Scary Movie 3

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Scary Movie 3

Theatrical Poster of Scary Movie 3.
Directed by David Zucker
Produced by Robert K. Weiss
David Zucker
Written by Craig Mazin (script)
Pat Proft (script)
Shawn Wayans (characters)
Marlon Wayans(characters)
Buddy Johnson (characters)
Phil Beauman (characters)
Jason Friedberg (characters)
Aaron Seltzer (characters)
Starring Anna Faris
Charlie Sheen
Simon Rex
Leslie Nielsen
Music by James Venable
Distributed by Dimension Films
Release date(s) October 24, 2003
Running time 84 min.
Language English
Budget $45 million
Preceded by Scary Movie
Scary Movie 2
Followed by Scary Movie 4
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Scary Movie 3 (2003) is an American comedy film directed by David Zucker and is a sequel to Scary Movie (2000) and Scary Movie 2 (2001); it was followed by Scary Movie 4 in 2006.

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[edit] Plot

The lead character from the previous two movies, Cindy Campbell (Anna Faris), is currently a television newswoman who begins investigating the deaths surrounding a mysterious videotape and its connection to crop circles appearing on the farm of Tom Logan (Charlie Sheen). The connection eventually leads Campbell to work with the President of the United States (Leslie Nielsen) to stop an alien invasion of Earth.

[edit] Parodies

The plot of the film intertwines parodies of several other films such as:

[edit] Characters

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
  • Cindy Campbell - Cindy (Anna Faris) is now a newswoman, working for The Morning News. Now looking after her deceased sister's orphaned child (Cody), she is determined to find out the connection between crop circles, aliens and a killer video tape. Her quest is foiled by her boss - the show won't allow the news to get out due to the fact that the only news that should be reported has to do with sex, violence and the weather.
  • Tom Logan - Tom (Charlie Sheen) is an ex-minister, a widower who lost his wife (played by Denise Richards) in a horrific car accident which is explained later on the film. He, like Mel Gibson's character in the horror film Signs, wakes up to find mysterious patterns in his field (except in this movie it's a rectangle formed by knocked down crops, with some parts of the field left standing to reveal the huge words 'ATTACK HERE' and an arrow pointing to exactly where Tom, George and Tom's daughter are standing to examine the work). A seemingly caring and wise man, he loves his family although he doesn't seem to approve of his brother's intended occupation (a rapper).
  • George Logan - George (Simon Rex) is Tom's younger brother and an aspiring rapper. A friend of rap club owner Mahalik, he is clumsy, lacks common sense, and is known for unintentionally causing trouble and subsequently getting thrown out of places (he accidentally wore a Klan-like hood in the middle of a rap battle and ruined a funeral when he thought that the cadaver was still alive). George also seems to have some feelings for Cindy and the status of their relationship is a recurring theme in the film. Cody looks up to him as a father figure.
  • Brenda Meeks - Brenda (Regina Hall) is Cindy's aggressive, loud-mouthed best friend who is now an elementary schoolteacher. She is one of the first people to have watched the video tape and dies fairly early in the film (much like in the original movie). After her death, Cindy begins to investigate the mystery of the tape.
  • Cody - Cody (Drew Mikuska) is an orphan who has visions of the mysterious force that is at the heart of the killer videocassette. Cody has an amazing ability to end up in a difficult situation and get out of it (in the film, he's hit by a car twice, is blown out of a window, is hit on the head with a shovel, a basketball, and with a baseball bat). He is another one of the people who watches the video tape. His visions also seem to give him the ability to see into the future. In the deleted scenes, Cindy was actually imagining Cody as explained.
  • Mahalik and CJ - Mahalik (Anthony Anderson) and CJ (Kevin Hart) are the owners of a local rap club. Mahalik is large in appearance while CJ is short and lanky. They are both good friends with George and frequently remind him that "the hood has always got your back." Early on, it is implied that Mahalik may have homoerotic feelings for George but this plot device is gradually decreased as the film progresses (It is later explored again in Scary Movie 4). Mahalik and CJ are also known to argue with each other, often about random, trivial matters such as the differences between rats and mice (see below).

[edit] Cast

In one memorable scene many rappers appeared and a gunfight ensued between them. They were played by:

[edit] Trivia

  • The President (Leslie Nielsen) repeats a line from Airplane!, "Just wanted to wish you both good luck...we're all counting on you." That film was co-directed by David Zucker.
  • The first Scary Movie to be rated PG-13. The recurring gags from the previous films are ditched, except the car crash. Although, the scene where Charlie Sheen closes his dying wife's eyes is similar to a deleted scene from Scary Movie 2.
  • This is the first movie in the series without the Wayans brothers. Keenen Ivory Wayans said Scary Movie 2 was the last Scary Movie film. However, this later proved to be incorrect, with the release of this film, Scary Movie 4, and the upcoming Scary Movie 5.
  • The DVD edition includes a director's audio commentary, several deleted scenes and alternative endings (with optional commentary). A "3.5" special DVD was also released, but contained the same material as the original DVD with an unrated version of the film that is largely identical with more scenes.
  • In the starting scene the video that Jenny McCarthy mentions about the couple doing it on the boat and then in the car and etc. is the Pamela Anderson honeymoon video with Tommy Lee.
  • The film is believed to be the only mainstream release film that features three Playboy centrefolds: Pamela Anderson, Jenny McCarthy and Denise Richards.
  • Michael Jackson planned to sue the makers of the movie for defamation, after he thought the movie portrayed him as a child molester (though the character is called "MJ" and only seems interested in sleeping with Charlie Sheen). When he was unable to do so - as parodying someone's image is protected under the First Amendment - the film-makers inserted a more explicit reference in Scary Movie 4, and specifically credited the character as "Michael Jackson."
  • Simon Rex had previously been featured in Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, a film released around the time of the first Scary Movie that had similar horror film parodies.
  • When Charlie Sheen dangles "Michael Jackson" from the window, he asks, "How do you like it?", referring to an infamous, controversy-stirring photograph of Jackson dangling his newborn son over a balcony.
  • Scary Movie 3 quotes and snippets where featured in the DJ Cryalie track "I Do It For You".
  • The film's release poster and DVD cover state that "great trilogies come in threes". However, since a fourth film has been made in the series, the producers are admitting by their own logic that their "trilogy" is not great.
  • The bus that picks up George while he's talking to his father about his rapping says "Da Hood" on it.

