3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)

Director:

Emile Ardolino

Writers (WGA):

Coline Serreau (screenplay)
Sara Parriott (story) ...
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Release Date:

21 November 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

Plot:

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Boarding School | Wedding | Restaurant | Guardian

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Tom Selleck	...	Peter Mitchell
Steve Guttenberg	...	Michael Kellam
Ted Danson	...	Jack Holden
Nancy Travis	...	Sylvia Bennington
Robin Weisman	...	Mary Bennington
Christopher Cazenove	...	Edward Hargreave
Sheila Hancock	...	Vera Bennington
Fiona Shaw	...	Miss Elspeth Lomax
John Boswall	...	Barrow, Edward's Butler
Jonathan Lynn	...	Vicar Hewitt
Sydney Walsh	...	Lauria
Lynne Marta	...	Morgan School Teacher
Everett Wong	...	Boy #1 at Morgan School
Edwina Moore	...	Dr. Robinson
Patricia Gaul	...	Mrs. Walker
Edith Fields	...	Mrs. Heard
Darcy Pulliam	...	Waitress
Rosalind Allen	...	Pretty Girl
Lucia Neal	...	Party Lady
Bryan Pringle	...	Old Englishman
Neil Hunt	...	Wilfred Blair
Ian Redford	...	English Farmer
Charles David Richards	...	Stagehand
Steven L. Vaughn	...	Usher
Melissa Hurley	...	Dancing Girl at Party
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patricia Holihan	...	Tourist (uncredited)

Directed by
Emile Ardolino

Writing credits (WGA)
Coline Serreau		(screenplay "Trois Hommes Et Un Couffin")
Sara Parriott		(story) &
Josann McGibbon		(story)
Charlie Peters		(screenplay)

Produced by
Robert W. Cort	....	producer
Ted Field	....	producer
Jean-François Lepetit	....	executive producer (as Jean Francois Lepetit)
Neil A. Machlis	....	co-producer (as Neil Machlis)

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Adam Greenberg		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael A. Stevenson

Casting by
Mary Selway
Ilene Starger

Production Design by
Stuart Wurtzel

Art Direction by
Alan Cassie

Set Decoration by
Ethel Robins Richards

Costume Design by
Louise Frogley

Makeup Department
Doug Drexler	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lucille Ouyang	....	second second assistant director
Michael Stevenson	....	assistant director: UK
Adam Somner	....	third assistant director: UK (uncredited)

Art Department
David B. Brenner	....	foreman
Stan Cockerell	....	assistant property master
Gerald DeTitta	....	leadman: New York
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack	....	paint foreman
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter
Tom Ivanjack	....	painter
Darryl Paterson	....	dressing props
Arthur Wicks	....	property master: UK
Brent W. Bell	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Charles J. Bond	....	sound
Richard Burton	....	sound editor
Todd Egan	....	assistant sound editor
John Leveque	....	supervising sound editor
Trillby Kim Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Kimberly Lowe Voigt)
Anthony Milch	....	sound editor
Shawn Sykora	....	foley editor
Richard E. Yawn	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Tony Parmelee	....	special effects

Stunts
Marc Boyle	....	stunts
Steve Dent	....	stunts
Sy Hollands	....	stunts
Tom Lupo	....	stunts (as Thomas L. Lupo)
John Nordlum	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Brock	....	gaffer
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Brock Denis	....	gaffer
Ken Fisher	....	assistant camera
Peter Hodgson	....	video assist operator: UK crew
Nils Johnson	....	key video assist: New York
Paul Kenward	....	focus puller
Martin Kenzie	....	first assistant camera
Moshe Levin	....	camera operator
Clive Mackey	....	clapper loader
Andrew D. Schwartz	....	still photographer: New York

Casting Department
Matthew W. Davis	....	casting assistant
Jimmy Jue	....	extras casting
Hillary Missan	....	casting assistant
Anna Liza Recto	....	casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Haleen K. Holt	....	costume illustrator
Mary Law Weir	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Carlyn Montes De Oca	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Jim Weidman	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Mark Davies	....	driver: Neil Machlis
Randy Peters	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Betty Chin	....	assistant production coordinator
Devron Conrad	....	stand-in: Mr. Christopher Cozenove
David W. Dale	....	production assistant
George Herthel	....	location manager
Sam Hutchins	....	parking coordinator
David Lanphier Jr.	....	key office production assistant
Rosemary Lombard	....	production office coordinator: New York
Robert Peters	....	assistant: T. Danson
Spooky Stevens	....	unit publicist
Richard Styles	....	production assistant: UK Crew
Tim Sullivan	....	production assistant
Ian Abercrombie	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Jack E. Herman	....	extras set coordinator (uncredited)
Greg Knapp	....	set medic (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Interscope Communications
• Silver Screen Partners IV
• Touchstone Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1994) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Abril Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• Micheal Samuelson Lighting  lighting equipment
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Walt Disney Pictures and Television  for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom this picture was created by (as Walt Disney Pictures)

Also Known As:

Three Men and a Little Lady (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG (Certificate #30787) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

Cameo: [Jonathan Lynn]as Vicar Hewitt.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the wedding cocktail party, Tom Selleck removes a large wad of caviar from the school principal's nose and noticeably deposits the wad on her canapé dish. The large wad of food on her plate alternately appears and disappears as they talk.

Quotes:

Jack Holden: You love Sylvia and she loves you.
Peter Mitchell: She loves me?
Jack Holden: Yes!
Peter Mitchell: Then why is she marrying Edward?
Jack Holden: Because you never asked her.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Spin City: Three Men and a Little Lady (#3.6)" (1998)

Soundtrack:

LENTO

Repeat after me; Sequels are rarely good.

With the exception of The Godfather (which failed us the third time round) what sequels have EVER been any good? Very few if any. This is no exception. A watered down version of the first one, made to keep the franchise going I'd guess, this is just okay. Probably best seen with the first one, right after it. The English cliches are a bit thick, but all the performers are amiable. Why didn't they just make this into a television series?