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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) -- Trailer for this 80s flick
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) -- YouTube - TMNT25: Scott Mednick & Galen Walker Interview [Ray Carsillo] (Flash)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) -- CBS Early Show anchors Julie Chen, Harry Smith, Dave Price, Maggie Rodriguez and Russ Mitchell look back at the 90s, a time of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Hubble Telescope, the end of Apartheid and much more.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) -- Trailer advertising collectors edition which contains 4 movies including new animated cartoon featuring the Turtle Heroes

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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   23,764 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Kevin Eastman (characters) and
Peter Laird (characters) ...
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Release Date:
30 March 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
Heroes in a half shell! more
Plot:
A quartet of humanoid turtles trained by their mentor in ninjitsu must learn to pull together in order to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(206 articles)
Cameron Plugs Into Eastman's "Heavy Metal"...
 (From SneakPeek. 8 December 2009, 6:43 AM, PST)

Ninja Turtles Turns 25 With ‘Turtles Forever’
 (From Screen Rant. 6 December 2009, 8:43 AM, PST)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (USA) (long title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Movie (USA) (DVD box title)
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Runtime:
93 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (cut) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2003) (uncut) | USA:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec)

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Trivia:
Michelan Sisti, the performer inside the Michaelangelo costume, also plays the pizza delivery man who delivers the pizza to the Turtles' sewer. more
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Plot holes: Where do the Ninja Turtles get the money to order pizza? more
Quotes:
Splinter: Kids. more
Soundtrack:
EVERY HEART NEEDS A HOME more

FAQ

What weapons did each turtle use?
What are the differences between the British BBFC-PG VHS version and the uncut version?
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46 out of 55 people found the following comment useful.
This movie will always be a part of me..., 16 May 2002
10/10

I was just a little kid when I first started collecting turtle stuff, Comics, figures, and trade cards, as well as many other things.. I remember one day I came home to find that my mother had thrown out every action figure and card I had, as well as most of my comics.. She replaced them with a phone and a fish tank.. She said I was getting too old for kid toys, and that I would grow out of them any way.. I was about 9... So when the movie was released I was the first one there on the first day it was released to theaters.. I collected some of the figures later on, but I never had a collection that was even close to my first.. I have almost every cartoon movie made on tape, several copies of all three live action movies, and this one on DVD... I never grew out of the turtles, and I know I never will.. I know all three movies word for word... When every one grows up, a part of them, a big part dies, and we forget what we loved so much as children.. Our Imagination dies, and an adult is born.. I simply refuse to let my heros go.. While the years pass and the turtles are forgotten, they will forever be a reminder to me of the times I could spend hours on end with nothing but myself and my action figures that came to life right in front of me with nothing more than my imagination....

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