Three Men and a Little Lady

Infobox Film
name = Three Men and a Little Lady


caption = "Three Men and a Little Lady" poster
director = Emile Ardolino
producer = Robert W. Cort
Ted Field
writer = Coline Serreau(screenplay for Trois hommes et un couffin)
Sara Parriott
Josann McGibbon (story)
Charlie Peters (screenplay)
starring = Tom Selleck
Steve Guttenberg
Ted Danson
Nancy Travis
Robin Weisman
Christopher Cazenove
Fiona Shaw
Sheila Hancock
music = James Newton Howard
cinematography = Adam Greenberg
editing = Michael A. Stevenson
distributor = Touchstone Pictures
released = November 21, 1990
runtime = 104 min.
country = USA
language = English
preceded_by = "Three Men and a Baby"
mpaa_rating = PG
imdb_id = 0098966

"Three Men and a Little Lady" is an American film, the sequel to the hit film "Three Men and a Baby" (1987), starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson. It was released in 1990.

Plot

The movie carries on with the story of the three men - Jack, Michael and Peter. They are living with Mary who is now five, and her mother Sylvia. They continue their fun with the girl, acting as a source of teaching, tickling (including blowing on her stomach), and parenting. The group is split up when Sylvia announces that she is getting married to an Englishman, and that she and her future husband intend to move to England after the wedding, taking Mary with them. Peter and Michael (joined later by Jack) travel over to England for the wedding where Peter realises that Sylvia's fiance, Edward, intends to package Mary off to a boarding school (Pileforth Academy) as he has no real interest in her. Edward denies everything and Sylvia refuses to believe Peter as she knows he has disliked Edward from the beginning.

During this time the attraction between Peter and Sylvia is growing, something he refuses to acknowledge to her and she is determined to get married and forge a new life for herself and Mary with Edward. Peter eventually breaks into Pileforth in an attempt to get some proof of Edwards scheme to send Mary there. He is discovered by the headmistress, Miss Elspeth Lomax, who was told by Edward that Peter is in love with her. She takes off her coat in front of him wearing a nightgown thinking it will turn him on. Eventually Peter comes clean and he and Miss Lomax head off to stop the wedding, in the mean time in an attempt to cause a delay, Michael has kidnapped the vicar, and Jack disguises himself as an elderly replacement vicar!

Peter and Miss Lomax arrive at the church after numerous delays and he confronts Sylvia with the truth, Miss Lomax herself confirming that Edward has been lying. Sylvia confronts Edward and he admits the truth but it is too late - they are already married. Or so it would seem.... until Jack is revealed to have diguised himself as the vicar. Not only has Jack finally proved his acting skills and fooled his friends, but the marriage is null and void. Sylvia declares her intention to go home and makes to leave until Peter stops her and declares his love, the two marry with Mary as their bridesmaid.

Production

Filmed on location in New York and England. The scenes in England were primarily shot in Banbury, Oxfordshire. The school which Mary was to attend (Pileforth Academy) was shot at two locations. The external shot of the school is the Jesuit boarding school Stonyhurst College in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire. The internal scenes of the school were shot at the (former) Benedictine boarding school Douai Abbey in Berkshire.

oundtrack

One of the most widely recognised tracks from the movie is "Waiting for a Star to Fall" by Boy Meets Girl, which featured during the final wedding scene and end credits.

External links

*imdb title|id=0098966|title=Three Men and a Little Lady