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Filming Locations:
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Acton, California, USA
Bronson Caverns,
Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California,
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Vasquez Rocks County Park, Agua Dulce, California,
USA
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Tech Info:
- Camera: Clairmont Cameras
- Budget: $30,000,000 (USA)
- Color Info: Color - DeLuxe
- Cinematographic Process: Spherical
- Laboratory: DeLuxe
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
- Film Negative Format: 35 mm
- Printed Film Format: 35 mm
- Production Dates: 1991
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Plot Summary:
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In the third film of "The Evil Dead" series, our gun-totting,
chainsaw-handed hero, Ash (Bruce
Campbell), has been transported to England in the 13th century
where he has been prophesized as the one who will find the
Necronomicon, the Book of the Dead, and deliver the people from the
terrors of the Deadites, who quest for the book, too. But he is
mistaken as a spy from a rival kingdom and forced to fight two
Deadites before the people find out what he is here for. He also falls
for a woman named Sheila (Embeth
Davidtz) before he searches for the book. But after finding it, he
says the wrong words that will allow the wisemen to use the book to
send him back and stop the Deadites and accidentally awakens the Army
of the Dead, led by his clone, Evil Ash. Now, Ash must use his 20th
century wits and skills to beat Evil Ash and his army of
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Trivia:
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- The magic words Ash must use to claim the Book of the Dead are
"Klaatu, Barada, Nikto", the same words used to command the robot Gort
in THE
DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL.
- Director Sam
Raimi shot two different endings. One ending has Ash battling
a she-demon in a department store in the present. The alternative
ending has Ash imbibing a secret potion that would make him sleep one
century for each drop of the potion he drinks. He then goes to a cave
to sleep. However, he drank one drop too many and wakes up to find a
barren post-apocalyptic landscape. The final shot is Ash screaming in
rage at a red sky. The Great Britain video version shows the "potion"
ending, and the version shown in U.S. theaters showed the "she-demon"
ending.
- Cameo by Bridget
Fonda as Linda
- Ted
Raimi plays the S-Mart store clerk at the end of the
movie.
- In accordance with his usual style, the skeletons do a classic
Three Stooges routine.
- As various missiles such as catapult loads and arrows fly through
the air, we see their targets from the missile's viewpoint, a type of
shot that director Sam
Raimi uses quite a bit.
- That beat-up Olds that goes through time with Ash belongs to
director Sam
Raimi. He included it in most of his early movies, each time
more banged up than the last. The items in the trunk of the Olds are
not product placements; they're what Sam
Raimi actually had in his trunk.
- An issue of the magazine "Fangoria" can be seen in the car's
trunk.
- Movie was originally given a NC-17 rating.
- All European editions of the movie have the original ending (Ash
oversleeping and waking up in a destroyed world.) The US "supermarket
battle" ending used to be virtually unknown in Europe for a long
time.
- When Ash calls Wiseman Joe "spinach chin," it is a reference to
the 1949 Three Stooges short "Malice in the Palace." In it, Moe calls
a man with a long beard "spinach chin."
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Quotes:
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- Ash: It's a trick. Get an axe.
- Sheila: I may be bad... but I feel gooood.
- Ash: Shop smart, shop S-mart!
- Ash: See this? This is my boom stick! The
12-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can
find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet
baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about $109.95.
It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's
right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?
- Duke Henry: You're not one of my vassals... who are
you?
Ash: Who wants to know?
Duke Henry: I am
Henry the Red. Duke of Shale, Lord of the Northlands and leader of its
peoples.
Ash: Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got
news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things: Jack and s**t...
and Jack just left town.
- [Sheila wants to apologize to
Ash]
Ash: First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss
me. Blow.
- Sheila: But what of all those sweet words you spoke in
private?
Ash: Oh that's just what we call pillow talk, baby,
that's all.
- Ash: Yo, she-bitch! Let's go!
- [Upon getting the powered glove in place
of his right hand]
Ash: Groovy.
- Ash: Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect
wouldn't understand things with alloys and compositions and things
with ... molecular structures.
