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Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

  • TV Movie
  • 19921992
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
5K
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Robert Carradine in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
  • Comedy
The nerds have taken the college, but some jocks are not going to allow this anymore.The nerds have taken the college, but some jocks are not going to allow this anymore.The nerds have taken the college, but some jocks are not going to allow this anymore.
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Roland Mesa
  • Writers
    • Tim Metcalfe(characters)
    • Miguel Tejada-Flores(characters)
    • Steve Zacharias(characters)
  • Stars
    • Robert Carradine
    • Ted McGinley
    • Curtis Armstrong
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  • Director
    • Roland Mesa
  • Writers
    • Tim Metcalfe(characters)
    • Miguel Tejada-Flores(characters)
    • Steve Zacharias(characters)
  • Stars
    • Robert Carradine
    • Ted McGinley
    • Curtis Armstrong
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 30User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Robert Carradine, Donald Gibb, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, and Matt Salinger in Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
    Robert Carradine and Ted McGinley in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
    Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
    Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
    Robert Carradine, Gregg Binkley, Richard Israel, Laurel Moglen, and Julia Montgomery in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
    Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Gregg Binkley, Henry Cho, Grant Heslov, Richard Israel, Laurel Moglen, Julia Montgomery, John Pinette, and K.T. Vogt in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
    Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
    Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Gregg Binkley, Ted McGinley, and Julia Montgomery in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
    Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)

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    Robert Carradine
    Robert Carradine
    • Lewis 'Lew' Skolnick
    Ted McGinley
    Ted McGinley
    • Dean Stanley Gable
    Curtis Armstrong
    Curtis Armstrong
    • Dudley 'Booger' Dawson, Esq.
    Julia Montgomery
    Julia Montgomery
    • Betty Skolnick
    Gregg Binkley
    Gregg Binkley
    • Harold Skolnick
    Richard Israel
    Richard Israel
    • Ira Poppus
    Morton Downey Jr.
    Morton Downey Jr.
    • University President Orrin Price
    John Pinette
    John Pinette
    • Trevor Gulf
    Grant Heslov
    Grant Heslov
    • Mason
    Henry Cho
    Henry Cho
    • Steve Toyota
    Mark Clayman
    Mark Clayman
    • Bobo Peterson
    Chi McBride
    Chi McBride
    • Malcolm Pennington III
    • (as Chi)
    K.T. Vogt
    K.T. Vogt
    • Edith Krug
    Tim Conlon
    Tim Conlon
    • Adam Price
    Laurel Moglen
    • Judy
    Lawrence Wolf
    Lawrence Wolf
    • Judge
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • U.N. Jefferson
    James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    • Mr. Skolnick
    • (as Jamie Cromwell)
    • Director
      • Roland Mesa
    • Writers
      • Tim Metcalfe(characters)
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores(characters)
      • Steve Zacharias(characters)
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    • Trivia
      When it was revealed that Anthony Edwards wasn't going to be in the third movie because he was busy shooting "some medical show in Chicago", the response from the cast was, "They make one of those every year in Hollywood, why's he wasting his time?". The show that Edwards was busy making, of course, was ER (1994).
    • Goofs
      When the members of Lambda Lambda Lambda are watching Harold Skolnick remotely controlling the robot to mess with the Alpha Beta's pimple cream, Harold Skolnick narrates "We're here at the world renowned Tri-Lamb fraternity bathroom where we've secretly replaced their Pimple Clear with pimple inducing ingredients". He should have said they were at the Alpha Beta fraternity's bathroom. It was mentioned earlier in the film that the Tri-Lamb house and everything in it had been given to the Alpha Betas, however, so Alpha Betas using the Tri-Lamb bathroom is not an error.
    • Quotes

      [seeing Lewis get chummy with Stan Gable]

      Dudley 'Booger' Dawson, Esq.: You've become the worst kind of nerd. A self-hating one. I remember when you were the George Washington of nerds. Now, you're more like the Benedict Arnold!

    • Connections
      Features Studs (1991)

    User reviews30

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    Too mild, too unnecessary, and too predictable
    I don't know what compelling reason there was to make this movie in the first place. If it was trying to cash in on the success of the 1984 original (and the 1987 sequel, to a lesser extent), Fox would have put it in theatres. Then again, maybe that was the original idea. This wouldn't be the first film to simply go direct to TV and video when they studio decided not to waste time with a theatrical release.

    The movie itself just isn't very funny. It's a rehash of the events in the first movie, but doesn't have the raunchy edge of that film, nor does it have the peculiar but undeniable heart that actually gave the original some emotional punch. Comparing the scene at the pep rally there and the finale here in court is kind of comparing a small diamond to a big piece of broken glass.

    The new nerds also aren't very interesting, and Gregg Binkley tries hard but doesn't have the weird watchable quality that Robert Carradine does. If you'll look closely the credits list "Chi" in the cast; that's Chi McBride, playing Malcolm Pennington III, and giving almost no indication that he'd emerge as a terrific actor (and certainly none that he'd be the breakthrough star on BOSTON PUBLIC, playing Steven Harper).

    One thing that sort of caught my attention was the way the nerds here kept making implicit references to other minority groups. When Lewis refuses to help his cousin and other persecuted nerds, he's labeled "a self-hating nerd." Another character says they need "as many nerds in power as they can get." And when a character admits at the film's end that he's a secret nerd, he says "It feels great to come out of the closet!" The point seems to be that being a nerd is like being black, gay, Jewish, female, from another country, what have you. It's a strange point.

    The film has another actor play Gilbert near the end, as Anthony Edwards followed up on his very brief role in the 2nd movie by not appearing here at all. He didn't appear in part 4 either, and III came out a few years before he broke through on ER. Didn't like seeing someone else play his role, but it fit this misshapen, boring film.

    There is one great line here. When Lewis and wife Betty ask the local college DJ to broadcast in the name of nerd freedom, the DJ stands up and says, "There's no greater friend to the nerd, than the American DJ. If we weren't all nerds ourselves, we'd all be on television." It's such a good line that it overlooks that most college radio stations have so little listening range that the DJ might be the only person who gets the message.
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    • Sep 15, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 13, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Помста придурків 3: Наступне покоління
    • Filming locations
      • 357 S. Lorraine Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Zacharias-Buhai Productions
      • FNM Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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