Product Description
MODEL- 11800 VENDOR- UMD MOVIE
FEATURES- Starship Troopers PSP Movie
STARSHIP TROOPERS charts the lives of elite members of the Mobile
Infantry, a corps of dedicated young men and women soldiers
fighting side-by-side in the ultimate intergalactic war... the
battle to save humankind. The enemy is mysterious and incredibly
powerful with only one mission: survival of their species no matter
what the human cost. Director Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Total
Recall) reunited many from his 1987 Robocop team for this $100-
million science fiction adventure, adapted from Robert A.
Heinlein's 1959 novel, originally serialized in The Magazine of
Fantasy and Science Fiction (October-November, 1959). After
graduation, Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) volunteers for the Mobile
Infantry to do his Federal service -- but also to win over his
girlfriend, Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards), who has signed with
the Fleet Academy to become a starship pilot. Johnny joins other
boot-camp recruits -- Dizzy Flores (Dina Meyer), who has had a
crush on Johnny since school, and Ace Levy (Jake Busey). Ace and
Johnny become pals, and Johnny's abilities earn him the squad
leader position. A training accident occurs on Johnny's watch, and
he is about to resign when Earth is attacked by alien insects
intent on eradicating all human life. Johnny's home, Buenos Aires,
is no longer on the map. Horrified, he chooses to stay on and fight
to destroy the insect threat. The Mobile Infantry travels to the
planet Klendathu to battle the warrior bugs, a ruthless enemy with
only one goal -- survival of their species no matter what. In the
initial encounter, some 100,000 lives are lost. At a distant fort,
Johnny's unit discovers that the bugs drain brains to acquire
knowledge. Soon they are overwhelmed by an advancing arthropod army
of immense proportions, attacking both in space and on the planet
surface. The notion of human extinction becomes a possibility. For
this $100-million production, some 300 artists and technicians
combined models and miniatures with CGI effects to fashion a
variety of creatures -- from breeder bugs to armored tanker bugs.
The film employed hundreds of extras and has over 500 visual
effects shots. Filming began 4/29/96 in California (LA and Long
Beach, where Cal State's pyramid gym was used for the Jumpball
game), New York, South Dakota, Wyoming (Casper, Hell's Half Acre),
and Utah (an abandoned Wendover airstrip where the Enola Gay WWII
bomber crew trained). At an abandoned airfield in Fountain Valley,
California, an elaborate set was constructed to resemble a military
boot camp of the future -- complete with an array of pup tents,
gull-winged spaceships, hurdle obstacle course, and training
facility buildings. Cinematography by Jost Vacano (Showgirls).
Licensed products include Lewis Galoob Inc. toys.
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MPAA Rating : R
Genre : Action Thriller, Sci-Fi Action, War Adventure
Theatrical Date : 1997
Run Time : 130 minutes
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
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