Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers is a 1998 American science fiction film directed by Joe Dante from a screenplay by Ted Elliott. It stars Kirsten Dunst and Gregory Smith, along with the voices of Frank Langella and Tommy Lee Jones. The film depicts two conflicting factions of action figures who turn sentient after being programmed with a military microprocessor, putting lives in danger when one faction turns violent in their efforts to eliminate their enemy toys and anyone assisting them.
Plot
Top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company and as part of the move, Globotech CEO Gil Mars tells Heartland toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair to develop actual live action toys capable of "playing back". Mars selects Larry's soldiers, the Commando Elite for the project and Irwin's creatures, the Gorgonites for their enemies, despite Irwin designing them as peaceful educational toys. Faced with a tight three-month deadline for the toys' release, Larry forgoes safety testing and uses Irwin's password to procure surplus supplies of GloboTech's X1000 microprocessor to use as the basis for the toys' programming.
Cast
- Alexandra Wilson
- Ann Magnuson
- Archie Hahn
- Belinda Balaski
- Bruce Dern
- Cheri Oteri
- Christina Ricci
- Christopher Guest
- Clint Walker
- David Cross
- Denis Leary
- Dick Miller
- Ernest Borgnine
- Frank Langella
- George Kennedy
- Gregory Itzin
- Gregory Smith
- Harry Shearer
- Jackie Joseph
- Jacob Smith
- Jay Mohr
- Jim Brown
- Jim Cummings
- Jonathan Bouck
- Kevin Dunn
- Kirsten Dunst
- Michael McKean
- Phil Hartman
- Rance Howard
- Robert Picardo
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Wendy Schaal
More details
| author | Ted Elliott Terry Rossio |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Ohio |
| director | Joe Dante |
| editor | Marshall Havey Michael Thau |
| genre | action comedy fantasy science fiction |
| keywords | artificial intelligence attack birthday present buy electromagnetic pulse fire department hide hijack improvised kidnap live action love interest national park power line project a satellite dish tap test toy designer toy store wait yosemite national park |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| producer | Colin Wilson Michael Finnell |
| productionCompany | Amblin Entertainment |
| publisher | DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | action comedy science fantasy toys |