Pokémon 3: The Movie (2001)

Directors:

Michael Haigney
Kunihiko Yuyama

Writers:

Norman J. Grossfeld (writer)
Michael Haigney (writer)
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Release Date:

6 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

This Spring The Unknown Spells Adventure

Plot:

The Pokemon master Ash must rescue his mother from the encasement of a crystal tower.

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Father | Based On Video Game | Disappearance | Anime

Cast

Veronica Taylor	...	Ash Ketchum / Mrs. Delia Ketchum (voice: English version)
Rachael Lillis	...	Misty / Jessie / Goldeen (voice: English version)
Eric Stuart	...	Brock / James (voice: English version)
Madeleine Blaustein	...	Meowth (voice: English version) (as Maddie Blaustein)
Ikue Ootani	...	Pikachu (voice)
Amy Birnbaum	...	Molly Hale (voice: English version)
Dan Green	...	Prof. Spencer Hale / Entei (voice: English version)
Stan Hart	...	Prof. Samuel Oak (voice: English version)
Lisa Ortiz	...	Lisa (voice: English version)
Kathy Pilon	...	Reporter (voice: English version)
Peter R. Bird	...	Skyler (voice: English version)
Kayzie Rogers	...	Wobbuffet / Cyndaquil / Mr. Mime / Flaafy (voice: English version)
Ed Paul	...	Tracy, Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ken Gates	...	Narrator / Servant (voice: English version)
Tara Jayne	...	Bulbasaur / Vulpix / Teddiursa / Phanpy (voice: English version)
Lee Quick	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Roger Kay	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Onix
Satomi Koorogi	...	Togepi
Shinichirô Miki	...	Charizard / Staryu

Directed by
Michael Haigney
Kunihiko Yuyama

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Norman J. Grossfeld		writer
Michael Haigney		writer
Takeshi Shudo		writer

Produced by
Kathryn A. Borland	....	associate producer (as Kathy Borland)
Norman J. Grossfeld	....	producer
Alfred Kahn	....	executive producer
Takashi Kawaguchi	....	executive producer
Masakazu Kubo	....	executive producer
Yukako Matsusako	....	producer
Katia Milani	....	associate producer
Takemoto Mori	....	producer
Choji Yoshikawa	....	producer

Original Music by
Ralph Schuckett

Cinematography by
Hisao Shirai

Film Editing by
Toshio Henmi
Yutaka Ita

Art Direction by
Katsuyoshi Kanemura

Production Management
Tsunekazu Ishihara	....	production supervisor
Katia Milani	....	post-production supervisor
Gail Tilden	....	production supervisor
Larry Yuris	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Koji Aritomi	....	assistant director
Masamitsu Hidaka	....	assistant director
Kazuya Murata	....	assistant director
Norihiko Sudo	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Annie B. Cohen	....	apprentice sound editor
Richard King	....	sound editor
Masafumi Mima	....	sound

Animation Department
Won Bat	....	animator
Yoko Kasama	....	animator
Yôichi Kotabe	....	animation supervisor
Satoshi Ôta	....	character supervisor

Editorial Department
Cathy Rait	....	color timer
Erin Waters	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Benoit Grey	....	composer: additional music
Ashley Irwin	....	orchestrator
Milton Nelson	....	composer: additional music
Talley Sherwood	....	music scoring engineer
Robert Watson	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Satoshi Tajiri	....	creator: Pokémon

Production Companies

• 4 Kids Entertainment
• Kids' WB
• Nintendo
• Pikachu Project 2001
• Shoakuken
• TV Tokyo

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
• RTL Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL4)
• Sam-Myndbönd (2002) (Iceland) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Atlantic Records  soundtrack
• Betelgeuse Productions LLC  digital effects
• IMAGICA Corp. of America  laboratory services
• Jay Film Company  editing facilities
• Studio Track  layouts

Also Known As:

Pokémon the Movie 3: Lord of the Unknown Tower (USA) (working title)
Pokemon 3 (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G | Brazil:Livre

Company:

4 Kids Entertainment

Trivia:

Sean Connery turned down the role of the Professor, Molly's Father in the English dubbed version.

Quotes:

[Team Rocket comes across the Unown]
James: I haven't seen this many strange letters since the last time I placed a personal ad

Movie Connections:

Followed by Gekijô ban poketto monsutâ: Daiamondo pâru - Diaruga vs Parukia vs Dâkurai (2007)

Soundtrack:

To Know the Unknown

A vast improvement over the second pokemon movie, but still pales to the first....

The second pokemon movie was terrible, and when I saw this one I thought it would be equally as bad - I am happy to say it is not! It is a very short movie, but that it used to its advantage, as it jumps straight into the action, with a plot that it similar to that of a childrens fairytale. It is straightforward and cliched, but you would expect that from a pokemon movie, and this is lighthearted entertainment, sure to please.