Rush Hour 3 (2007)

Director:

Brett Ratner

Writers (WGA):

Jeff Nathanson (written by)
Ross LaManna (characters)

Release Date:

10 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

This summer they're kicking it in Paris bigger time then ever

Plot:

After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.

Plot Keywords:

Consul | Tai Chi Sword | Guitar | Shootout | Shaved Head

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Chris Tucker	...	Detective James Carter
Jackie Chan	...	Chief Inspector Lee
Max von Sydow	...	Varden Reynard
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Kenji
Yvan Attal	...	George
Youki Kudoh	...	Dragon Lady
Noémie Lenoir	...	Genevieve (as Noemie Lenoir)
Jingchu Zhang	...	Soo Yung (as Zhang Jingchu)
Tzi Ma	...	Ambassador Han
Dana Ivey	...	Sister Agnes
Henry O	...	Master Yu (as Henry O.)
Mia Tyler	...	Marsha
Michael Chow	...	Chinese Foreign Minister
David Niven Jr.	...	British Foreign Minister
Oanh Nguyen	...	Mi
Andrew Quang	...	Kung Fu Kid
Sun Ming Ming	...	Kung Fu Giant
Lisa Thornhill	...	Nurse
Kentaro Matsuo	...	French Assassin (as M. Kentaro)
Ludovic Paris	...	French Cop
Richard Dieux	...	French Cop
Olivier Schneider	...	French Cop
Philippe Bergeron	...	Baccarat Dealer
Daniel Yabut	...	Croupier
Frank Bruynbroek	...	Bartender
Lisa Piepergerdes	...	Falling Woman
Eric Naggar	...	Front Desk Man
Silvie Laguna	...	Elevator Woman
Micaelle Mee-Sook	...	Chinese Waitress
Daniel Decrauze	...	Singing Guitarist
Ann Christine	...	Dressing Room Girl
Anna Chiu	...	Dressing Room Girl
Heather Mostofizadeh	...	Dressing Room Girl
Jasmine Dustin	...	Dressing Room Girl
Francesca Cecil	...	Dressing Room Girl (as Francesca C. Cecil)
David Goldsmith	...	Clown
Michel Francini	...	Old Man on Balcony
Julie Depardieu	...	George's Wife
Marc Hoang	...	Eiffel Tower Lookout (as Hoang Nghi)
Lisa Byrnes	...	Follies Dancer
Melissa Cabrera	...	Follies Dancer
Mandy Coulton	...	Follies Dancer
R.J. Durell	...	Follies Dancer
Catherine Ferrino	...	Follies Dancer
Loriel Hennington	...	Follies Dancer
Rachael Markarian	...	Follies Dancer
Jaayda McClanahan	...	Follies Dancer
Ann Beth Miller	...	Follies Dancer
Victoria Parsons	...	Follies Dancer
Vanessa Tarazona	...	Follies Dancer
Laetitia Ray	...	Follies Dancer
Tovaris Wilson	...	Follies Dancer
Diana Carr	...	Gendarmes Dancer
Noa Dori	...	Gendarmes Dancer
Kayla McGee	...	Gendarmes Dancer
Tanja Plecas	...	Gendarmes Dancer
Kristin Quinn	...	Gendarmes Dancer
Liliya Toneva	...	Gendarmes Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Baker Hall	...	Captain William Diel (uncredited)
Kent Kasper	...	Foreign Minister (uncredited)
Roman Polanski	...	Detective Revi (uncredited)

Directed by
Brett Ratner

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeff Nathanson		(written by)
Ross LaManna		(characters)

Produced by
John Bernard	....	line producer: Paris
Roger Birnbaum	....	producer
Andrew Z. Davis	....	producer
Leon Dudevoir	....	co-producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
James M. Freitag	....	co-producer
Jonathan Glickman	....	producer
David Gorder	....	associate producer (as David A. Gorder)
Darryl Jones	....	associate producer
Arthur M. Sarkissian	....	producer
Jay Stern	....	producer

