| | | Prepare for battle.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, French, Dubbed & Subtitled, Spanish
From the bridge of the Fleet Battle Station Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking special effects creatures, acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven crafts a dazzling epic based on Robert A. Heinlein's classic sci-fi adventure. Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, and Michael Ironside star as the courageous soldiers who travel to the distant and desolate Klendathu system for the ultimate showdown between the species. "Sensationally exciting! Like Star Wars, it's ground zero for a new generation of thrill seekers!"-Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.
"Sensationally exciting! Like Star Wars, it's ground zero for a new generation of thrill seekers!" Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Entertaining, engaging, exciting..." Christine James, Box Office Magazine
Editor's Note
Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (TOTAL RECALL, ROBOCOP) mixes big budget bug bashing with twisted satire of old Hollywood movies in this adaptation of Robert Heinlein's classic sci-fi novel. It's the future, Earth is at war, and the kids are all going off to fight giant killer bugs on the remote planet of Klendathu. Casper Van Diem, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, and Patrick Muldoon play some of the blandly attractive young recruits who engage in soap-opera style love triangles as they toughen up and learn to fight (and die) like soldiers. Michael Ironside is their gung-ho, one-armed leader. The real stars though, are the superbly animated bugs. Packed to the rafters with jaw-dropping special effects and insane violence, the film managed to be a box office hit though it undoubtedly left some audiences confused at Verhoeven's slyly deadpan humor. By the time Neil Patrick Harris (TV's Doogie Howser) starts marching around in a Gestapo-style uniform, for example, it will be apparent this isn't STAR WARS. What it is however, is a rousing experience for mature viewers in the properly ironic frame of mind.
| Features | Screen Tests | | Theatrical Trailer | | 2-Disc Set | | Conceptual Art Galleries | | Scene Deconstructions With Commentary By Paul Verhoeven | | Deleted Scenes | | Special Effects Comparisons | | Storyboard Comparisons | | Vintage "Making Of..." Featurette | | Exclusive New Documentary "Death From Above" | | "Know Your Foe" Special Effects Featurettes | | The Starships Of Starship Troopers | | Filmographies | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selections | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1; French | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Cast & Crew Commentaries | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Widescreen Version | | Remastered In High Definition |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 2/21/2006 |
| Running Time: 130 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 06672 | | UPC: 00043396066724 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1998) | | | Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, John Richardson, Phil Tippett, Nominee, Best Visual Effects |
| Memorable Quotes| "Would you like to know more?"----a slogan that appears frequently in newreel clips | | "Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn't solve anything is mearly wishful thinking at its worst!"----Rasczak (Michael Ironside) to his students | | "Everyone fights, no one quits. If you don't do your job, I'll shoot you myself."----Rasczak to his troops | | "You see a bug hole, you nuke it!"----Rasczak to his troops | | "M.I. does the dying. Fleet just does the flying."----Rico (Casper Van Dien) referring to the downside of being in the mobile infantry |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Fascinating....Featuring astonishing effects and some of the most harrowing battle scenes in movie history..." 01/01/1998 p.53-4USA Today
"...Director Paul Verhoeven is back in his subversively nimble ROBOCOP groove with the uproariously cheeky STARSHIP TROOPERS" -- 4 out of 4 stars 11/07/1997 p.2D Entertainment Weekly
"...A letter grade would do a disservice to a movie that sees relentless entertainment and brilliant pop-culture fraud as two sides of the same media coin....The Most Ironic Hollywood Blockbuster Ever Made. See it for yourself and decide..." 05/15/1998 pp.104-5 New York Times
"...The film's main events are its wild bugfights, with hordes of extraordinarily dynamic special-effects creatures....These bizarre marauders are really something to see..." 11/07/1997 p.E14 Box Office
"...Entertaining, engaging, exciting....With game, energetic, winsome performances...and effects that live up to the hype..." 01/01/1998 p.47 USA Today 9 of 10
...uproariously cheeky...flips sci-fi on its ear and even ruder places. Having it both ways, this twisted space opera serves up carcasses in six-digit figures but is foremost a sendup for the ages... - Mike Clark
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