Taglines: Turtles in time.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 movie storyline. In feudal Japan, a young man is being chased by four samurai on horseback. As they go into the woods, a mysterious woman emerges from the underbrush and watches closely. However, the samurai eventually capture and take the youth, revealed to be a prince named Kenshin, with them.
In the present, April O’Neil has been shopping at the flea market in preparation for her upcoming vacation. She brings her friends gifts to cheer them up. Michelangelo is given an old lamp (the lampshade of which he wears as an impression of “Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii”), Donatello is given a broken radio to fix, Leonardo is given a book on swords and Raphael is to receive a fedora, but having stormed off earlier, he is never formally given it. For Splinter, she brings an ancient Japanese scepter.
Back in the past, Kenshin is being scolded at by his father, Lord Norinaga, for disgracing their family name, but Kenshin argues that his father’s desire for war is the true disgrace. Their argument is interrupted by Walker, an English trader who has come to supply Norinaga with added manpower and firearms, and Kenshin leaves his father’s presence to brood alone in a temple. There, he finds the same scepter and reads the inscription: “Open Wide the Gates of Time”.
In the present, April is looking at the scepter and it begins to light up. She is then sent back in time, while Kensin takes her place; each wears what the other did. Upon arrival, April is accused of being a witch, but Walker deduces she has no power and has April put in prison to suffer. Back in the present, Kenshin is highly distressed upon seeing the turtles and calls them “kappa”. After learning from Kenshin of the situation, the turtles decide to go back in time to get April.
However, according to Donatello’s calculations; they have to do it within 60 hours, otherwise the scepter’s power will disappear due to the space-time continuum being out of sync. They bring in Casey Jones to watch over the lair and use the scepter to warp through time. When doing so, the turtles are replaced by four of Norinaga’s Honor Guards and are confused at their new surroundings.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles In Time,[2] is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed by Stuart Gillard, based on the comic book characters the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It is the second sequel to the 1990 live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. It was produced by Clearwater Holdings Ltd. and Golden Harvest. This was the last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film released by New Line Cinema and released on VHS along with Columbia TriStar Home Video. It was internationally distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (1993)
Directed by: Stuart Gillard
Starring: Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson, Sab Shimono, Vivian Wu, Mark Caso, David Fraser, Eidan Hanzei, John Aylward, Steve Akahoshi, Kent Kim
Screenplay by: Stuart Gillard
Production Design by: Roy Forge Smith
Cinematography by: David Gurfinkel
Film Editing by: William D. Gordean, James R. Symons
Costume Design by: Ha Nguyen
Set Decoration by: Ronald R. Reiss
Art Direction by: Mayne Berke
Music by: John Du Prez
MPAA Rating: PG for swashbuckling violence and mild language.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Release Date: March 19, 1993
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