Original Music by
Lalo Schifrin

Cinematography by
J. Michael Muro		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Mark Helfrich
Dean Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman

Casting by
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Ed Verreaux

Art Direction by
Chad S. Frey
Greg Papalia		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Kate J. Sullivan		(as Kate Sullivan)

Costume Design by
Betsy Heimann

Makeup Department
Dee Dee Altamura	....	assistant makeup artist
Tom Berg	....	tatoo artist
Felicity Bowring	....	makeup department head
Ayla Dew	....	animal colorist
Cathrine A. Marcotte	....	hair stylist
Margarita Pidgeon	....	key hair stylist
Joanetta Stowers	....	personal makeup artist: Chris Tucker
Kelvin R. Trahan	....	hair department head

Production Management
Gilles Castera	....	production manager
Jennifer Conroy	....	production supervisor
Benoit Hemard	....	assistant production manager
JoAnn Perritano	....	unit production manager
Rick Reynolds	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marion Angebaud	....	trainee assistant director
Jerome Borenstein	....	first assistant director plate unit: Paris
Vernon Davidson	....	second second assistant director
Yannick Fauchier	....	third assistant director: Paris
James M. Freitag	....	assistant director
Gilles Kenny	....	first assistant director
Julie Laugier	....	third assistant director: France
Tye Lombardi	....	dga trainee
Sébastien Marziniak	....	additional assistant director: Paris
Arnaud Mathey-Dreyfus	....	additional assistant director: second unit France
A. Brooks Medoff	....	dayplayer additional second assistant director
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	second unit director
Christophe Perie	....	third assistant director: extras
Celine Rossi	....	trainee assistant director
Janell M. Sammelman	....	additional second assistant director
Robert Schroer	....	second assistant director
Kevin Turley	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Benoît Bechet	....	first assistant art director: Paris
Susan A. Burig	....	graphic designer
Michael Casey	....	set dresser
Pierre-Emmanuel Chatiliez	....	storyboard artist
Larry Clark	....	paint supervisor
Daren Dochterman	....	illustrator
Warren Drummond	....	storyboard artist
Brad Einhorn	....	property master
Melissa Elbaum	....	buyer
Craig Gadsby	....	leadman
Hector M. Gonzalez	....	assistant property master
Christopher Harwood	....	swing gang boss
Kenneth Heimer	....	propmaker
Bill Holmquist	....	construction coordinator
Jeffery J. Jenkins	....	paint foreman
Georges Kafian	....	graphic designer
John Kelso	....	metal fabricator
Lynda Lopez	....	art department assistant
Jim Magdaleno	....	storyboard artist
Michael C. Magno	....	set dresser
Richard McConnell	....	general foreman
Matthew McKee	....	set decoration coordinator
Walt Mikolwski	....	general foreman
David J. Negron Jr.	....	storyboard artist
Michael Panevics	....	second assistant property master
Jean-Yves Rabier	....	first assistant art director: Paris
Christopher S. Ross	....	illustrator
Lee Ross	....	on-set scenic
Anne Seibel	....	art director: Paris
Paul M. Sonski	....	senior lead set designer
Joseph J. Virdone	....	art department coordinator
Scott Zuber	....	senior lead set designer
Benton Jew	....	illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bob Beher	....	supervising foley editor
Tim Chau	....	sound designer
Tim Chau	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Chau	....	supervising sound editor
Don Coufal	....	boom operator
Andy D'Addario	....	sound re-recording mixer
Albert Gasser	....	sound effects editor
Sara Glaser	....	utility sound
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Cecilia Lanzi	....	sound assistant
Tim LeBlanc	....	re-recording mix technician
Nancy MacLeod	....	foley editor
Robert Maxfield	....	second boom operator
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Margit Pfeiffer	....	dialogue editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Renee Tondelli	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Clayton Weber	....	first assistant sound editor
Jeff Wexler	....	production sound mixer
Odin Benitez	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John S. Baker	....	first unit supervisor
Tony Centonze	....	special effects foreman
Pascal Declercq	....	special effects coordinator
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects supervisor: France
Hans Metz	....	special effects supervisor
Clay Pinney	....	special effects supervisor
Thomas Rasada	....	special effects technician
Bob Riggs	....	special effects foreman
Vincent Servant	....	special effects assistant
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects assistant
Tim Walkey	....	special effects supervisor: second unit

