Title |
Starship troopers / TriStar Pictures and Touchstone Pictures present a Jon Davison production, a Paul Verhoeven film ; produced by Alan Marshall, Jon Davison ; screenplay by Ed Neumeier ; directed by Paul Verhoeven. |
OCLC |
256500467 |
ISBN |
1424827663 |
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9781424827664 |
International standard recording code |
043396160989 |
Music number |
16098 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Publisher |
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008] |
Description |
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
LC Subject heading/s |
Citizenship -- Drama.
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Soldiers -- Drama.
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Asteroids -- Collisions with Earth -- Drama.
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Insects -- Behavior -- Drama.
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Other Genre heading/s |
Science fiction films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Cast |
Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside. |
Creation/Production credits |
Music, Basil Poledouris. |
Target audience |
MPAA rating: R; for graphic sci-fi violence and gore, and some language and nudity. |
Summary |
Set on the future earth. Johnny Rico is a young student dating a girl named Carmen. When Carmen decides she wants to become a citizen by joining the military, Johnny follows and joins as well. He soon realizes that he joined for the wrong reasons. Just as he is about to quit, an asteroid that originated from the orbit of planet Klendathu hits Buenos Aires and kills his family. From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga to the descolate terrain of the alien planet, they must battle shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking, large-scaled space bugs. |
Language note |
English (TrueHD 5.1, Dolby surround, Dolby stereo., Dolby mono.) or dubbed French (TrueHD 5.1) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
System details note |
Blu-ray. |
General note |
Based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997. |
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Special features: FedNet mode Picture-in-Picture with Graphics-in-Pictures: includes retrospective comments with the cast & crew about the satiricial military and political statements made and information about the Troopers universe; Recruitment test: trivia challenge to test viewer on their Trooper skills; Blu-Wizard; BD-Live; director and cast commentary; commentary with Paul Verhoeven and Ed Neumeier; "Death from above" documentary; "Know your foe" bug featurettes; "The spaceship from Starship Troopers" featurette; "FX comparison" featurettes; storyboad comparisons; "The making-of Starship Troopers" featurette; deleted scenes; screen tests; scene deconstructions. |
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