Taxi 3 (2003)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writer:

Luc Besson (writer)

Release Date:

29 January 2003 (Belgium)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Tagline:

No speed limits the next 90 min.

Plot:

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up...

Plot Keywords:

Taxi Driver | Taxi | Marseille | Speed Control | Police Officer

Cast

Samy Naceri	...	Daniel Morales
Frédéric Diefenthal	...	Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec
Bernard Farcy	...	Commissaire Gibert
Ling Bai	...	Qiu
Emma Wiklund	...	Petra (as Emma Sjöberg)
Marion Cotillard	...	Lilly Bertineau
Edouard Montoute	...	Alain
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Général Edmond Bertineau
Léon-Pierre Mondini	...	Policier
Bernard Llopis	...	Policier
Jean-Louis Schlesser	...	Policier
Jean-Pierre Mas	...	Policier
Michel Neugarten	...	Policier
Patrice Abbou	...	Rachid
Claude Sese	...	Planton (as Claude Sesé)
Cyril Brunet	...	Caissier
Bernard Destouches	...	Collègue (as Bernard Destouche)
Philippe Paimblanc	...	Militaire
David Gabison	...	Ministre
Vincent Tulli	...	Policier Camionnette
Gérard Krawczyk	...	Policier Camionnette
Dara-Indo Oum	...	Père Noèl Tunnel (as Dara Indo Oum)
Bonnafet Tarbouriech	...	Pharmacien
Philippe Ferrandini	...	Militaire Lance Roquette
Shirley Kohn	...	Angèle, Fille de Pharmacien
Norbert Daverio	...	Maire de Marseille
Eric Naggar	...	Docteur (as Éric Naggar)
Julian Naceri	...	Petit Chef Skate
Laurent Desponds	...	Chauffeur Gibert
Valeska Chabouis	...	Mère de Petra
Franck Fouret	...	Client
Albert Lerda	...	Vendeur
Frédérick Patois 'Goobi'	...	Speaker
Christian Waldner	...	Silhouette Père Noèl
Felicity Neale	...	Mère Noèl
Dorothy Barrick	...	Mère Noèl
Jennifer Herrera	...	Mère Noèl
Flora Bourniquel 'Kim'	...	Mère Noèl
Thierry Adler	...	Ninja
Cédric Chen	...	Ninja
Martin Grandperret	...	Ninja
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christiane Conil	...	(unconfirmed)
Laurent Casanova	...	Policier (uncredited)
Clément Inglesakis	...	The General's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Sylvester Stallone	...	Passenger to Airport (uncredited)
Lionel Vitrant	...	Un habitant du pavillon (uncredited)

Directed by
Gérard Krawczyk

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Luc Besson		writer

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	producer
Bernard Grenet	....	executive producer
Laurent Pétin	....	producer
Michèle Pétin	....	producer
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant producer
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
DJ Kore
DJ Skalp