Visual Effects by
Gary Abrahamian	....	animation lead: CIS Hollywood
Artur Almeida	....	systems administrator: Meteor Studios
Sean Apple	....	digital compositor
William L. Arance	....	digital effects artist
Lance Baetkey	....	digital paint/roto supervisor
Raul Baeza	....	digital artist
Al Bailey	....	digital compositor
Kenneth Bailey	....	digital artist: ILM
Brian Barlettani	....	associate production manager: ILM
Mat Beck	....	senior visual effects supervisor
Terran Benveniste	....	production assistant: ILM
Scott Benza	....	digital artist
Laurence Berkani	....	visual effects line producer: Meteor Studios
Rob Blauser	....	digital artist: RotoFactory Inc.
Christopher Blazick	....	pipeline engineer: EntityFX
Joseph Bond	....	visual effects editor
Jayni Borgaro	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Brent M. Bowen	....	visual effects
Steve Braggs	....	digital artist: ILM
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios
Aaron Brown	....	digital compositor
Jon R. Brown	....	data wrangler
Randy Brown	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
John Bruno	....	visual effects supervisor
Elika Burns	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Alexandre Cancado	....	visual effects
Mario Capellari	....	digital effects artist
Nicholas Cerniglia	....	lead digital artist: RotoFactory, Inc.
Eric D. Christensen	....	senior staff: RotoFactory, Inc.
Vincent Cirelli	....	visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Jay Cooper	....	compositing supervisor
Craig Crawford	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Tony Cutrono	....	director of photography: plate unit
Chris Dawson	....	encoding crane operator: motion control unit
Lindy DeQuattro	....	visual effects supervisor
Katie Dillman	....	visual effects production assistant: green screen, Fantasy II Film Effects
Victor DiMichina	....	digital imaging supervisor
Christina Drahos	....	digital compositor: Evil Eye Pictures
Richard Ducker	....	digital artist
Harry Eisenstein	....	digital compositor
Marta Ezcurra	....	I/O lead: Meteor Studios
Marta Ezcurra	....	I/O technician
David V. Fedele	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Dan Feinstein	....	digital compositor: ILM
Jesse Fernley	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Donald Fly	....	general manager: CIS Hollywood
Tyler Foell	....	digital effects supervisor
Tyler Foell	....	visual effects producer
Chris Foreman	....	digital artist: ILM
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Amy Garback	....	cg artist: CIS Hollywood
Julia Gaudette	....	visual effects production manager: CIS Hollywood
Larry Gaynor	....	senior paint and roto: CIS Hollywood
Angela Giannoni	....	digital compositor
David Goldsmith	....	key visual effects video assist
Christopher Gooding	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Bryant Terrell Griffin	....	digital matte artist
Stéphane Guévin	....	I/O technician: Meteor Studios
Scott Hale	....	digital compositor: Element Fx
Jeremy Hall	....	head of production
Steven Hall	....	visual effects dp
Michael J. Halsted	....	digital effects artist: ILM (as Michael Halsted)
H Haden Hammond	....	digital artist: Luma Pictures
Heather Han	....	digital artist: RotoFactory
Connor Harty	....	software developer: Meteor Studios
Wesley Hatch	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Ryan Hopkins	....	senior technical director: ILM
Graham Houston	....	visual effects artist
Adam Howard	....	co-visual effects supervisor
Jessica Hsieh	....	digital compositor: Evil Eye Pictures
Nancy Hyland	....	compositor
Travis Wade Ivy	....	compositor
John L. Jack	....	executive producer: Evil Eye Pictures
Joni Jacobson	....	digital compositor
Eric Jamison	....	digital artist: RotoFactory
Eli Jarra	....	visual effects supervisor
Joshua Jordan	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Ken Juneau	....	network administrator: Meteor Studios
Mark Justison	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic
Patrick Kavanaugh	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Hong Kim	....	digital effects artist
Jia Kim	....	digital artist: RotoFactory
Kevin Kipper	....	digital effects artist
J. Kitazaki	....	production assistant: CIS Hollywood
Makoto Koyama	....	character animator: ILM
Derek Krauss	....	digital paint & roto artist
Mario Laforest	....	software development lead: Meteor Studios
Emanuel LaFrance	....	digital compositor: Meteor Studios
David Lalonde	....	rendering lead: Meteor Studios
François Lambert	....	digital compositor: ILM
Christopher Lance	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Krystine Lankenau	....	paint and roto artist: CIS Hollywood
Jessica Laszlo	....	digital compositor
Pier Lefebvre	....	matte painter
Aaron N. Leichter	....	i/o department: Entity FX
