D3: The Mighty Ducks
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| D3: The Mighty Ducks | |
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 D3: The Mighty Ducks DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Robert Lieberman |
| Produced by | Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner |
| Written by | Steven Brill Jim Burnstein Kenneth Johnson |
| Starring | Emilio Estevez Joshua Jackson Jeffrey Nordling |
| Music by | J.A.C. Redford |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 4, 1996 |
| Running time | 104 min. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | D2: The Mighty Ducks |
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D3: The Mighty Ducks is the third and final film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the second theatrical sequel to The Mighty Ducks, and first to D2: The Mighty Ducks. produced by Avnet-Kerner Productions and Walt Disney Pictures, distributed by Buena Vista Distribution, and originally released to movie theatres by October 4, 1996.
[edit] Plot Synopses
The movie shifts focus from Bombay to his protége, Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson). Charlie and his teammates are awarded scholarships to Eden Hall Academy (a fictitious name from crossing Southwestern suburb Eden Prairie, Cretin-Derham Hall, and the numerous "Academies" in the area), a prestigious Minnesota prep school that Bombay attended. Their arrival is met with hostility from the varsity team (mainly consisting of players who are members of rich families, whose younger siblings were not accepted to the academy to make room for the Ducks), as well as Bombay's hand-picked successor, coach Ted Orion (Jeffrey Nordling), who emphasises defensive two-way hockey, does not allow the team to do their pregame "Quack" chant, and does not officially name Charlie as team captain. Not wanting to be on a team led by Orion, who he believes to be a washed-up former professional player, Charlie leaves the team, but rejoins as he learns the truth about Orion from Bombay: Orion was once a player for the Minnesota North Stars, but stayed in Minnesota when the North Stars moved to Dallas in order to take care of his paraplegic daughter. Charlie and Orion quickly bond and, with Bombay's help, stop an attempt by the varsity team's captain's father to remove the Ducks from Eden Hall, just in time for the JV-Varsity Showdown, and thanks in large part to the work of Charlie, and the arrival of Fulton's Bash Brother Dean Portman, who had not come to Eden Hall with the rest of the Ducks, the Ducks win on a shorthanded goal in the dying seconds of the game from unlikely goal scorer Greg Goldberg (who had converted from goalie to defenseman). Following the victory, the nickname of the Eden Hall athletic teams is changed from Warriors to Mighty Ducks, the result of a petition that was started by Charlie's new girlfriend and helped by Bombay's influence.
[edit] Trivia
- Although Emilio Estevez gets top billing for the film, he is only featured in a couple scenes.
- At one point in the movie, Charlie says "they named a pro team after us", referring to then-Walt Disney Company owned NHL team, the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, who were named after the movie.
- Many actors from past Mighty Ducks movies acted in different roles in D3 such as, the captain of the Iceland team from D2: The Mighty Ducks is the goalie for the varisty team in D3.
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