Cinematography by
Gérard Sterin

Film Editing by
Yann Hervé

Casting by
Swan Pham

Production Design by
Jacques Bufnoir

Costume Design by
Agnès Falque

Makeup Department
Florence Batteault	....	key makeup artist
Valérie Beauregard	....	assistant makeup artist
Myriam Hottois	....	key makeup artist
Olivia Lequimener	....	key hair stylist
Julie Taveel	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Gregory Barrau	....	assistant unit manager
Eric Bassoff	....	post-production supervisor
Jean-Paul Braud	....	production manager
David Deshayes	....	unit production manager
Nicolas Devillers	....	assistant production manager
Didier Hoarau	....	production manager
Patrick Le Goc	....	assistant unit manager
Jeremy Mauduy	....	assistant production manager
Judicaël Noïa	....	unit manager runner
Laurent Rizzon	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alain Artur	....	first assistant director
Amélie Colin	....	trainee assistant director
Yann Cuinet	....	second assistant director: pre-production
Luc Etienne	....	first assistant director
Christophe Fustini	....	trainee assistant director
Carole Guenot	....	second assistant director
Olivier Hourton	....	first assistant director
Denis Imbert	....	second assistant director
Jérôme Raffaelli	....	third assistant director
Ivan Rousseau	....	second assistant director
Laure Roussel	....	second assistant director
Marc-Antoine Trani	....	second assistant director
Vincent Vesco	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Christophe Angé	....	head carpenter
Christel Ayrault	....	painter
François Barre	....	construction grip
Cyrille Bastide	....	painter
Didier Bautz	....	head plasterer
Lahcene Bendjebour	....	construction grip
Laurent Borgarino	....	carpenter: Marseille
Gerard Bouguet	....	head carpenter
Gerard Breard	....	construction grip
Christian Bruzzi	....	upholsterer
Lionel Callari	....	props
Jean-Michel Chantrel	....	upholsterer
Denis Charpin	....	painter: Marseille
André Conil	....	carpenter
Camille Czernik	....	painter: Marseille
Dyllan Debord	....	assistant art director
Jean-Marc Desages	....	painter
Christophe De Vos	....	construction grip
Thierry Doerflinger	....	plasterer
Philippe Durand	....	carpenter
Patrice Fasola	....	head painter
Annette Fastnacht	....	painter: Marseille
Jean-Michel Favilta	....	carpenter: Marseille
Acacio Francisco	....	painter
Denis Gambs	....	carpenter
Jean-Claude Giusti	....	carpenter: Marseille
Raphaël Grottadaura	....	carpenter: Marseille
Michel Guérin	....	carpenter
Olivier Guerlot	....	carpenter
Eric Guinot	....	props
Yvan Hart	....	plasterer
Pascal Houdrichon	....	construction grip
Henri Jorand	....	painter
Bruno Juguet	....	painter
Christian Laurent	....	construction grip
Bertrand Laval	....	head construction grip
René Letteron	....	construction grip
Didier Leveille	....	second assistant decorator
Bruno Madesclaire	....	set dresser
Pascal Masson	....	construction grip
Paul Matton	....	props
Eric Peloy	....	storyboard artist
Pierre Pernois	....	carpenter
Daniel Pesquer	....	head construction grip
Hervé Pesquer	....	construction grip: Marseille
Jean Poinot	....	construction coordinator
Patrick Quartier	....	head painter
Per-Olof Renard	....	first assistant decorator
Olivier Salesse	....	construction grip
Alain Strasser	....	carpenter
Jean-Louis Weber	....	painter

Sound Department
Capucine Courau	....	assistant sound editor
Anne Delacour	....	dialogue editor
Eric Ferret	....	foley recordist
Carl Goetgheluck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Loïc Gourbe	....	sound recordist
Judith Guittier	....	assistant foley artist
Thierry Havard	....	boom operator
Dominique Lacour	....	daily sound mixer
Didier Lesage	....	sound re-recording mixer
Laurent Lévy	....	foley artist
Maud Lombart	....	assistant sound editor
Didier Lozahic	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dominique Mazière	....	assistant foley artist
Pascal Mazière	....	foley artist
Vincent Tulli	....	sound
Stéphane Vizet	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Pascal Fauvelle	....	special effects
Pierre Foury	....	special effects
Max Garnier	....	special effects technician
Dominique Granger	....	special effects
Pascal Hemery	....	special effects technician
Jean-Claude Houbart	....	special effects technician
Guy Monbillard	....	special effects technician
François Philippi	....	special effects
Benoît Squizzato	....	special effects
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Virginie Allal	....	production assistant: Eclair Numerique
Thierry Barnay	....	data transfer: Eclair Numerique
Sacha Beliaev	....	matte painter
Odile Beraud	....	scanning & film recording coordination
Pierre Blain	....	Inferno artist
Pierre Blain	....	digital artist
Arnaud Chelet	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Fabien Coupez	....	Inferno artist
Rosana D'Andrea	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Olivier Debert	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Marc Deneux	....	data transfer: Eclair Numerique
Yann Doray	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Roxane Fechner	....	visual effects coordinator
Thierry Flament	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Sébastien Guillot	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Christophe Keichinger	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Arassou Kichenassamy	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Marc Latil	....	digital compositor
Malika Mazauric	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Joyce Menger	....	production: Eclair Numerique
David Montoya	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Frederic Moreau	....	production: Eclair Numerique (as Fred Moreau)
Mourad Rennou	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Christophe Sabre	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Philippe Soeiro	....	visual effects supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Gérard Soirant	....	scanning and recording supervisor
Melodie Stevens	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique (as Mélodie Stevens)
Morgan Varona	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Fabrice Visserot	....	lead cgi artist

