When journalist April O'Neil discovers an ancient scepter with magical powers, the Turtles must cow-a-bunga their way back to 17th century Japan to rescue her from the evil clutches of Lord ... Read allWhen journalist April O'Neil discovers an ancient scepter with magical powers, the Turtles must cow-a-bunga their way back to 17th century Japan to rescue her from the evil clutches of Lord Norinaga.When journalist April O'Neil discovers an ancient scepter with magical powers, the Turtles must cow-a-bunga their way back to 17th century Japan to rescue her from the evil clutches of Lord Norinaga.
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Eidan Hanzei
- Kenshin
- (as Henry Hayashi)
Steve Akahoshi
- Honor Guard #2
- (as Steven Getson Akahoshi)
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- TriviaStarting in this film, All Effects Company took over and worked on the animatronic effects for the turtles and Splinter costumes. Jim Henson's Creature Shop was the company who worked on the mutant creatures in the previous two movies.
- GoofsThe women's kimonos are folded the wrong way. A kimono's right side is always folded underneath the left side.
- Alternate versionsGerman theatrical version was based on the cut British version. This version was also released on VHS. Only in 2003 the film was released uncut on DVD.
- SoundtracksTarzan Boy
Written by Naimy Hackett (as N. Hackett) and Maurizio Bassi (as M. Bassi)
Performed by Baltimora
Published by Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc. (BMI)
Courtesy of EMI Records / EMI Records Group North America
Trademark TARZAN® owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and used by permission.
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I don't mean to have a cow, dude, but this is totally the worst of the series.
The story of the turtles gets even more far-fetched in this inferior installment, with the turtles going back in time to 1603 Japan. The Jim Henson's Creature Shop obviously didn't provide for the turtles, which is a major blow to the overall production. There are a couple of pros that save the film from being a total disaster, including: the return of Casey Jones (Koteas), who's reprisal may make some fans feel that the second installment had a void with his omission; some fun parallels between 1603 Japan and the turtles' life in 1993 New York; wonderful set production for the Japan scenes; and well-developed new characters. While the omission of any references to the Foot Clan may heavily separate this film from the others in the series, it executes an entertaining and solid story. It's also nice to see the turtles and Splinter are still living in the abandoned underground train station from the second film, as well as Turco NOT suffering a recast of April O'Neal like Hoag did; which shows some attempt at continuity despite its major differences from the first two. However, the flaws are too great for its pros to overcome mediocre status. Right from the get-go the movie seems like a lost cause, with the opening credits being accompanied by a ridiculously, terribly unnecessary, spontaneous turtle-dance. Also, couldn't they have found a way to throw Chief Stern (Serra) in for some extra comedic-relief and continuity?
** (out of four)
** (out of four)
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- Also known as
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time
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- Budget
- $21,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $42,273,609
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,419,597
- Mar 21, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $42,273,609
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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