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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Year:

1987

Duration:

96 min | Portugal:88 min (cut version)

Genres:

Horror | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Chuck Russell

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1987-02-27

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $4,500,000

Opening Weekend: $8,880,555 (USA) (1 March 1987)

Gross: $44,053,755 (USA) (7 September 1987)

Cast

Actor

Character

Clayton Landey

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Jennifer Rubin

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Heather Langenkamp

Nancy Thompson

Craig Wasson

Neil Gordon

Patricia Arquette

Kristen Parker

Robert Englund

Freddy Krueger

Ken Sagoes

Kincaid

Rodney Eastman

Joey

Bradley Gregg

Phillip

Ira Heiden

Will

Laurence Fishburne

Max

Penelope Sudrow

Jennifer

John Saxon

Thompson

Priscilla Pointer

Dr. Elizabeth Simms

Brooke Bundy

Elaine Parker

Kristen Clayton

Little Girl

Sally Piper

Nurse #1

Rozlyn Sorrell

Nurse #2

Nan Martin

Nun

Stacey Alden

Marcie

Dick Cavett

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Michael Rougas

Priest in Church

Jack Shea

Priest in Cemetery

Paul Kent

Dr. Carver

Mary Brown

Neurosurgeon

Melanie Doctors

Girl in Cemetery

Donna Durham

Girl in Crowd

Did you know?

Trivia

For the scene where Freddy kills Jennifer, his line in the script was "This is it Jennifer, your big break on TV!" Robert Englund said this line for the first two takes, but on the third take changed it to "Welcome to Prime Time, bitch!" Director Chuck Russell couldn't decide which version to use, so he edited the two together.

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When Taryn is first seen in the hallway she's wearing a Dokken shirt. Dokken wrote and performed "Dream Warriors" for this film.

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The shirt Taryn is wearing in the beginning has the cover art of Dokken's 1984 album, 'Tooth And Nail'. 'Tooth And Nail' contains 'Into The Fire', a track that can be heard on the radio in some versions of the film.

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Goofs

In the scene where Will is dreaming that he is the "Wizard Master" (right before he actually transforms into the Wizard Master), you can easily see the cable which pulls the demonic wheelchair down the hallway toward Will.

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When Freddy's arms come out of the TV set and lift Jennifer into the air, one of her slippers can be seen falling off her foot. However, when Max comes in and sees her body hanging from the TV, both slippers are still on her feet. (May not have been intentional, but this could easily be explained by the slipper falling off in a "dream" and not in "reality".)

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After Kristen wakes up in front of Freddy's house, you can see the children jumping rope and singing rhymes, yet none of the children's mouths are moving. However, it's possible that the singing was merely intended to create a surreal atmosphere on the soundtrack and not interpreted so strictly.

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Quotes

Dr. Neil Gordon: What was that nursery rhyme all about?

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Dick Cavett: Can I ask you a question?

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Roland Kincaid: Ain't gonna dream no more, no more. Ain't gonna dream no more. All night long I sing this song. Ain't gonna dream no more.

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Faq

What happened to Jesse from part 2?

Jesse Walsh, the main protagonist of the second film, does not appear in any other film in the series so his final fate is unknown. However, Dr. Gordon mentions to Nancy that they "lost a kid" from their institute to another asylum and he cut off his own eyelids to stay awake from his dreams. Jesse seemed to still suffer the nightmares at the end of the sequel, so this implies that the "kid" may actually be Jesse Walsh, though this is never confirmed. Also, in the documenty 'Never Sleep Again", some of the people involved with the film express their ideas of what his fate was. The actor whom portray's him thinks he survived, or "he didn't go to burning man". Another person involved believes Freddy killed them all. In the end, it's left to the watcher to come up with their own ending for Jesse.

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