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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
Big action. Big fun. Big movie! Small Soldiers is the smash hit critics call "Smart, funny and action-packed!" Meet the Commando Elite--renegade action figures with an attitude. They've burst out of their boxes to combat their arch-rivals--the Gorgonites, kindhearted but unusual looking creatures. Now small-town teenager Alan Abernathy gets enlisted to help the Gorgonites and rescue the girl of his dreams before the whole town is taken over. Small Soldiers is a spectacular adventure for the whole family!
"Smart, funny and action-packed!" ABC Radio Networks
"There's a delightful intelligence behind Small Soldiers." Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
A toy company believes it is onto something when it employs the latest government military technology in a series of action figures, enabling them to talk. They underestimate the power of the special micro chips they've employed, however, as the two opposing sides of the toy line start thinking for themselves and engaging in real combat. The Commando Elite (belligerent war toys) vow to wipe out the Gorgonites (kindhearted misfit fantasy creature figures) in a suburban neighborhood. A young boy, with the help of the kind Gorgonites, must protect his home and family from the Commandos. Listen for the voices of Spinal Tap (Mike McKean, Chris Guest, and Harry Shearer) as Gorgonite Voices as well as Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci (as the voices of evil, mutated Barbie dolls).
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; French, Spanish Dolby Stereo | | Biographies | | From The Cutting Room Floor | | Interactive Game Demo | | Interactive Menus | | Production Notes | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Dreamworks (Universal) |
| Release Date: 2/8/2005 |
| Running Time: 109 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1998 | | Catalog ID: 84161 | | UPC: 00667068416121 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Young Artist Awards (1999) | | | Gregory Smith, Nominee, Best Performance In A Feature Film - Leading Young Actor | | | Kirsten Dunst, Nominee, Best Performance In A Feature Film - Leading Young Actress |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Striking effects..." 10/01/1998 p.55-6USA Today
"...First-rate special effects..." 07/31/1998 p.7E New York Times
"...The voice talent here is extraordinary....The figures themselves are impressive accomplishments..." 07/10/1998 p.E18 Box Office
"...SMALL SOLDIERS does boast quite a bit of ingenuity and humor. The animation is excellent, as is the figure design, and the voice cast alone is worth the price of admission..." 09/01/1998 p.64 Premiere
"...The special effects, a mix of computer animation, animatronics, and live action, are an advanced version of what Dante achieved on 1984's GREMLINS..." 07/01/1998 p.22 Total Film
"...GREMLINS director Joe Dante achieves a great balance between playfulness and maliciousness here..." 05/01/2000 p.103 San Francisco Chronicle 8 of 10
"You're not like any toy I have ever seen," an astonished boy says to the toy commandos who have com - Bob Graham
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