3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
- TV Movie
- 2004
- 1h 32m
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6.7/10
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Barry Pepper portrays legendary race car drive Dale Earnhardt, who died in 2001 during the last lap of the Daytona 500.Barry Pepper portrays legendary race car drive Dale Earnhardt, who died in 2001 during the last lap of the Daytona 500.Barry Pepper portrays legendary race car drive Dale Earnhardt, who died in 2001 during the last lap of the Daytona 500.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 nominations total
Russell Brooks
- Earnhardt Pit Crew
- (as Russell Dean Brooks Jr.)
Thunderbird Dinwiddie
- Connie
- (as Traci Dinwiddie)
Tricia Dyar
- Daisy
- (as Tricia Quattlebaum)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song Kryptonite is playing on Little Dale's boom box when Dale visits him on the boat dock. Racing is his kryptonite, or weakness.
- GoofsIn the 1998 Daytona 500 post-race celebration on pit road, the Coors Light team is shown wearing the current (2001-2004) pit uniforms. The ones in 1998 were blue and brown.
- Quotes
Darrell Waltrip: [Dale Earnhardt has crashed with Ken Schrader on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500] I just hope Dale's okay! I guess he's all right isnt he?
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I've watched "3" almost three times since it's debut Saturday night. I watched it in its entirety and then the better part of the last hour twice afterward. The last half hour is heartbreaking and very well done. After all the hype, I feared "3" wouldn't meet expectations, especially for Earnhardt fans. On the contrary, it exceeded them for me. You're not going to please everyone trying to tell the life story of a man like Dale Earnhardt in less than two hours. The main quibble I had was not telling the story of the lucky penny Dale carried during his Daytona 500 win. A minor criticism to be sure.
The casting and performances were outstanding. Hard to believe the actor who convincingly played another one of my sports heroes, Roger Maris, could also deliver a performance as Earnhardt deserving of an Emmy nomination.
As a longtime Earnhardt fan, I sometimes had to remind myself I was watching a movie and not Sportscentury. Barry Pepper, please play Johnny Unitas.
I won't spoil the touching way the tragic ending was handled, but if you don't shed a tear or ten, you'd better check your pulse.
The casting and performances were outstanding. Hard to believe the actor who convincingly played another one of my sports heroes, Roger Maris, could also deliver a performance as Earnhardt deserving of an Emmy nomination.
As a longtime Earnhardt fan, I sometimes had to remind myself I was watching a movie and not Sportscentury. Barry Pepper, please play Johnny Unitas.
I won't spoil the touching way the tragic ending was handled, but if you don't shed a tear or ten, you'd better check your pulse.
- Blancmange19
- Dec 11, 2004
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004) officially released in Canada in English?
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