Small Soldiers
Small Soldiers is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Joe Dante. It stars Kirsten Dunst and Gregory Smith, along with the voices of Frank Langella and Tommy Lee Jones. It depicts two factions of toys which turn sentient after mistakenly being installed with a military microprocessor, in turn putting two families in danger when one faction ultimately turns lethal.
Plot
When top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company, CEO Gil Mars commissions toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair to develop toys capable of "playing back". Mars selects Larry's "Commando Elite" action figures for the project, with Irwin's "Gorgonites" — peaceful monsters intended to be educational toys — as their enemies. Facing a tight deadline of 3 months to get the toys ready for shipment, Larry unwittingly equips the toys with GloboTech's X1000 microprocessor, which he later learns was meant for the Department of Defense.
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 Harvey |
| genre | action comedy fantasy science fiction |
| keywords | action figures artificial intelligence attack climb cut department of defense educational toys electromagnetic pulse hide hijack improvised learn microprocessor morning national park new toy power line satellite dish smart toy tap their way toy designer toy store toys capable of playing back united states department of defense utility pole wound yosemite national park |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| producer | Colin Wilson Michael Finnell |
| productionCompany | Amblin Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | action comedy children's comedy satirical science fantasy toys |