Small Soldiers

Theatrical Release Date: 1998 07 10 (USA)

UPC: 883929312559

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations]

Summary: Joe Dante directed this satirical action-comedy about talking tech toys accidentally juiced-up with military microchips. After the defense industry firm Globotech takes over a small toy company, Heartland Play Systems' CEO Gil Mars (Denis Leary) gives the green light to develop a new line of action figures, requesting an upgrade to more realistic figures from Heartland toy designers Larry Benson (Jay Mohr) and fumbling Irwin Wayfair (David Cross). Mars wants toys that act like the ones in TV commercials. The results are fierce fighting figures, the Commando Elite, programmed to seek out and destroy the kindly alien-like Gorgonites. In an effort to make the toys as natural as possible, Benson inserts Globotech's most powerful military computer chips. Meanwhile, in quiet Winslow Corners, Ohio, toy-store owner Stuart Abernathy (Kevin Dunn) and his 15-year-old son Alan (Gregory Smith) are stuck in a failing business, so when Heartland truckdriver Joe (Dick Miller) stops by with the Commando and Gorgonite toys, Alan is convinced they will be hot sellers, commenting, "Maybe this store will finally make a little money." With blistering blows to their blister packs, the Commandos burst out, receive orders from their leader Chip Hazard (voice of Tommy Lee Jones) and ready for an all-out assault on the Gorgonites. When the Gorgonite leader Archer (voice of Frank Langella) begins communicating with Alan, it causes the Commandos to perceive humans as another enemy, simply by their association with the "Gorgonite scum," so an attack on the Abernathy house begins. Unfortunately, the Gorgonites can offer only limited assistance, since they have been programmed to lose. The film combines animatronics, puppetry, and computer animation. The Commando Elite voices include surviving actors from Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967), while the Gorgonite voices reunited several This Is Spinal Tap (1983) cast members. A dedication to Phil Hartman (the voice of Phil Fimple) after the closing credits features a brief Hartman outtake. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: cc

Behind-the-scenes
From The Cutting Room Floor
Interactive Game Demo
Production Notes
Cast & Filmmaker's Bios
Theatrical Trailers

Small Soldiers

Format: DVD

Release Date: 05/21/2013

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DS Dolby Surround (4.0)

Runtime: 110 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Small Soldiers
1. Chapter 1 [4:42]
2. Chapter 2 [5:49]
3. Chapter 3 [11:10]
4. Chapter 4 [7:56]
5. Chapter 5 [6:23]
6. Chapter 6 [11:52]
7. Chapter 7 [3:41]
8. Chapter 8 [6:35]
9. Chapter 9 [7:10]
10. Chapter 10 [2:31]
11. Chapter 11 [6:09]
12. Chapter 12 [6:43]
13. Chapter 13 [9:53]
14. Chapter 14 [7:00]
15. Chapter 15 [4:52]
16. Chapter 16 [1:37]
17. Chapter 17 [5:38]
18. Chapter 18 [:01]

Cast and Crew: Joe Dante  Director 
Michael Finnell  Producer 
Jerry Goldsmith  Composer (Music Score) 
Walter Parkes  Executive Producer 
Adam Rifkin  Screenwriter 
Terry Rossio  Screenwriter 
Colin Wilson  Producer 
Ted Elliott  Screenwriter 
Gavin Scott  Screenwriter 
Kirsten Dunst  Actor 
Gregory Smith  Actor 
Jay Mohr  Actor 
Phil Hartman  Actor 
Kevin Dunn  Actor 
Denis Leary  Actor 
David Cross  Actor 
Ann Magnuson  Actor 
Wendy Schaal  Actor 
Alexandra Wilson  Actor 
Dick Miller  Actor 
Robert Picardo  Actor 
Tommy Lee Jones  Actor 
Frank Langella  Actor 
Ernest Borgnine  Actor 
Jim Brown  Actor 
Bruce Dern  Actor 
George Kennedy  Actor 
Clint Walker  Actor 
Christopher Guest  Actor 
Christopher Guest  Actor 
Michael McKean  Actor 
Harry Shearer  Actor 
Sarah Michelle Gellar  Actor 
Christina Ricci  Actor 

Country: USA