Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Steve Barron

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Eastman (characters) and
Peter Laird (characters) ...

Release Date:

30 March 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Heroes in a half shell!

Plot:

A quartet of humanoid turtles trained by their mentor in ninjitsu must learn to pull together in order to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.

Plot Keywords:

Turtle | Rat | Ninja | Pizza | Sewer

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Josh Pais	...	Raphael / Man In Cab (voice)
Michelan Sisti	...	Michaelangelo / Pizza Man
Leif Tilden	...	Donatello / Foot Messenger
David Forman	...	Leonardo / Gang Leader
Robbie Rist	...	Michaelangelo (voice)
Corey Feldman	...	Donatello (voice)
Brian Tochi	...	Leonardo (voice)
Judith Hoag	...	April O'Neil
Elias Koteas	...	Casey Jones
Michael Turney	...	Danny Pennington
Kevin Clash	...	Splinter (voice)
James Saito	...	The Shredder / Oroko Saki
Toshirô Obata	...	Tatsu (as Toshishiro Obata)
David McCharen	...	The Shredder / Oroko Saki (voice)
Michael McConnohie	...	Tatsu (voice)

Also Known As:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (USA) (long title)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Movie (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (cut) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2003) (uncut) | USA:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Castle Hayne, North Carolina, USA

Company:

888 Productions

Trivia:

Leif Tilden, the performer inside the Donatello costume, also plays the Foot Messenger that meets April in the subway station. He says, "We've been looking for you, Miss O'Neill," then he slaps her.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Raphael is fighting the foot on top of April's apartment, you can clearly see in some frames the stage that he is fighting on.

Quotes:

Tatsu: Go... play.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in A.k.a Jersey (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

THIS IS WHAT WE DO

A Great Film

Ninja Turtles. Anyone born in the 1980's remembers the phenomenon that swept the country during the late 80's and early 90's. And this movie proves what was once a big icon fad that was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This movie is well made for a kids movie, and it is my favorite of the series of films. I even like this more than the TV show. It has more drama and action than the other parts. And it's dark, I like that in a kids movie.