Balto 3 : Sur l'aile du vent

Original title: Balto III: Wings of Change

Video
2004
G
1h 16m

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The mail in the north used to be delivered by dogsled, but the success of airplane delivery leaves Balto and the other sled dogs feeling neglected.The mail in the north used to be delivered by dogsled, but the success of airplane delivery leaves Balto and the other sled dogs feeling neglected.The mail in the north used to be delivered by dogsled, but the success of airplane delivery leaves Balto and the other sled dogs feeling neglected.

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6.1/10

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Sean Astin

Kodi
(voice)

Jodi Benson

Jenna
(voice)

Keith Carradine

Duke
(voice)

Bill Fagerbakke

Ralph
(voice)
…

Charles Fleischer

Boris
(voice)
…

Charity James

Dusty
(voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Balto
(voice)
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Kathy Najimy

Dipsy
(voice)

David Paymer

Mel
(voice)

Kevin Schon

Muc
(voice)
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Jean Smart

Stella
(voice)

Carl Weathers

Kirby
(voice)

Director
- Phil Weinstein
Writers
- Cliff Ruby
- Elana Lesser
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User reviews22

Featured review

5/10

Not great, but far superior to the second one

I loved the first Balto movie, it wasn't a flawless film, but it had a good story, good animation, good voice acting, and a heart to it. I hated Balto 2: Wolf Quest, it had a contrived story, sub-par animation, OK voice acting at best, and was obviously just a cash grab. Now we have Balto 3: The Wings of Change, is it any good? Kinda.

First off the story is much better, no weird spiritual stuff, just a race against a bush plane, and a rescue. Also there is a subplot of Boris falling in love, but he can't fly, the subplots OK, but the movie probably could have done a better job with it. The voice actings better, Balto sounds more like he did in the first. The animation, well, it's still sub-par 2-D and awful CGI. Also there are more songs in this film, but it isn't just howling, and the songs, are actually, not that bad. There not Disney quality songs, but they were pretty descent.

Balto 3 isn't perfect, but it's far better than the second in the series, so if you want to, give it a shot, it may surprise you.

kdnor2011
Jun 14, 2011
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Trivia
Balto, Jenna, Boris, Muk, and Luk are the only characters to appear in all three Balto films.

Goofs
In the first movie, Balto's eye scleras were medium-dark yellow. In the second movie, his scleras were white, but in this movie, they return back to medium-dark yellow, even during flashbacks from the second movie, when his eyes were white.

Quotes
Dipsy: [listening to the conversation above] Okay. Alright. This could be interesting.
[listens]
Dipsy: Oh my.
[listens]
Dipsy: Oh... um, uh-huh.
[listens]
Dipsy: What the...?
[listens]
Dipsy: Woah.
[listens]
Dipsy: Yikes.
[listens]
Dipsy: Oh my!
Dipsy, Kodi, Dusty, Kirby, Ralph, Mel: What?
Dipsy: The postmaster's agreed to a race to see who's faster, the bushplane or the dogs.
Kodi: We're saved! We'll beat the tail off of that bushplane.
Mel: Are you crazy? Have you seen how fast that monster flies?
Dusty: We can't afford to lose!
Ralph: No kidding. We're gonna need someone fast and experienced to lead us in the race.
Kirby: You can count on me! Er, what? What?
Dusty: Well, Kirby, it's just, uh, we don't need fast, we need
[short pause]
Dusty: really, really fast.
Kirby: Oh? Oh... yeah. Yeah! Right. The fastest dog in Nome.
[turns toward Ralph]
Ralph: The most famous dog in Nome.
[turns toward Kodi]
Kodi: [proudly] My dad!

Crazy credits
Santa is credited "as himself".

Alternate versions
The R1 DVD release uses the Universal Pictures logo from PAL masters (despite the whole film retaining its original audio pitch and speed) while the North American VHS, TV broadcasts, and digital releases retain the Universal Pictures logo in a normal pitch.