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Overview
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Release Date:
7 November 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
Genocide doesn't compare to this. more
Plot:
Humans of a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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11 nominations
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Best satire since Dr. Strangelove
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Casper Van Dien | ... | Johnny Rico |
 | Dina Meyer | ... | Dizzy Flores |
 | Denise Richards | ... | Carmen Ibanez |
 | Jake Busey | ... | Ace Levy |
 | Neil Patrick Harris | ... | Carl Jenkins |
 | Clancy Brown | ... | Sgt. Zim |
 | Seth Gilliam | ... | Sugar Watkins |
 | Patrick Muldoon | ... | Zander Barcalow |
 | Michael Ironside | ... | Jean Rasczak |
| Rue McClanahan | ... | Biology Teacher |
 | Marshall Bell | ... | General Owen |
 | Eric Bruskotter | ... | Breckinridge |
 | Matt Levin | ... | Kitten Smith |
 | Blake Lindsley | ... | Katrina |
| Anthony Ruivivar | ... | Shujimi |
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MPAA:
Rated R for graphic sci-fi violence and gore, and for some language and nudity.
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Runtime:
129 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) |
Iceland:16 |
South Korea:15 (video rating) (cut) |
South Korea:18 (original rating) |
Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA |
Belgium:KNT |
Brazil:16 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Chile:14 |
Denmark:11 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) (video rating) (uncut) |
Germany:18 (theatrical rating) (uncut) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:T |
Japan:PG-12 |
Mexico:C |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:M18 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (original rating) |
UK:18 (video rating) |
USA:R (No. 34343) |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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When Carmen Ibanez is taking the starship out of dock the first time, she flicks a switch to release the hoses attached to the docking platform. That switch is the power switch from a 1982 era IBM PC, the very first PC to see widespread use in home and office.
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Goofs:
Continuity: The green gore on Flores' helmet is missing the next time the film cuts back to her after the initial spattering scene; in subsequent shots it is there but the amount varies.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Newsreel announcer: Young people from all over the globe are joining up to fight for the future.
Soldier #1: I'm doing my part.
Soldier #2: I'm doing my part.
Soldier #3: I'm doing my part.
Young kid dressed up as a soldier: I'm doing my part too.
[Soldiers laugh]
Newsreel announcer: They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship.
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Newsreel announcer: Young people from all over the globe are joining up to fight for the future.
Soldier #1: I'm doing my part.
Soldier #2: I'm doing my part.
Soldier #3: I'm doing my part.
Young kid dressed up as a soldier: I'm doing my part too.
[Soldiers laugh]
Newsreel announcer: They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship.
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Soundtrack:
Pier Thirteen
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What are the songs played during the high school prom dance?What is the song played during Rico and Zander's brawl?
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Starship Troopers is a subtle and insidiously subversive movie that proved frighteningly prescient in the wake of post-9/11 uberpatriotism. Both Heinlein's book and Verhoeven's film are valid and interesting political statements at opposite ends of the spectrum. Heinlein's novel was criticized as fascist at the time of its publication, and for all his obvious talent as a writer I'm inclined to agree. The movie is as much a sendup of the original novel as it is a satire of jingoist American politics. It really is a shame that despite the squeaky-clean heroes plucked straight from the soaps, the Mormon extremists, the multiple-amputee mobile infantry retirees and the propaganda shorts masquerading as news, the vast majority still seems to regard Starship Troopers as a stupid action movie and, for some reason, absolutely refuse to consider that it might be something more.
10/10