes
Guy Germaine:
Look at this!
[shows Bombay Karp's dented helmet]
Les Averman:
[as Rob Schneider]
The Karpster used his head to stop the puck, Mr. Karpelandi!
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Crazy Credits
In the closing Credits, Joshua Jackson's character 'Charlie Conway' is misspelled and listed as "Charlie Conroy" See more »
Alternate Versions
Two versions of the movie's soundtrack exist (along with two representations of the music list in the credits, usually paired correctly but not always). In one version, when Charlie wins the game with his penalty shot, Queen's "We Are the Champions plays for about 70 seconds, then as the bus drives away and the end credits begin, Queen's "We Will Rock You" starts, followed by "We Are the Champions". In another version, the musical score continues uninterrupted throughout the victory scene, and the end credits have "Winning It All" by The Outfield and then "We Will Rock You". (One version of the song list has Rock and Champions, and the other has Rock and Winning.) The US DVD has the Champions versions on its English, French, and Spanish dubs, although the French credits list Winning. The US Blu-ray has the Winning It All version in both its English soundtrack and credits list. One possibility is that Champions was always intended, but the rights couldn't be set up in time for the theatrical release and were arranged by the home video releases (then in an earnest effort to be faithful to the original release the Blu-ray lost it again). See more »
I first saw the 3rd film a while ago. When I saw the first one! All the kids were small and weedy, and spoke like they had helium tanks up their backsides! But the movie on the whole was a good one, but some bits did make me cringe. One particularly funny bit was when Terry/Jesse Hall,(don't know which) stood up to Bombay (thinking he was a drug dealer) and was telling him that it was "his dominion", a "drug free zone,you understand?! They aren't buying nuthin'! Anybody that didn't laugh at that has a problem.And Bombay's attempts to act cool, by using "dude" and "bro", were a bit sad. The mighty ducks gets my 7/10, because of some of it's really childish language and quotes.
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I first saw the 3rd film a while ago. When I saw the first one! All the kids were small and weedy, and spoke like they had helium tanks up their backsides! But the movie on the whole was a good one, but some bits did make me cringe. One particularly funny bit was when Terry/Jesse Hall,(don't know which) stood up to Bombay (thinking he was a drug dealer) and was telling him that it was "his dominion", a "drug free zone,you understand?! They aren't buying nuthin'! Anybody that didn't laugh at that has a problem.And Bombay's attempts to act cool, by using "dude" and "bro", were a bit sad. The mighty ducks gets my 7/10, because of some of it's really childish language and quotes.