Main Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Fred Ward
Release Year: 1994
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
The further misadventures of bumbling Los Angeles police Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) are chronicled in this third installment in the popular Naked Gun comedy series. This by-the-numbers entry begins with Drebin as a happily retired house-husband called back into action when an evil terrorist organization threatens Los Angeles. As in the other Naked Gun films, this plot is merely an excuse for an unhinged, rapid-fire succession of gags, ranging from satirical lampoons of cop movies to broad slapstick, all played with a perfectly straight face. Nielsen provides his familiar combination of complete witlessness and oblivious dignity as Drebin, and the film attempts to match the earlier Naked Gun films -- and the Police Squad! television series that inspired them -- in the number of jokes. However, the film proved less successful than its predecessors, as some viewers found that the freewheeling comic style of the earlier films had solidified into its own formula, now mildly entertaining but disappointingly predictable. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
Review
The title of Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult suggests that executive producers Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker knew they were offering diminishing returns with each new outing of Lt. Frank Drebin and company. After all, this time David Zucker isn't even directing -- that task goes to newbie Peter Segal. What they didn't know was that their film would feature two of the 1990s' most notorious tabloid headliners, O.J. Simpson and Anna Nicole Smith, making it quite a fun rental for those interested in seeing these disgraced stars in their more carefree days. As Nordberg, Simpson is as loosey goosey (and repeatedly banged up) as ever, but Smith gives proof as ample as her breasts why she needed her geriatric husband's fortune -- her acting was never going to earn many paychecks. Leslie Nielsen and George Kennedy are still a winningly oblivious comic pair, and Priscilla Presley continues to show her fitness for farce, but the jokes start to feel a little old hat, if not actually unfunny. It's just that knowing what the joke is going to be before the punchline eventually loses its charm. For die-hard fans of spoofs, this one will offer enough, but for those looking for a new and different approach, look elsewhere. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
Kathleen Freeman - Muriel; Anna Nicole Smith - Tanya Peters; Ellen Greene - Louise; Ed Williams - Ted; Raye Birk - Papshmir; Marc Alaimo - Trucker; Rosalind Allen - Bobbi; Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter - Cabbie; Doris Belack - Dr. Roberts; Earl Boen - Dr. Eisendrath; Tim Bohn - Waldo; Susan Breslau - Train Lady #1; Andre Rosey Brown - Corridor Guard; John Capodice - Mr. Big; Michael Chambers - Dancer; Glen Chin - Sumo Wrestler; Randall "Tex" Cobb - Big Hairy Con; Ann B. Davis - Herself; Lois de Banzie - Dr. Kohlzak; Shannen Doherty - Herself (uncredited); Olympia Dukakis - Herself (uncredited); Robert J. Elisberg - Taxi Driver; Bill Erwin - Conductor; Morgan Fairchild - Herself (uncredited); Paul Feig - Oscar Audience Member; Lou Felder - Presenter; Tom Finnegan - Priest; Joe Flood - Cop; David Fresco - Lifetime Award Recipient; Nigel Gibbs - Carjacker; Marcy Goldman - Train Lady #3; Elliott Gould - Himself (uncredited); Eugene Greytak - Pope; Joe Grifasi - Director; Florence Henderson - Herself; Scott Herriott - Oscar Audience Member; Wendy Hogan - Producer's Wife; James Earl Jones - Himself (uncredited); Christopher Keene - Cop; Mary Lou Retton - Herself; Matt Roe - Clayton; Aaron Seville - Cop; Julie Strain - Dominatrix; Jerald Vincent - Dancer; Raquel Welch - Herself (uncredited); Vanna White - Herself; Jeff Wright - Store Manager; Weird Al Yankovic - Himself; Pia Zadora - Herself; Alex Zimmerman - Mess Hall Convict; Burton Zucker - Clinic Patient; Charlotte Zucker - Nurse; Bill Zuckert - Old Man; Chrissy Bocchino - Mother Theresa; Danny D. Daniels - Cabbie; Michael Ewing - Assistant Director; Mariel Hemingway - Herself (uncredited); Robert LoCash - Producer of 'Sawdust & Mildew'; Rick Scarry - Security Guard; Wayne "Crescendo" Ward - Dancer; Robert Weiss - Tuba Player; David Zucker - Teleprompter Guy; Marianne Davis - Girl of Geriatric Park; Andrew Craig - Bryce Porterhouse Guard; William Kerr - Producer of 'Sawdust & Mildew'; Blane Savage - Dancer; Hammam Shafie - Cabbie; Wylie Small - Defense Attorney; Peter Segal - Producer of 'Sawdust & Mildew'; Pamela Basker; Joe D'Angerio - Security Guard; Gary Cooper - Cop
Credit
Bruce Crone - Art Director, Jeff Wright - Associate Producer, Michael Ewing - Associate Producer, Pamela Basker - Casting, Miranda Garrison - Choreography, William C. Gerrity - Co-producer, Robert LoCash - Co-producer, Mary Vogt - Costume Designer, John Hockridge - First Assistant Director, Peter Segal - Director, James R. Symons - Editor, Jim Abrahams - Executive Producer, Gil Netter - Executive Producer, Jerry Zucker - Executive Producer, Ira Newborn - Composer (Music Score), Hank Garfield - Musical Direction/Supervision, Stephen Abrums - Makeup, William C. Gerrity - Production Designer, Lawrence G. Paull - Production Designer, Robert M. Stevens - Cinematographer, Robert Weiss - Producer, David Zucker - Producer, John H.M. Berger - Set Designer, Ann Harris - Set Designer, Kathe Klopp - Set Designer, Natalie Richards - Set Designer, Robert LoCash - Screenwriter, Pat Proft - Screenwriter, David Zucker - Screenwriter
