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6.7/10   892 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Robert Eisele (written by)
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Release Date:
11 December 2004 (USA) more
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Tagline:
One man, One sport. One nation.
Plot:
Barry Pepper portrays legendary race car drive Dale Earnhardt, who died in 2001 during the last lap of the Daytona 500. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Screen Actors Guild Nominations Go Sideways
 (From IMDb News. 11 January 2005)

User Reviews:
Surprisingly well done more (36 total)

Cast

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Barry Pepper ... Dale Earnhardt

Elizabeth Mitchell ... Teresa Earnhardt

Ernest Whitted ... Pit Crowd

Andrea Powell ... Martha Earnhardt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Bridgers ... Neil Bonnett

Joe Chrest ... Jake Elder

Russell Cook ... Press Conference VIP
Teresa Delgado ... Kelly Earnhardt

Traci Dinwiddie ... Connie

Lori Beth Edgeman ... Latane Brown

Corri English ... Kelly Earnhardt
Michael Flippo ... Wayne Robertson
Daniel Freeze ... Dale Pit Crew

Frank Glidden ... Kerry
Craig S. Harper ... Kenny Schrader
Andy Hillenburg ... Deke

Jim Keisler ... GM Executive
James G. Martin Jr. ... Dwayne
Chad McCumbee ... Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Marshal McGee ... Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Ron Prather ... Richard Childress

Tricia Quattlebaum ... Daisy
Brandi Ryans ... Brenda Gee

David Sherrill ... H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler

J.K. Simmons ... Ralph Earnhardt

Zachary Dylan Smith ... Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Kevin Stillwell ... Rod Osterland

Greg Thompson ... Darrell Waltrip

Olivia Weston ... Dale's Mistress
David Wilson ... GM Executive
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
3 (USA) (short title)
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Runtime:
Brazil:92 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: Many cars depicted in the 2001 Daytona 500 are incorrect in terms of body styles and paint schemes. Most noticeable are the cars of Jeff Gordon, Bobby Labonte, and Rusty Wallace. Gordon's car sports the old rainbow color scheme when 2001 was the first year his car sported the blue/red flame paint scheme. Bobby Labonte's Interstate Batteries car is Chevrolet Monte Carlo, his actual 2001 car was a Pontiac. Wallace's car in the film is a 1998 Ford Taurus using the old blue/white Miller Lite paint scheme (the actual car was a 2001 with an all-blue Miller Lite paint scheme). more
Quotes:
Dale Earnhardt: All I wanna do is race, Daddy. more

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Surprisingly well done, 12 December 2004
6/10
Author: craigto from United States

Several years ago ESPN made a decision that they were going to expand their vision and focus to include original entertainment programming. This has led to a slew of made-for-TV films, dramatic mini-series, and specials about fictional or historical sports personalities and events. Although the acronym ESPN has always stood for Entertainment Sports Programming Network, ESPN never had the desire, budget, or ability to produce this type of original entertainment. Just like MTV has become less about music videos and more about reality TV, dramas, soap operas, and animated series, ESPN seems to be headed down the same wrong path. That's why when I saw the trailers for '3' the last couple weeks, I figured it would be poorly done and over-dramatized just like every other original project ESPN has touched. Surprisingly, that wasn't the case. Barry Pepper, who has been good in everything else I've seen him in, puts on a good performance this time too. I've never been a fan of auto sports, or Dale Earnhardt for that matter, but I was entertained by this movie every bit of the way.

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