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Captain America (1990)

PG-13  |   |  Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller  |  14 December 1990 (UK)
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Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull.

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Cast

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Matt Salinger ...
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General Fleming
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Lt. Colonel Louis
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Red Skull / Army Doctor
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Young General Fleming
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Young Tom Kimball (as Garette Ratliffe)
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Storyline

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States. Written by &view=simple&sort=alpha" >Michael "Rabbit" Hutchison <rabhutch@spacestar.net>

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Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

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14 December 1990 (UK)  »

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Captain America: Director's Cut  »

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$10,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Before Matt Salinger was given the part, both Dolph Lundgren and Arnold Schwarzenegger were up for the part of Captain America. However, Arnold's accent lost him the part and Lundgren was busy filming The Punisher (1989). See more »

Goofs

In the Springfield newspaper montage that span decades, the story beneath the headline is always the same (something about an ex-Padre players' divorce). See more »

Quotes

Lt. Colonel Louis: Captain America. Whatever happened to him?
Captain America: He went on one mission. He didn't get his man, and he sat out the rest of the war. He sat out all the wars. No big surprise though, considering he was 4-F to start with. Don't know why anyone thought a little cellular restructuring could change that.
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Please support the environmental protection act of 1990 See more »


Soundtracks

Written in the Wind
Written and Produced by Barry Goldberg & Derek Power
Performed by Southside Johnny Lyon (as Southside Johnny)
Courtesy of Cypress Records
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Captain America!
24 January 2004 | by (U.S.A.) – See all my reviews

Captain America is good movie. All of the cast was good and the characters were used properly. It was funny that Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin were in another film together. Matt Salinger played Captain America very good and Scott Paulin played the Red Skull excellently! It was unusual to see Ronny Cox as the president and Ned Beatty in yet another superhero movie! Very good directing by one of the most underrated directors Albert Pyun. I really don't know what is so bad about this movie. Sure its not like the current Marvel movies but this was made a long while ago. If you like Marvel Comics, Captain America, and the cast mentioned above then I recommend you watch this movie!


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