Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Simon Wincer
Produced by	Paul Hogan Perry Katz
Written by	Matthew Berry Eric Abrams Paul Hogan
Starring	Paul Hogan Linda Kozlowski Jere Burns Jonathan Banks
Music by	Basil Poledouris
Cinematography	David Burr Ted Chu
Editing by	Tyler Hartford
Studio	Silver Lion Films Vision View Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (USA) Universal Studios (select international countries)
Release date(s)	Australia April 12, 2001 United States April 18, 2001
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States Australia
Language	English
Budget	$21.15 million[1]
Box office	$39,438,674[2]

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (also known as Crocodile Dundee 3) is a 2001 Australian-American comedy film, directed by Simon Wincer and starring Paul Hogan. It is the sequel to the 1988 film Crocodile Dundee II, which itself was the sequel to 1986's Crocodile Dundee and the third and final film of the trilogy. Hogan and Linda Kozlowski reprise their roles as Michael "Crocodile" Dundee and Sue Charlton, respectively. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles and in Queensland.

The film was not a box office success as the previous two films did, and received extremely negative reviews from critics.

Plot

At the beginning of the film, protagonist Michael "Crocodile" Dundee (Paul Hogan) is living in the Australian Outback with Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) and their young son Mikey (Devon Fitzgerald). Because Crocodile hunting has been made illegal, Mick is reduced to wrestling crocodiles for the entertainment of tourists, having as his rival in the business another Outback survivalist named Jacko (Alec Wilson). When an opportunity comes for Sue to become Los Angeles bureau chief of a newspaper owned by her father, Mick and his family cross the Pacific to California.

In America, Mick and his son's encounters with the locals cause cross-cultural mishaps. Mick becomes an undercover amateur sleuth helping to probe the mysterious death of his wife's predecessor at the newspaper, while Mikey attends a local school, where he quickly impresses his classmates and teacher with his outback survival skills. Because the case takes up too much of their time to take care of Mikey, Mick and Sue eventually call in Jacko to babysit their son; and gradually, Jacko and Mikey's teacher become interested in each other.

It is revealed that a film studio the dead reporter had been investigating is about to make a sequel to the action film Lethal Agent, despite the title's previous commercial failures. Mick becomes suspicious when several paintings from Southern Europe are brought onto the set; although at first he suspects drug smuggling, the pictures themselves are revealed to be missing art from a museum in the former Yugoslavia. They are to appear in the movie as mere props, to be publicly 'destroyed' in a scene in which they are set on fire, at which time they will have been exchanged for copies.

Attempting to secure one of the paintings as evidence, Mick, Sue, and Jacko run afoul of the studio director and his thugs. Using the studio's props and two lions used in the filmings to defeat the gangsters, Mick and Sue solve the case and return to Australia, where they are officially married.

Cast

• Paul Hogan as Michael "Crocodile" Dundee
• Linda Kozlowski as Sue Charlton
• Jere Burns as Arnan Rothman
• Jonathan Banks as Molis Drubnik
• Alec Wilson as Jacko
• Gerry Skilton as Nugget O'Cass
• Steve Rackman as Donk
• Serge Cockburn as Michael 'Mikey' Dundee
• Aida Turturro as Jean Ferraro
• Paul Rodriguez as Diego
• Kaitlin Hopkins as Miss Mathis
• George Hamilton as the Coffee Colonic Guy
• Mike Tyson as Mike, the Man Meditating in Park

Reception

This film was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Sequel.^[3] According to Rotten Tomatoes only 11% of 79 critics rated the movie favorably.^[4]

Box office

The film grossed $7,759,103 at the box office in Australia.^[5] The movie debuted 4th at the US box office.^[6] It grossed only $39 million worldwide, way below the total gross as the last two films.

References

1. ^ "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) - Box office / business". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231402/business. 
2. ^ "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)". http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=crocodiledundeeinla.htm. 
3. ^ "The Official Razzies Forum - 2001 Winners and Nominees". http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=351. 
4. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes - Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles". http://rottentomatoes.com/m/crocodile_dundee_in_los_angeles/. 
5. ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
6. ^ "Bridget Carries a Slow Weekend". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/apr/24/entertainment/ca-54835. Retrieved 2010-12-25. 

External links

• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles at the Internet Movie Database
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles at the TCM Movie Database
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles at AllRovi
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles at Box Office Mojo