Toy Soldiers (1991)

Director:

Daniel Petrie Jr.

Writers (WGA):

William P. Kennedy (novel)
Daniel Petrie Jr. (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 April 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Years of bad behaviour are about to pay off.

Plot:

When terrorists sieze control of a boarding school, a group of trouble-making boys decide to resist them.

Plot Keywords:

Corporal Punishment | Torture | Dead Boy | Die Hard Scenario | Boarding School

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sean Astin	...	William 'Billy' Tepper
Wil Wheaton	...	Joseph 'Joey' Trotta
Keith Coogan	...	Jonathan 'Snuffy' Bradberry
Andrew Divoff	...	Luis Cali
R. Lee Ermey	...	General Kramer
Mason Adams	...	FBI Dep. Asst. Dir. Otis Brown
Denholm Elliott	...	Headmaster
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Dean Parker
George Perez	...	Ricardo Montoya
T.E. Russell	...	Henry 'Hank' Giles III
Shawn Phelan	...	Derek 'Yogurt'
Michael Champion	...	Jack Thorpe
Tracy Brooks Swope	...	Jennifer (voice)
Max Manwell	...	HRT Commander
Joe Inscoe	...	Agent Grimes

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Miller School of Albemarle - 1000 Samuel Miller Loop, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Company:

Island World

Trivia:

The "boys" who bought the adulterated mouthwash, ("Mr Burg, Mr Zarpas - Billy Tepper sold you a bottle of mouthwash with vodka in it... you have three seconds to hand it out here.") are two of this films' producers, Mark Burg and Chris Zarpas.

Goofs:

At the end of the film, Billy can be seen running over Montoya's shoulder, yet over Giles' shoulder, he's not there.

Quotes:

William "Billy" Tepper: They're going to shoot five kids if I don't go back.
Military Officer: They're going to shoot you if you do go back.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Masterminds (1997)

A comedic, action-filled movie that everyone needs to see!

Sean Astin pulls off another amazing performance in "Toy Soldiers". He plays the highly intelligent prankster, Billy Tepper along with Wil Wheaton and Keith Coogan who play his best friends, Joey Trotta and Jonathan "Snuffy" Bradberry. During a regular day at Saint Anselm's school for boys, a group of dangerous terrorists take all the boys and teachers as hostages and threatens to blow up the school if the leader, Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff's), father isn't released from the American prison, but these aren't just ordinary boys that are taken hostage, most of these kids are the sons of very powerful people in America and half of them were expelled from other schools before they came to Saint Anselm's. They're mouths and actions just may get them killed. When the government is desperately trying to figure out a way to help, Billy, Joey, Snuffy and some more boys decide to take matters into their own hands.