[edit] Box office

  • Gross Worldwide Takings: $220,673,217
    • US Gross Domestic Takings: $ 110,003,217
    • International Takings (outside the US): $110,670,000

[edit] DVD

On DVD there was the original DVD and an Extended DVD named Scary Movie 3.5. One of the scenes that appeared on this disk and didn't get into the real film was a conversation between two women in the bedroom watching the TV. The scene didn't get in because one woman mentions a "shaved pussy", before picking up a furless kitten.

[edit] Quotes

  • (Tabitha, spoofing Samara appears on the TV screen, water pours onto the floor)
    Brenda: Cindy! The TV's leaking!
    (Tabitha comes out of Brenda's TV, and pours water out of her ear)
    Brenda: Cindy! This bitch is messin' up my floor!
  • CJ: Shit, my aunt Shaneequa used to live over there! But that bitch got evicted though.
    Mahalik: For what?
    CJ: Mice.
    Mahalik: I thought she had rats?
    CJ: No, rats are outside, mice are inside.
    Mahalik: But what if a mouse goes outside? Does it become a rat? And if a rat is in the house, is it a mouse?
    CJ: I ain't seen no mouse outside. That's what I'm sayin'.
    Mahalik: That's because it's a rat, fool!
    CJ: Damn! You mighta just made fact. That's some real shit right there!
  • George: (rapping) I'm a white boy but my neck is red. I put Miracle Whip on my Wonder Bread. My face is pale and I never been in jail. Me and Buffy spend every winter in Vail. How many bitches have I slapped: zero! And Martha Stewart happens to be my hero. I grew up on the farm and I was born with no rhythm. Dr. Phil's my uncle and I like to hang with him. I can't dance, I wear khaki pants, my middle name's Lance, my grandma's from France. So what if I'm wack 'cause my skin ain't black, but you can't talk smack 'cause whitey just struck back.
  • Mahalik: This morning, he woke up dead!
    CJ: How in the hell do you wake up dead?
    Mahalik: 'Cause you're alive when you go to sleep.
    CJ: You're telling me you can go to bed dead and wake up alive?
    Mahalik: You can't go to bed dead! That would be redundant.
    CJ: No, it wouldn't. 'Cause you can go to bed and not be dead, and you can die but not be in a bed.
    Mahalik: But you are in a bed, man. That's how you wake up dead in the first place foo'!
    CJ: Damn! That's some quantum stuff right there, man!
  • Cindy: I want more than just good sex.
    Brenda: Yeah. I know you want commitment.
    Cindy No I want great sex.
    Brenda: That's what I am talking about. You want a guy who goes like WHAM WHAM WHAM.
    (a little preschooler starts staring at Brenda)
    Brenda: Did I say stop drawing?
  • Cindy: Oh, Cody! Are you having one of your visions?
    Cody: I see a little girl. With black hair. She wants to kill you. Your period starts in three...two...one...
    Cindy: Oww... Cody, what else can you see?
    Cody: I see a little boy and a grown woman, but no father...
    Cindy: Oh, Cody...
    Cody: I see you kneeling in dog shit...
  • Ross Giggins (reading teleprompter copy that is being typed by the janitor): I been cleanin' after this dumb-ass cracker Giggins for ten years, but I been hittin' it with his woman for twelve. Know what I'm sayin', nigga? She likes her some chocolate. Sharpton for President y'all. I'm outie. Peace.
  • Tom: Sue.
Under the blanket: I can't sleep.
Tom: Well, it's way past your bedtime.
Under the blanket: Wouldn't you want me to sleep in your big strong arms? There's plenty of them under the covers, it's a hot night we don't need to wear pajamas.
Tom: Where's my daughter?
Under the blanket: Are you mad? I am your daughter!
Tom: No, you're not! (Pulls the blanket away, revealing Michael Jackson)
Michael Jackson: AHHHHH!
Tom: Ahhhh! Come here! What did you do with Sue?
Michael Jackson: I didn't touch her! I swear!
Tom: I don't believe you.
Michael Jackson: Please, for God's sake, she's a girl!

(Both start fighting, Sue comes in the room, Tom drops "Michael Jackson" down the window tearing his nose off, he goes to his backyard and sees that "Michael Jackson" was really an alien in disguise.)

[edit] External link


The Scary Movie series
Scary Movie | Scary Movie 2 | Scary Movie 3 | Scary Movie 4
Key people
Anna Faris | Regina Hall | David Zucker | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Marlon Wayans | Shawn Wayans
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