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The Three Stooges

  • TV Movie
  • 20002000
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben-Victor, and Evan Handler in The Three Stooges (2000)
  • Biography
  • Comedy
  • Drama
A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe Howard.A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe Howard.A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe Howard.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • James Frawley
  • Writers
    • Michael Fleming(book "From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons: The Three Stooges")
    • Janet Roach(television story)
    • Kirk Ellis(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Ben-Victor
    • Evan Handler
    • John Kassir
Top credits
  • Director
    • James Frawley
  • Writers
    • Michael Fleming(book "From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons: The Three Stooges")
    • Janet Roach(television story)
    • Kirk Ellis(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Ben-Victor
    • Evan Handler
    • John Kassir
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 58User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Michael Chiklis in The Three Stooges (2000)
    Michael Chiklis in The Three Stooges (2000)
    Paul Ben-Victor in The Three Stooges (2000)
    Paul Ben-Victor and John Kassir in The Three Stooges (2000)
    Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben-Victor, and Evan Handler in The Three Stooges (2000)
    Michael Chiklis and Paul Ben-Victor in The Three Stooges (2000)
    Paul Ben-Victor, Evan Handler, and John Kassir in The Three Stooges (2000)
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    Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben-Victor, and Evan Handler in The Three Stooges (2000)
    Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben-Victor, and Evan Handler in The Three Stooges (2000)
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    Paul Ben-Victor
    Paul Ben-Victor
    • Moe Howardas Moe Howard
    Evan Handler
    Evan Handler
    • Larry Fineas Larry Fine
    John Kassir
    John Kassir
    • Shemp Howardas Shemp Howard
    Michael Chiklis
    Michael Chiklis
    • Jerome 'Curly' Howardas Jerome 'Curly' Howard
    Rachael Blake
    Rachael Blake
    • Helen Howardas Helen Howard
    Anna Lise Phillips
    Anna Lise Phillips
    • Mabel Fineas Mabel Fine
    • (as Anna-Lise Phillips)
    Jeanette Cronin
    Jeanette Cronin
    • Gertrude Howardas Gertrude Howard
    Joel Edgerton
    Joel Edgerton
    • Tom Cosgroveas Tom Cosgrove
    Marton Csokas
    Marton Csokas
    • Ted Healyas Ted Healy
    Linal Haft
    Linal Haft
    • Harry Cohnas Harry Cohn
    Brandon Burke
    Brandon Burke
    • Harry Rommas Harry Romm
    Lewis Fitz-Gerald
    Lewis Fitz-Gerald
    • Jules Whiteas Jules White
    • (as Lewis Fitzgerald)
    Peter Callan
    Peter Callan
    • Joe DeRitaas Joe DeRita
    Laurence Coy
    Laurence Coy
    • Joe Besseras Joe Besser
    Phillip Hinton
    • Judgeas Judge
    Peter Whitford
    Peter Whitford
    • Administratoras Administrator
    David Whitford
    David Whitford
    • Bailiffas Bailiff
    Harry Weiss
    • Solomon Horwitzas Solomon Horwitz
    • Director
      • James Frawley
    • Writers
      • Michael Fleming(book "From Amalgamated Morons to American Icons: The Three Stooges")
      • Janet Roach(television story) (teleplay)
      • Kirk Ellis(teleplay)
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    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The movie made use of a Sydney landmark in an innovative way. New York's "Coney Island" amusement park used to have an attraction within its grounds called "Luna Park". Sydney's amusement park, "Luna Park", is of similar vintage. It has a still-functioning attraction inside its grounds named "Coney Island". Even though the neon-lit facades of each park's rides are quite different, a temporary staging area was placed in front of Luna Park Sydney's main "face" entrance for night-time filming - and the movie's main characters appear that they are inside New York's amusement park, performing in front of an elaborate "Luna Park" attraction.
    • Goofs
      Curly Howard did not suffer his career ending stroke during the filming of a scene of Half-Wits Holiday (1947). It happened while he was offstage waiting for the scene to begin. He didn't respond when called, and Moe found him with his head slumped to his chest, unable to speak.
    • Quotes

      [from Ants in the Pantry]

      Larry Fine: Oooh, I can't see, I can't see!

      Moe Howard: What's the matter?

      Larry Fine: I've got my eyes closed.

      [Moe eye pokes Larry again]

    • Connections
      Referenced in Dinner for Five: Episode #4.7 (2005)

    User reviews58

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Could have been better, but still very good
    One of the better biographical TV movies, "The Three Stooges" suffers from the main failing that most such movies do: taking "liberties" with the facts. There are few things more annoying than watching a movie about people you know something about, and seeing an incident or event portrayed as having occurred that you KNOW never happened, or information given as "fact" when you KNOW it is completely wrong, and that happens several times in this film. Overall, though, it was somewhat better than I expected it to be. Paul Ben-Victor was very, very good as Moe. He had Moe's "Stooge" character down pat, and was surprisingly effective with Moe's off-screen character, although he didn't play Moe as quite the savvy businessman he was in real life--most of the Stooges' real money was made in personal appearances, and Moe made certain that some of Larry's and Curly's income was invested for their future, as they were both notoriously loose with their money (Curly on women, Larry on horses). Although the film for some reason shows Moe as living a sort of lower-middle class existence after his career ended, in reality he had made some shrewd investments over the years and by the time the Stooges broke up, he was a very wealthy man.

    Michael Chiklis had the most difficult job--Curly has always been everyone's favorite Stooge, and most viewers would be paying a lot more attention to how he played Curly than how the other two actors played their characters. To Chiklis' credit, he acquitted himself extremely well. Curly, like his fellow comics Lou Costello and Oliver Hardy, was quite graceful for a heavyset man--they'd have to be, to do the kind of physical comedy they did--and Chiklis shared that trait, too. He also had Curly's mannerisms and voice patterns down pat, although his voice wasn't quite as high-pitched as Curly's was. Overall, Chiklis did a terrific job.

    The one thing that really did surprise me, though, was how badly Columbia Pictures, and especially studio owner Harry Cohn, came across--and deservedly so, given the studio's shabby treatment of the Stooges and how it screwed them out of untold amounts of money. I figured that the filmmakers would pretty much whitewash, or at best just gloss over, Columbia's almost criminal treatment of the comedy team that basically put the studio on the map, but they didn't do that at all, which was refreshing.

    If you're a Stooges fan you'll definitely like this movie, and even if you're not, it's a pretty good story of one of the most beloved comedy teams in film history. Check it out.
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    • Mar 9, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 24, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Los tres chiflados
    • Filming locations
      • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Comedy III Productions Inc.
      • C3 Entertainment Inc.
      • Columbia TriStar Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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