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About
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
Theatrical
Nov 7, 1997
Box Office
$121.2M
Budget
$105.0M
Return
1.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 20, 1998
Theaters
1
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Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
TriStar Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Jon Davison Productions, Big Bug Pictures
Quotes
See all →Next Frontier Awaits This Fall
Taglines
This Fall, TriStar Pictures takes you to the front lines of the next frontier.
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Defending Earth from Alien Invaders
Taglines
They came to our planet, they destroyed our cities. But on November 7, they'll learn, they messed with the wrong species.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Starship Troopers Collection
Starship Troopers is an American military science fiction media franchise based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein and the satirical 1997 film adaptation by screenwriter Edward N...
Cast
Full credits →C
Casper Van Dien
Johnny D. Rico
D
Dina Meyer
Dizzy Flores
D
Denise Richards
Carmen Ibañez
J
Jake Busey
Private Ace Levy
N
Neil Patrick Harris
Colonel Carl Jenkins
C
Clancy Brown
Career Sergeant Zim
M
Michael Ironside
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
P
Patrick Muldoon
Zander Barcalow
S
Seth Gilliam
Private Sugar Watkins
R
Rue McClanahan
Biology Teacher
B
Blake Lindsley
Katrina McIntire
S
Steven Ford
Lieutenant Willy
U
Ungela Brockman
Corporal Birdie
B
Bruce Gray
Sky Marshal Dienes
D
Denise Dowse
Sky Marshal Tehat Meru
A
Amy Smart
Cadet Lumbreiser
T
Tami-Adrian George
Djana'D
J
Julianna McCarthy
Expert
D
Dale Dye
General
D
Dean Norris
Commanding Officer
