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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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NewsDesk:
(121 articles)
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The negative buzz kept me from watching this film for awhile, but I'm glad I've seen it now!
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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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Colour:
Colour (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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The song, "I Have Not Been to Paradise", (a cover of the David Bowie song "I have not been to Oxford Town") is sung by Zoë Poledouris, the eldest daughter of Basil Poledouris, the film's composer.
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Goofs:
Continuity: During the punishment, the leather piece Rico is biting down on changes positions between shots.
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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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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Monsters, Inc. (2001)
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Soundtrack:
I Have Not Been To Oxford Town
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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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Based on the famous Robert A. Heinlein novel, Starship Troopers is set in a world of the future where militarism is the norm, largely because we've discovered alien civilizations of huge insect-like creatures and we're at war with them. The film follows a quartet of high school friends as they make their varied ways through the military.
Starship Troopers is both a tongue-in-cheek satire of society and an intense sci-fi/action/war film filled with horror-like insect monsters and a healthy dose of graphic gore. That's a genre combination that will not please all viewers, especially if the tongue-in-cheek humor goes over their heads. For those more in tune with the genre melding, Starship Troopers promises a quick, edge-of-your-seat ride from the first moments to the last.
The film can be looked at in three sections, with slight crossovers from one section to another. The first is focused on the social satire. The cultural differences of the future are given in mostly indirectly, and occasionally, the point is what hasn't changed, or perhaps what is currently (per the film's setting) in vogue as a retro element. The second and third sections could be seen as a sci-fi Platoon (1986), with the second section focused on military basic training and the third focused on wartime. Like Platoon, the basic training scenes show order and a clear sense of purpose, while the wartime scenes show comparative chaos.
That the film could be compared to something like Platoon shows that although director Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Edward Neumeier are aware that the material could easily be seen as absurd, they have the chops to make it believable and suspenseful at the same time.
This is not to say that Starship Troopers is a rip-off of any other movie. The film-making here is highly original, and we could almost see the entire film as a computer-based CNN-styled collection of wartime newsreels of the future. It remains quick, witty and intense throughout. My only regret is that they didn't incorporate Yes' song Starship Troopers in the score somehow.