- Ash: Gimme some sugar, baby.
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Alternate Versions:
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- US and UK versions feature different endings. The first ending has
Ash battling a she-demon in a department store in the present. The
alternative ending has Ash imbibing a secret potion that would make
him sleep one century for each drop of the potion he drinks. He then
goes to a cave to sleep. However, he drank one drop too many and wakes
up to find a barren post-apocalyptic landscape. The final shot is Ash
screaming in rage at a red sky. The Great Britain video version shows
the ``potion'' ending, and the version shown in US theatres showed the
``she-demon'' ending.
- In Australia and Japan is available a Special Edition on video
which contains many alternate scenes, including the following:
- A cheesy shot is included in the pit: Ash decapitates the female
deadite and a previously deleted shot of black blood splashes on the
wall.
- Ash and Shiela make love (tastefully--you can't see anything) in
front of the fire on a bearskin rug. Then there is another shot upon
the tower: as Ash looks out over the field, Shiela comes up to see
him, and places the cloak on his back, they then kiss. The cue "Give
me some sugar" is identical to the one on the soundtrack album.
- Lengthened scene as Ash enters the windmill.
- Re-edited, shortened Little Ash torture sequence, missing most
of the music.
- Extended conversation between Ash and Badash:
Ash: What are you? Are you me?
Badash: What are goo? Are
goo me? You sound like a jerk!
Ash: What is this?
Badash:
Oh, you wanna know? 'Cause the answer's easy: I'm Badash and
you're Goodash.
- Instead of "Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun," Ash says "I
ain't that good".
- Ash's return to the castle is scored with "The Forest of the
Dead" in the regular cut; here it is unscored.
- Scene featuring back and forth camera movement as Arthur's men
argue about staying at the castle and extended Ash speech.
- Ash encourages the troops on the stairs to the parapet: "I know
you're scared; we're all scared, but we can fight back...with
technology." Extended "Building the Deathcoaster" montage that
includes the complete music cue.
- Evilash asks his scout for a looking glass, attempts to fix his
hair, then, frustrated, tosses it back in the scouts face.
- Ash runs up a spiral staircase which is open on the back wall
before viewing the army's approach on the tower. This effect was
achieved through camera movement rather than cutting, as in the
regular print.
- Henry the Red's army has a different fanfare, based on the
deleted theme from "The Deathcoaster," as it appears on the
album.
- The alternate ending is included as a bonus after the end
credits.
- A version that was exactly like the Australia/Japan version was
shown in Finland, but only with the she-demon ending.
- An alternate version includes a scene where Ash sings "London
bridge is falling down" while stomping on his small doppelgangers in
the windmill.
- A Limited Edition 2-DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment was released
in October 1999 which includes the U.S. Theatrical Cut, and Sam
Raimi's Original Director's Cut with 15 minutes of extra footage
including 10 more minutes of the final battle scene against the
deadites, extra & alternate dialogue sequences, the original
'Post-Apocalyptic' ending, and other bits of footage only seen on the
U.S. T.V. cuts of the film. It also includes a special audio
commentary by Director/Co-Writer Sam
Raimi, star Bruce
Campbell, and Co-Writer Ivan
Raimi, original theatrical trailer, 'The Men Behind the Army'
behind-the-scenes featurette narrated by Bruce
Campbell himself, 4 deleted scenes not even shown in the
Director's Cut (with & without audio commentary), Director's
Storyboards & Conceptual Drawings, and the usual talent
bios.
- Almost all deleted scenes are added into television versions of
the movie, excluding some scenes in the final battle (Bad Ash checking
his hair as Bad Sheila picks her nails with a dagger, Arthur's
repeated cries of "We are deserted!", and the death of Ted
Raimi). This includes two excellent scenes cut from every version
of the movie. At the beginning, as Arthur yells "To the pit!" the
little bald guy with the whip (Gold Tooth) says "To the pit with the
blackguard!" and charges Ash on his horse. Ash knocks him off the
horse with his shotgun and is sucker-punched by Arthur, which Ash
doesn't like, and knocks Arthur down. Arthur is shocked, but recovers
to slap Ash's face lightly and order his men to "Secure the prisoner."
