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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) 6.7
A group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from an uprising criminal gang of ninjas. Director:Steve Barron |
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Cast
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| Elias Koteas | ... | ||
| Josh Pais | ... |
Raphael (voice) /
Passenger In Cab
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David Forman | ... |
Leonardo /
Gang Member
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| Brian Tochi | ... |
Leonardo
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| Leif Tilden | ... |
Donatello /
Foot Messenger
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| Corey Feldman | ... |
Donatello
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Michelan Sisti | ... |
Michaelangelo /
Pizza Man
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| Robbie Rist | ... |
Michaelangelo
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| Kevin Clash | ... |
Splinter
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David McCharen | ... |
The Shredder /
Oroku Saki
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Toshishiro Obata | ... | |
| Michael McConnohie | ... |
Tatsu
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Through contact with a mysterious substance, called Ooze, 4 little turtles in the canalization of New York mutate to giant turtles. They can speak, walk upright and love pizza. The wise rat Splinter becomes their mentor and educates them to Ninja fighters. Their arch-enemy is the bad, bad guy Shredder, who struggles to gain power over the world. Of course the ninja turtles will do everything to stop him. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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Release Date:
30 March 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie See more »Box Office
Budget:
$13,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$135,270,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Dolby StereoColor:
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1.85 : 1
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April: Much more than just a series of small, isolated incidents, it's now apparent that an organized criminal element is at work and at the moment, business is good. So good in fact that there appear to be no eyewitnesses to any of these crimes. With complaints ranging from purse snatching to breaking and entering, police switchboards have been swamped with the angry voices of more and more citizens who have fallen prey to the recent surge of crime that continues to plague the city. ...
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All three newswomen seen or mentioned in the film are named after a month: April, May, and June. See more »Goofs
Right after Raphael is dropped through the skylights, he comes crashing to the ground. His brothers run to his side. As they do this you can see Donatello touch Raphael's shell. When he does this you can see the shell move inward as if it is something soft like foam. See more »Quotes
[first lines]April: Much more than just a series of small, isolated incidents, it's now apparent that an organized criminal element is at work and at the moment, business is good. So good in fact that there appear to be no eyewitnesses to any of these crimes. With complaints ranging from purse snatching to breaking and entering, police switchboards have been swamped with the angry voices of more and more citizens who have fallen prey to the recent surge of crime that continues to plague the city. ...
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I dare anyone to hate this movie. Come on. I triple dog dare you. Sit in front of the TV with a bunch of your friends and just try not to like it. You can't. It's impossible. I was a full fledged turtle fan back in the day (I don't think the fad lasted long enough for us to earn Trekker-type names) and of course at that point, I thought it was the Gone With the Wind of our time. That, obviously, it's not. But there is something just incredibly charming about a bunch of giant turtles acting like typical sit-com kids. One even gets yelled out for sneaking out past curfew to see Critters 2. If it comes on TV, even my dad has to pause to watch at least one fight scene. If someone in a college dorm pops it in, legions of kids will exclaim "Holy sh*t! Is that Ninja Turtles?" and then plop right down in front of the TV to watch. You have to give a lot of credit to the guys who made this film. It was released in the height of the craze so they could have thrown anything on the screen and it would have been a hit. (See Ninja Turtles 2). But instead, they tried to make it the best film they could, despite the subject matter. They came up with an almost relevant, after school special type plot. The jokes and references range from Moonlighting to John Steinbeck, and the fight scenes are done in the spirit of a Jackie Chan flick. Add the fact that there are giant turtles doing the fighting, and you get a funny, imaginative, and just plain likeable movie no matter what your age. Sure, it's about pizza loving ninja turtles. But it is the best movie that could ever be made about pizza loving ninja turtles. That has to count for something.