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Directed by | Wes Craven |
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Written by | Ehren Kruger |
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Characters by Kevin Williamson |
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Music by | Marco Beltrami |
Cinematography | Peter Deming |
Edited by | Patrick Lussier |
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Distributed by | Dimension Films |
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117 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million |
Box office | $161.8 million |
Scream 3: The Album | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
Released | January 25, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1997–1999 | |||
Genre | Alternative metal, nu metal, alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge | |||
Length | 73:11 | |||
Label | Wind-up | |||
Producer | Creed | |||
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Scream 3 is a 2000 American slasher film and the third installment in the Scream franchise. Directed by Wes Craven and written by Ehren Kruger, the film stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Matt Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Parker Posey, Deon Richmond, and Patrick Warburton. It was released on February 4, 2000. The story is set three years after Scream 2 and follows Sidney Prescott (Campbell), who has gone into self-imposed isolation following the events of the previous two films but is drawn to Hollywood after a new Ghostface begins killing the cast of the film within a film "Stab 3". Scream 3 combines the violence of the slasher genre with comedy and "whodunit" mystery, while satirizing the cliché of film trilogies This is the last Scream movie in the series to feature Jamie Kennedy and Liev Schreiber.
Unlike the previous Scream films, there was an increased emphasis on comedic elements in this installment, and the violence and horror were reduced in response to increased public scrutiny about violence in media, following the Columbine High School massacre. The film was the concluding chapter of the Scream series until the franchise was revived in 2011 with a sequel, Scream 4.