That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Name: That's Entertainment! III
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1994-07-01
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly

That's Entertainment! III (1994), directed by Bud Friedgen, starring June Allyson and Cyd Charisse.

07/01/1994 BR Documentary and Music 1h 53m

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Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

Bud FriedgenDirector, Writer
Michael J. SheridanDirector, Writer

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About the film

That's Entertainment! III is a 1994 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate the studio's 70th anniversary. Unlike the prior retrospectives That's Entertainment! (1974) and That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), the third installment "focuses on outtakes, unfinished numbers and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the old musicals."

Hosts for the film were Gene Kelly (in his last film appearance), June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, and Esther Williams, making her first appearance in a theatrical film in more than 30 years. That's Entertainment! III had a limited theatrical release in 1994. According to film historian Robert Osborne, writing for The Hollywood Reporter at the time, the film did "pleasant business" at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre.

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Reception

Writing in The New York Times, film critic Caryn James called the film "a lively and funny compilation of curiosities suggesting what might have been." James wrote that the "one real problem" with the film was that many of the clips were very short. "Because these excerpts are so much weaker than the glorious musical numbers, excerpted at greater length in the first "That's Entertainment!," it makes some sense to cut them drastically. But over the course of a two-hour film, the effect is jarring, like stop-and-go driving in heavy traffic."

Critic Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars. He praised its focus on musical numbers that did not appear on screen due to any number of factors, including "commerce, taste, race, sex and running time." He called it "a genuinely fascinating film, one that may tell more about MGM musicals, and aspects of American society, than a film devoted to still more highlights from musical numbers that did make their way into films."

Home media

All three films were released to DVD on October 12, 2004. The box set collection of the films included a bonus DVD that included additional musical numbers that had been cut from MGM films as well as the first release of the complete performance of "Mr. Monotony" by Judy Garland (the version used in That's Entertainment! III is truncated). The home video version of That's Entertainment! III also contains several musical numbers not seen in the theatrical release. The film was later remastered for high-definition release on Blu-ray and HD DVD on December 18, 2007.

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That's Entertainment! III at IMDb

That's Entertainment! III at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Text from That's Entertainment! III on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_Entertainment!_III

Trivia

It cost US$ 2.5 million and grossed US$ 280.163 in theaters — 0.1 times its budget.
It premiered on July 1, 1994, a Friday.
It runs 1h53 — a typical feature length.
It is film 3 of 3 in the Era uma vez em Hollywood franchise.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosTurner Entertainment Co., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
BudgetUS$ 2,500,000
Box officeUS$ 280,163
StatusReleased

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Michael J. Sheridan Director
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What is That's Entertainment! III about?

That's Entertainment! III: Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

Who directed That's Entertainment! III?

That's Entertainment! III was directed by Bud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan in 1994.

Who stars in That's Entertainment! III?

The cast of That's Entertainment! III includes June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel and Gene Kelly.

How long is That's Entertainment! III?

That's Entertainment! III runs for 113 minutes, or 1h53.

How much did That's Entertainment! III cost and how much did it make?

That's Entertainment! III had a budget of US$ 2,500,000 and took US$ 280,163 at the box office.

What is the correct order of the Era uma vez em Hollywood films?

The Era uma vez em Hollywood franchise has 3 films in the catalogue. In release order: Era uma Vez em Hollywood; Era Uma Vez em Hollywood, parte II; Era uma Vez em Hollywood III.