Small soldiers
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Small soldiers |
| Original title | Small soldiers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joe Dante |
| script |
Ted Elliott Terry Rossio Gavin Scott Adam Rifkin |
| production |
Michael Finnell Colin Wilson |
| music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| camera | Jamie Anderson |
| cut |
Marshall Harvey Michael Thau |
| occupation | |
Voices of the toy figures (selection):
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Small Soldiers is an American feature film released in 1998 . Directed by Joe Dante .
action
After the defense company Globotech, led by Gil Mars, bought Irwin Wayfair and Larry Benson's small toy company, both were forced to develop interactive action figures . In addition to six soldiers of the Commando Elite , who were designed by Larry to appeal to a somewhat action-oriented crowd of children, half a dozen so-called Gorgonites are produced, peaceful creature figures that were developed by Irwin to get through their urge to research and find a way back to theirs Homeland Gorgon to spark childish curiosity about targeted scientific interest. In order to ingratiate himself with his new boss, Larry quickly and without investigating highly developed microprocessors , which were originally given in development by the Department of Defense. These processors represent a new type of artificial intelligence that is capable of independent further development; however, they were discarded because they are not shielded against EMP . The real danger posed by the chips, however, is that they further develop their intelligence based on their basic programming and thus, depending on the specification, tend to stubbornly pursue a certain goal.
The 13-year-old Alan Abernathy succeeds in persuading the driver of a delivery truck to get a few prototypes of the Gorgonites and the Commando Elite before the public sales date in order to give his father's toy store, which is not audience-oriented, a little boost. He takes a Gorgonite named Archer home with him and hides the others in his parents' toy store in New Braunfels . In the evening Alan is amazed to find that the action figure can speak, move and even act independently. When he comes to the store in the morning, Alan is horrified to find that the other dolls have freed themselves from their packaging and devastated the toy store. Archer explains to Alan that the Commando Elite were programmed to destroy the Gorgonites, but initially there is no trace of the Gorgonites to be found. Only later does he find her in the toy shop's dumpster and take her home with him.
The Commandos quickly establish Alan's connection with the Gorgonites. After a first attempt to squeeze the whereabouts of the Gorgonites out of Archer fails, the elite soldiers kidnap Alan's neighbor and loved one, Christy Fimple, which makes Alan fight the Commando Elite. With the help of his friends, Alan can free them, but then the Commando Elite move with heavy weapons that they have assembled themselves against the Gorgonites, the Abernathys, the Fimples and Larry and Irwin (who have since learned of the danger from the microprocessors) in front. During the ensuing battle, Alan succeeds in destroying the Commando Elite with an electromagnetic pulse; however, the Gorgonites hide under a parabolic antenna during the impulse, which protects their microprocessors from the electromagnetic radiation. The film ends with the departure of the Gorgonites on a model ship for their "lost" homeland Gorgon.
criticism
Lexicon of the international film : "A lovingly animated satire on militaristic behavior, rapidly staged and full of comical ideas."
Awards
When Catalonian International Film Festival , the film with the prices for was Best Score ( Jerry Goldsmith ) and Best Special Effects ( Stan Winston Studio , Industrial Light and Magic ) excellent.
Gregory Smith and Kirsten Dunst were nominated as Leading Young Actor and Actress respectively .
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Emergence
In addition to Tommy Lee Jones , Frank Langella , Bruce Dern , Sarah Michelle Gellar and Christina Ricci , the three main actors of the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Michael McKean , Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer , as well as four , were the spokesmen for the toy figures Actors from the classic war film The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ernest Borgnine , George Kennedy , Jim Brown and Clint Walker .
The film cost 40 million US dollars and grossed approximately 72 million US dollars in cinemas worldwide.
credentials
The film contains several references to other films. The phrase “Klaatu Barada Nikto” is a phrase from the film The Day on which the Earth stood still and describes the order that prevents the destruction of the earth.
Director Joe Dante also refers to two of his own films . The actor Dick Miller , known from the two Gremlins films , appears in a key role as a truck driver with the characters. “Gizmo” is the password for access to the Globotech computer network; The Gorgonites find a gizmo plush figure when they start hiding in a trash can. A piranha next to Alan's home computer refers to Dante's film of the same name .
Web links
- Small Soldiers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Small Soldiers in the online film database
- Small Soldiers at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Small Soldiers at Box Office Mojo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Small Soldiers. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1998/SMALL.php