Stunts
Francis Auguy	....	stunt driving coordinator
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Affif Ben Badra	....	stunts (as Afif Ben Badra)
Christian Bergner	....	stunts
Patrick Bernaud	....	stunt driver
Vincent Bersoulle	....	stunts
Sybille Blouin	....	stunts
Michel Bouis	....	stunts
William Cagnard	....	stunts
Laurent Casanova	....	stunt production assistant
Bernard Chevreul	....	stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunt coordinator
William David	....	stunt driver
Bruno De Lucas	....	stunts
Yannick Derrien	....	stunts
Christelle Droy	....	stunts (as Christèle Droy)
Stephane Dutto	....	stunts (as Stéphane Dutto)
Alexandrine Felquin	....	stunts
Max Garnier	....	stunts
Alain Gaudiard	....	stunts
Jean Girard	....	stunts
Pascaline Girardot	....	stunts
Alain Grellier	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Alain Guerillot	....	stunts
Marc Nghi Hoang	....	stunts
Michel Julienne	....	stunt driving coordinator
Pascal Lavanchy	....	stunt driver
Philippe Lazoore	....	stunts
Pascal López	....	stunts
Christophe Marsaud	....	stunt driver
Patrick Médioni	....	stunts (as Patrick Medioni)
Florent Mismetti	....	stunts
Philippe Morel	....	stunts
Hajime Nariyoshi	....	stunts
Minh Minh Ngo	....	stunts
François Nguyen	....	stunts
Louis-Marie Nyee	....	stunts
Isabelle Peinaud	....	stunt driver
Alain Renault	....	stunt driver
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Loïc Saintilan	....	stunt driver
Francis Terzian	....	stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunts
Astou Vedel	....	stunts
Lionel Vitrant	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Loïc Andrieu	....	Steadicam operator
Ivan Apostolo	....	grip
Maxence Bottreau	....	grip
Jean-Marc Bour	....	underwater camera operator
David Campbell	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Marc Castagna	....	grip
Mathieu Caudroy	....	Steadicam operator
Marine Delcourt	....	assistant camera
Jean-Marc Dellien	....	electrician
Jean-Marie Delorme	....	assistant camera: aerials
Christophe Dural	....	gaffer
Bernard Estève	....	electrician
Eric Finoelst	....	electrician
Gilles Floquet	....	grip
David Frak-Lauer	....	assistant camera
Jan Gagnaire	....	grip
Pierre Garnier	....	grip
Jean-Pierre Gesbert	....	key grip
Christian Hugues	....	grip
Max Hugues	....	grip
Mouloud Lakrout	....	electrician
Christian Langlois	....	video assist operator
Christophe Lemonnier	....	grip
Philippe Lévy	....	still photographer
Léo Mac Dougall	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Marie Marion	....	still photographer
Jean-Pierre Mas	....	key grip
Thierry Montendre	....	electrician
Frédéric North	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Philippe Pantanella	....	electrician
Cedric Poisson	....	grip
Marie-Laure Prost	....	focus puller
Henri Renaudier	....	electrician
Martial Schmeltz	....	second assistant camera
Thierry Schwartz	....	camera operator
Benjamin Speyer	....	grip
Laurent Tangy	....	focus puller
Serge Valézy	....	electrician
Pierre Weité	....	first assistant camera (as Pierre-André Weité)

