Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations
Brian Tochi
- Leonardo
- (voice)
Corey Feldman
- Donatello
- (voice)
Robbie Rist
- Michaelangelo
- (voice)
Kevin Clash
- Splinter
- (voice)
David McCharen
- The Shredder
- (voice)
- …
Michael McConnohie
- Tatsu
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRobin Williams, who was a big fan of the franchise, provided Judith Hoag with information regarding her character through his comic book collection; the two were co-starring in Cadillac Man (1990) when the Turtles film went into production.
- GoofsWhen Raph and Leo are arguing in April's apartment, there is a crew member with an orange baseball hat on trying to hide under the table.
- Quotes
Donatello: You're a claustrophobic.
Casey Jones: You want a fist in the mouth? I've never even looked at another guy before.
- Crazy creditsThe film title appears from behind the corner of the sewer, just before the Turtles come around it and are fully seen for the first time.
- Alternate versionsGerman theatrical version was based on the cut British version. In addition it was heavily dimmed and cartoon-like sound effects were added to the fight scenes. This version was also used for TV airings and VHS home video releases. Only in 2010 the film was released uncut on DVD.
- ConnectionsEdited into To Tell the Truth: Yulia Sukhanova/Thomas DeMarco/Josh Price (1990)
Featured review
The once-very-popular Turtles, who are trained in the martial arts courtesy of their master, a rat named Splinter, are duty-bound to save the city from a group of youths that are known as The Foot, who have been stealing and committing crimes within the area. They end up befriending a young reporter named April O'Neill, who reads the news on the local TV station, after she is rescued from an attack from The Foot. Once she is home our shelled friends find that The Foot has captured Splinter, and so must rescue him and face the might of The Foot's leader -- Shredder! I was already familiar with the cartoon series (that had apparently been censored somewhat on its arrival in the UK for fear that children would copy the martial artistry), so I was a little dubious as to whether this would work in live-action. Strangely enough, even when I saw it for the first time in 1991, aged 18, I enjoyed it! It was brilliantly done, Shredder looked particularly menacing (as did his right-hand man Tatsu), and Splinter's voice sometimes moved you almost to tears, especially with the charming musical score. The martial arts action is quite well done (although Michelangelo did not have his Nunchaku weapon that his comic-book and video game version does), and the dark look of the whole thing suits it perfectly. This is certainly worth a look.
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- Las Tortugas Ninja
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $135,384,756
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,398,367
- Apr 1, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $202,084,756
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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