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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Year:
Duration:
93 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
6.7
Director:
Steve Barron
Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-03-30
Filming Locations: USA
Earnings
Budget: $13,500,000
Gross: $135,265,915 (USA)$201,965,915 (worldwide)
Cast
Actor
Character
Judith Hoag
April O'Neil
Elias Koteas
Casey Jones
Josh Pais
Raphael (voice)
David Forman
Leonardo
Brian Tochi
Leonardo
Leif Tilden
Donatello
Michelan Sisti
Michaelangelo
Robbie Rist
Michaelangelo
Kevin Clash
Splinter
James Saito
The Shredder
David McCharen
The Shredder
Sam Rockwell
Head Thug
Toshishiro Obata
Tatsu
Michael McConnohie
Tatsu
Michael Turney
Danny Pennington
Jay Patterson
Charles Pennington
Raymond Serra
Chief Sterns
Kitty Fitzgibbon
June
Louis Cantarini
Cab Driver
Joe D'Onofrio
Movie Hoodlum #1 (as Joseph D'Onofrio)
John Ward
Movie Hoodlum #2 (as John D. Ward)
Ju Yu
Shinsho
Cassandra Ward-Freeman
Charles' Secretary
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Technician
John Rogers
New Recruit
Tae Pak
Talkative Foot #1
Kenn Scott
Talkative Foot #2 (as Kenn Troum)
Robert Haskell
Tall Teen
Josh Lozoff
Beaten Teen (as Joshua Bo Lozoff)
Winston Hemingway
Police Officer #1
Joe Inscoe
Police Officer #2
Corey Feldman
Donatello
Curtis Bush
Foot Soldier
Kevin Eastman
Citizen (uncredited)
Rick Gomez
Thug
Curtis Lambert
Subway Bystander (uncredited)
Robert J. Maxwell
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Nick Pernice
Central Park Robbery Bystander (uncredited)
Kimani Ray Smith
Gangster (uncredited)
Skeet Ulrich
Thug
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Trivia
Robin Williams, who was a big fan of the franchise, provided Judith Hoag with information regarding her character through his comic book collection; the two were co-starring in Cadillac Man (1990) when the Turtles film went into production.
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After design sketches were created, the construction team used the studios' backlot to create some of the sets. There were problems with the manholes that led to the Turtles' home, in that an eight-foot square room had to be constructed beneath them, but found water at about five-feet, and thus had to pour concrete into the underground rooms to keep the water out.
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The plot is heavily inspired by stories from Kevin Eastman-Peter Laird's original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comics: 'The Turtles Origin is Told' (the origin of the turtles is told by Master Splinter and the team fight and defeat The Shredder)'Me, Myself and I' (Raphael encounters Casey Jones for the first time)'What Goes Around Comes Around' (the Foot Clan critically wounds a Turtle)'Silent Partner' (a fight in April's home between the Foot and the Turtles and Casey)'True Stories' (the Turtles hide out at April's farm to convalescence)and 'Return to New York' (the Turtles finally confront the Foot and the Shredder).
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Goofs
During April's mugging, and the Turtles' intervention, you can see glass breaking when Raphael's sai is thrown at the light, but the light doesn't go out for another second or two.
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While fleeing the Foot Clan in the junk shop, the same brief scene of Donatello turning and punching out one of the Foot is used twice.
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Shortly after Casey is seen chopping vegetables with a sword, there is a shot of all of the turtles gathered in one room. In the bottom center of the screen, you can see a mic cord coming out of the bottom of a turtle's shell and going down his left leg. This is Leonardo. Behind him, another more visible cord can be seen coming out of the left side of Raphael's shell.
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Quotes
Michaelangelo: [on the phone ordering a pizza] Oh, and I want no anchovies. And I mean, NO anchovies. You put anchovies on this thing and you're in big trouble, okay?
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Casey Jones: Lead the way, Toots.
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April: Are you guys sure you know where you're going?
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Faq
Q
What are the differences between the British BBFC-PG VHS version and the uncut version?
A
Due to Britain's strict policy with regard to martial arts weapons the old VHS of this Turtles movie used several alternative scenes in order to avoid this set of problems in the UK. With the abolition of the BBFC's agenda the movie got released in its uncut version on DVD in Britain. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
Q
What weapons did each turtle use?
A
Leonardo used twin Ninja-Tou, steel swords of usually inferior make to samurai swords, roughly sharpened and straight bladed, coming to a slanted edge point (as in \) instead of a curving blade that came to a fine point. (His weapons were mislabeled on his toy information and his card and have been called Katana ever since).Donatello wielded a bo, a staff made of tapered hard wood (e.g. bamboo or white oak).Raphael wielded two sai (both singular and plural), dagger-shaped truncheons with two curved prongs (yoku) projecting from the handle. Used to fight sword users and disarm them as well as for stabbing.Michelangelo fought with twin nunchaku: two sticks connected at the end with a steel chain. Used as a blunt instrument striking weapon like clubs but with more force due to rotation.
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