John M. Levin	....	layout supervisor: ILM
Joan Daniel Lillo	....	I/O technician: Meteor Studios
Kymber Lim	....	visual effects executive producer
Mark Alan Loso	....	compositor
Doug Luberts	....	production technology specialist: ILM
Valy Lungoccia	....	digital compositor
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Heather MacPhee	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Tony Magaletta	....	first assistant cameraman: green screen, Fantasy II Film Effects
Ryan Martin	....	technical assistant: ILM
Eric McAvoy	....	digital compositor
Vicky McCann	....	creature technical director: ILM
John R. McConnell	....	2D Compositor: Pixel Magic
Will McCoy	....	digital compositor: ILM
Morgan McDermott	....	compositor
Matt McDonald	....	visual effects supervisor: Evil Eye Pictures
Ryan McDonald	....	software developer: Meteor Studios
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Diana Miao	....	texture & lighting supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Steve Mihaylov	....	digtal artist: RotoFactory Inc.
Charles Mitchell	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Andrew Moffett	....	previz artist
Kama Moiha	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Daniel Molina	....	digital compositor
Carlos Monzon	....	digital compositor
Ronald B. Moore	....	visual effects production manager
Andrew Morley	....	digital artist supervisor: Lucasfilm Animation Singapore
David Manos Morris	....	layout artist
Michelle Motta	....	digital paint & rotoscope artist
Timothy Mueller	....	Digital Matte Artist: ILM
Marc Nanjo	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Cameron Neilson	....	digital compositor
Viet Nguyen	....	systems engineer: EntityFX
Gregory Oehler	....	senior compositor: CIS Hollywood
Julie Orosz	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Josh Paller	....	technical assistant
Rik Panero	....	CG artist
Russell Paul	....	lead digital modeler
Brian Petras	....	compositor
Tricia Pifer	....	head of production (as Tricia Hefferman)
Corinne Pooler	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Devon Prenovost	....	systems administrator: Meteor Studios
Francis Provencher	....	head of IT: Meteor Studios
Ricardo Quintero	....	digital compositor
Gerardo Ramirez	....	pre-visualization artist
Stevie Ramone	....	digital compositor
Pimentel A. Raphael	....	lead animator
Marco Recuay	....	digital effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Madhava Reddy	....	digital intermediate
Rob Reinhart	....	compositor
David Rey	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Grover Richardson	....	roto artist: ILM
Stéphane Rioux	....	digital compositor
Daniel P. Rosen	....	visual effects supervisor: Evil Eye Pictures
Rafe Sacks	....	creature technical director
Joe Sambora	....	production assistant
Jason Sanford	....	visual effects producer
Joey Santana	....	visual effects editor: Evil Eye Pictures
Misty Segura	....	digital compositor (as Misty Segura Barbour)
Gabe Shedd	....	visual effects staff
Michael Shermis	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Joshua Sherrett	....	visual effects
Greg Shimp	....	paint & rotoscoping artist: CIS Hollywood
Joey Sila	....	digital effects artist: Luma Pictures
Alexandre Singer	....	visual effects production assistant
Ken Sjogren	....	digital compositor
Nate Smalley	....	I/O coordinator
R. Matt Smith	....	digital compositor
Jakris Smittant	....	visual effects coordinator
Michele Stewart	....	digital artists production manager: Lucasfilm Animation, Singapore
Sam Stewart	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM
Radley Teruel	....	digital artist: RotoFactory
Dan Tindell	....	pre-visualization artist
Robin Trickett	....	visual effects coordinator
Juan Carlos Vargas	....	digital artist (as Juan Vargas)
Radu Vintila	....	director of technology: Meteor Studios
Pat Wakefield	....	digital compositor
James Waterson	....	digital artist: Luma Pictures
Talmage Watson	....	digital artist
Robert Weaver	....	digital production supervisor
Mark H. Weingartner	....	encoding supervisor
Mark H. Weingartner	....	visual effects director of photography
Pete Wheelan	....	digital artist: RotoFactory Inc.
Matt Wilson	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Keiji Yamaguchi	....	digital cloth simulation
Kyle Yamamoto	....	programmer: CIS Hollywood
Shuichi Yoshida	....	digital artist: RotoFactory
Mark Youngren	....	digital artist
Matt Ashton	....	senior systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Moises Cruz	....	digital intermediate dailies producer (uncredited)
Brian Holmes	....	systems engineer: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Kevin Kutchaver	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Robert Minsk	....	systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)

