Beethoven's 3rd

For the symphony, see Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven).

Beethoven's 3rd
DVD cover
Directed by	David M. Evans
Starring	Judge Reinhold Julia Sweeney Joe Pichler Jamie Marsh
Release date	October 31, 2000
Running time	99 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Beethoven's 3rd is the second sequel to the 1992 film, Beethoven. Additionally, this is the third installment in the Beethoven film series. It was never given a cinematic release, being released directly to VHS, and later to DVD.

Plot

The Newton family from the original Beethoven movies is on cross country vacation in the United States of America but do plan to join a Newton family reunion in California and to make sure one of their family members definitely makes it, they ship him to travel to the reunion with George Newton's brother Richard. Guess which family member it was? That's right, Beethoven! The giant mutt follows Richard Newton and his family of a nagging wife and two bratty kids as they hit the road to California in a huge, shiny and expensive RV, equipped with a DVD player. Following them are two bumbling criminals who have hidden some secret codes on a DVD that they figure no one in the world will buy (The Shakiest Gun in the West), but someone does: Richard. So now they've got a DVD holding top secret information and the criminals must get it back... The Family is not only in trouble with the criminals but with the dog also. But after the dog saves Sarah from the criminals the family become very sad knowing they have to give him back. After the family gets to California they find out that The Newton family will not be coming, and that they have to keep the dog for another year.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character	Credited as
Judge Reinhold	Richard Newton
Julia Sweeney	Beth Newton
Joe Pichler	Brennan Newton
Michaela Gallo	Sara Newton
Mike Ciccolini	Tommy	Michael Ciccolini
Jamie Marsh	Bill (William)
Danielle Keaton	Penny	Danielle Weiner
Frank Gorshin	Uncle Morrie Newton
Holly Mitchell	Kennel Employee

Trivia

• The film that the crooks hide the operating system on was The Shakiest Gun in the West, a 1968 film starring Don Knotts.
• This film contains some scenes from The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock.
• There are VHS covers for the first five films in The Land Before Time series seen in the background at the video store at the beginning of the film.
• The two crooks drive a yellow AMC Pacer for the better part of the movie, and the car survives an encounter with a cement truck and driving into a lake, among other things. It is implied that the car belongs to one of the crooks' mothers.

External links

• Beethoven's 3rd at IMDb