Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers is a 1997 military science fiction thriller film written by Edward Neumeier, directed by Paul Verhoeven, loosely adapted from Starship Troopers, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It is the only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise. The film had an enormous budget estimated around $105 million and grossed over $121 million worldwide. The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his... More

Initial release date:

  • Nov 4, 1997

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 2 h 9 min

Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • Starship Troopers,
  • Yildiz gemisi askerleri,
  • Les patrouilleurs de l'espace,
  • Starship troopers - Universumin sotilaat,
  • Csillagközi invázió,
  • Vesoljski bojevniki,
  • Starship Troopers - Fanteria dello spazio,
  • Tropas Estelares,
  • Hvezdná pechota,
  • Stratiotes tou sympantos,
  • Soldados do Universo,
  • Svemirski vojnici,
  • Zolnierze kosmosu,
  • Svemirski marinciSvemirski marinci,
  • Invasión (Starship Troopers),
  • Infanteria stelara,
  • Starship troopers: Las brigadas del espacio,
  • Звездни рейнджъри

Film

Directed by

Paul Verhoeven

Paul Verhoeven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpʌu̯l vərˈɦuvə(n)]; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer who has made movies in both the Netherlands and the United States. Explicitly violent and/or sexual content and social satire are trademarks of both his drama and...

Tagline:

  • This Fall, Tristar Pictures takes you to the front lines of the next frontier.
  • A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.
  • Prepare for Battle.
  • When you battle 6 trillion enemies that will eat you alive, there are only two rules... EVERYONE FIGHTS. NO ONE QUITS.
  • In Every age their is a cause worth fighting for, but in the future the greatest threat to our survival will not be man at all. Now the youth of tomorrow must travel across the stars to face an enemy more devistating then any ever imagened.
  • They Came to Our Planet, They destroyed our cities, But on November 7'th, They'll learn, They messed, With the wrong species.
  • Mankind just became an endangered species.
  • The paratroopers of the future are here... and their enemies aren't HUMAN.
  • In the distant future, the biggest threat to our survival will not be man at all.
  • The only good bug is a dead bug.

Story by:

Cinematography:

Release date(s):

Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1997
  • May 20, 1998
  • Jun 12, 2007
  • May 19, 1998
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Production design by:

Set Decoration by:

Costume design by:

Music by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 9 min
  • 2 h 10 min
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Country of origin:

Notable filming locations:

Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 100,000,000

Soundtrack:

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Media

Adapted From

Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published (in abridged form) as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October, November 1959, as "Starship Soldier") and published hardcover in December, 1959. The first-person narrative is about a...

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Awards

Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects Nominees

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner
  • 1997

Saturn Award for Best Costume Winners

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 2,405
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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