Stunts
Kathryn Anderson	....	stunt performer
Arno Balenci	....	stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunts
Craig Baxley Jr.	....	stunts
Eddie Braun	....	stunt coordinator
Darryl Chan	....	stunts
Kevin Chase	....	stunts
Gaëlle Cohen	....	stunts
Marly Coronel	....	stunts
Laurent Demianoff	....	stunt performer
Laurent Demianoff	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	utility stunts
Tim Drnec	....	stunts
Jayson Dumenigo	....	stunts
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt performer
J. Armin Garza II	....	stunt driver: camera car
Andy Gill	....	stunt rigger
Tanner Gill	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	action coordinator
Jim Hart	....	utility stunts
Han Guan Hua	....	stunt double
Han Guan Hua	....	stunt performer
Han Guan Hua	....	stunts
Yoshio Iizuka	....	stunt performer
Li Jing	....	stunt double: Jasmine
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	utility stunts
Lauren Kim	....	lead stunt double
Horace Knight	....	stunt double: Chris Tucker
Brian Knutson	....	stunts
Hiro Koda	....	stunts
Tony Lazzara	....	stunt performer
In Seob Lee	....	stunt double
Will Leong	....	stunt performer
James Lew	....	stunts
Michael Li	....	stunt performer
Ming Liu	....	stunt double
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunts
Sam Looc	....	stunt performer
Mike Massa	....	utility stunts
Eric Norris	....	stunts
Andy Owen	....	utility stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt coordinator
Victory Palmisano	....	stunt performer
Hyun Jin Park	....	stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts
Simon Rhee	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunt rigger
Mike Ryan	....	stunt driver
Rick Sawaya	....	stunts
Olivier Schneider	....	stunts
Monty L. Simons	....	stunts
Brian Simpson	....	utility stunts
Philip Solomon	....	stunt performer
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt double: Sarah Shahi
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt driver
Don Tai	....	stunt performer
Philip Tan	....	stunts
Aaron Toney	....	stunt double: Chris Tucker
Steve Upton	....	stunt rigger
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunts
Jim Vickers	....	stunts
Patrick Vo	....	stunts
Gang Wu	....	stunt performer
Mark Huzi Wu	....	stunt double
Peng Zhang	....	stunt double: Jackie Chan

Camera and Electrical Department
Victor Abadia	....	electrician
Boris Abaza	....	focus puller: Vistavision
Yannick Audige	....	electrician
Art Bartels	....	key grip
Dominic Bartolone	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Jerry Bertolami	....	dolly grip
Kyle Buff	....	rigging grip
David Canestro	....	dolly grip
Alfred Castillo	....	grip