They do. Another scene explains the mirror thing a little better, as
Ash leaves the windmill to walk through an ominous forest,
accidentally knocking into his horse. Saying "You big piece of
hamburger, c'mere," he ties the horse down until seeing a duplicate of
himself in the windmill's doorway, which then slams shut. He runs back
into the windmill and smashes headfirst into a mirror. These scenes
are included in VERY rough scratched-up form in the "director's cut"
DVD/VHS, along with another scene in which Ash is captured by Henry's
men, including Rob
Tapert. Henry stops them from killing Ash and laughs, calling Ash
"Mr. Fancypants." Ash convinces Henry to fight with him, saying "You
owe me." There is also an alternate opening on the DVD which is much
more horror-like, omitting the S-Mart material and including more
"Evil Dead 2"-style footage. This matches with the "end of the world"
ending, as Ash appears to have a beard (only his eyes are shown to
avoid giving this away too much).
- The cable TV version, though extended, cuts out the decapitation
of pit Deadite, the skeletons' "We've got plans for you, girly-girl!"
female slaves, and all profanity, including (sometimes) Ash's name.
"Assholes" becomes "apeheads," and "bastards" becomes
"buzzards."
- The Australian/Japanese special edition is identical to the UK
video version.
- A short 2 second shot is cut from all versions, including all
DVDs; shown only on the Japanese "Captain Supermarket" Laserdisc:
After Sheila is first captured and presented to Evil Ash, He rips
Sheila's dress down to her waist. Explaining the next shot of looking
her up and down. The following shot of the nude slave girls is also
much clearer.
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Film Gaffs:
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- CONT: After the witch falls to the ground, Arthur kneels
and reaches toward it. His hand is just about to touch its shoulder.
When the shot changes, Arthur's hand is further away.
- CONT: Ash is momentarily dry after falling in the puddle
before entering the windmill (the result of a cut scene).
- CONT: Ash's hair when talking to Lord Arthur about
returning to his own time.
- CONT: Both armies come together twice to congratulate each
other.
- CONT: During the flashback, Ash pins his arm to the ground
with his knee while cutting his hand off with a chainsaw. In EVIL
DEAD II, he stabs his hand with a knife before using the
chainsaw.
- CONT: Length of Ash's hair as he searches the forest for
the book.
- CONT: The sun is rising when the reinforcements arrive, but
soon after it is dark again (caused by re-editing the sequence, which
was originally written differently).
- CONT: When Ash sleeps for centuries in the end, his hair
and beard grow, but his fingernails don't.
- CREW: As Ash is being chased though the forest you can see
the tip of the shoe of the cameraman as he runs with the
Steadicam.
- CREW: Crew member visible behind grating in the pit
sequence.
- CREW: During the final battle a man in a T-shirt and modern
shoes charges in with Henry's army. (This has been identified as
director Sam
Raimi.)
- CREW: In the beginning of the movie when Ash is being
sucked into the portal, the cable that he is suspended from while
spinning is clearly visible.
- DATE: The pneumatics and engineering expertise needed to
make his mechanical hand were not available then. A blacksmith's tools
would have been too clumsy and large.
- FAKE: When Ash's car falls out of the sky, you can see the
chains they used to suspend the car from a crane.
- FAKE: When the book of the dead is attacking Ash in the
Graveyard scene, you can see that it is a 3-ring binder. Look for it
when the book is attacking his neck, not while
flying.
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Credits Fun:
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- Opening credits state Bruce Campbell "vs." Army of Darkness
instead of "in".
- Ash can be heard laughing over the beginning of the credits in the
original ending.
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DVD Easter Eggs: (Hidden
So You Don't See Anything You Don't Want To See)
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Edition: Anchor
Bay - Directors Cut
Region: 1
Description: Hidden
Storyboards
To turn the story boards on while the movie is
playing, turn the directors commentary on in the options menu and
while the movie is playing turn subtitles on and the storyboards will
appear in the bottom right corner.
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