Casting Department
Mickaela Champsaur	....	extras casting
Nathalie Garcia	....	extras casting: Paris
Aurélie Gelibert	....	casting assistant
Lise Petermann	....	assistant extras casting
Emmanuelle Sachs	....	extras casting: Tignes
Emmanuelle Sarrouy	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Virginie Druelle	....	costumer
Sabine Fonti	....	costumer
Marilyne Walbert	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	film grader
Susana Antunes	....	post-production assistant
Christophe Boutigny	....	color timer
Frédéric Casnin	....	film grader
Valérie Davis	....	film conform editor
Alain Guarda	....	film grader
Yseult Huret	....	assistant editor
Mike Joris	....	color timer
Christophe Lelievre	....	color timer
Lise Roure	....	film conform editor
Frédéric Thoraval	....	additional editor
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	assistant music mixer
Doc Gynéco	....	composer: title song "Du spy dans l'air"
Jérôme Lateur	....	music supervisor
Vincent Lebegue	....	music legal coordinator
Elise Luguern	....	music production supervisor
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant music supervisor
Géraldine Sérafini	....	music legal coordinator
Vincent Tulli	....	composer: additional music
Samuel Potin	....	music editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Dominique Baran	....	production administrator
Jean-Luc Borie	....	assistant location manager: Marseill
Abeille Brissaud	....	production secretary
Karine Caumeil	....	production secretary
Frédéric Cauvy	....	weapons advisor
Marc Cauvy	....	weapons advisor
Rachel Corlet-Soulier	....	script supervisor
Camille Courau	....	personal assistant: Luc Besson
Nicolas Criqui	....	specter conformation
Romuald Drault	....	production administrator
José Ferreira	....	assistant location manager: Marseille
Cécilia Giraud	....	trainee script supervisor
Alexandre Glenat	....	assistant location manager: Marseille
Sandrine Lamoureux	....	assistant: Luc Besson
Philippe Letode	....	location scout
Colette Martin	....	production administrator
Sophie Musset	....	assistant location manager: Tignes
Alain Navarro	....	animal trainer
David Piechaczek	....	location manager
Stephane Rampal	....	assistant: Bai Ling
Sonia Rossier	....	french tutor: Bai Ling
Vincent Stevenel	....	production administrator
Véronique Zimmer	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Europa Corp.
• ARP Sélection
• Apipoulaï
• TF1 Films Production
• Canal+ (with the participation of)

Distributors

• ARP Sélection (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• 01 Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
• A-Film Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Cinema Vision (2003) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Europa Diffusion (200?) (France) (VHS)
• EuropaCorp. Japan (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2003) (Russia) (theatrical) (outside Moscow and former USSR)
• Medyavizyon (2003) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2003) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• TriPictures (2003) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Éclair Numérique

Other Companies

• Cinécool  titles
• Cinésyl  grip equipment
• Key Grip System  grip equipment
• Mitsubishi Motors Corporation  cars
• Peugeot  cars
• Transpalux  lighting equipment

Also Known As:

Такси 3 (Russia) [ru]
Taksi 3 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Takso 3 (Estonia) [et]
Taxi 2003 (Slovakia) [sk]
Taxi 3 (Japan) [ja]
Taxi 3 (Finland) (video title) [fi]
Taxi 3 (Spain) [es]
Taxi 3 (Czech Republic) [cs]

Runtime:

84 min | Spain:90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:AL (DVD rating) | Netherlands:AL | Denmark:7 | France:U | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

The music that the general's driver is listening to, moments before he crashes, is actually Greece's national anthem.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the final assault, we see everyone from the airborne commando hook up just before they jump from the plane as if they had an automatic parachute, but the moment after they jump in free fall.

Quotes:

Emilien: Do you know how to ski?
Daniel: No, I know how to drive.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Big Bang: (#1.2)" (2007)

Do you know how to ski?

The silliness continues with Besson and Krawczyk and the usual gang with the addition of a couple of new faces.

In an opening number that is a parody of James Bond titles, Sylvester Stallone is featured. They go a credible job of presenting the Bond music and girls in this tribute.

Another addition to the cast is the incredible beautiful Bai Ling (Anna and the King, The Lost Empire), who is ostensible writing a story on the police department and has tongues hanging all over the department.

This time they are looking for the Santa Claus gang, who taunt the police by telling them when they will strike. While this is going on Émilien fails to realize that his wife Petra is pregnant and Daniel is so busy with his cars, that he doesn't have time to spend with Lilly again, who is also pregnant. That is just too hard to believe! Despite references to Bond, and a story taken somewhat from Lethal Weapon 4, it is another funny romp, this time through the streets of Paris, and over the mountains to Switzerland.

I can't wait to see what they come up with in Taxi 4.