G.I. Joe: The Movie
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| Directed by | Don Jurwich |
| Produced by | Joe Bacal Tom Griffin |
| Written by |
Buzz Dixon (uncredited) |
| Based on |
G.I. Joe by Hasbro |
| Starring |
Don Johnson Burgess Meredith Sgt. Slaughter |
| Music by | Robert J. Walsh Jon Douglas |
| Cinematography | Masatoshi Fukui |
| Edited by | David Hankins |
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| Distributed by | Celebrity Home Entertainment Rhino Entertainment Shout! Factory Allspark Pictures (Hasbro Studios) (2014–present) |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
G.I. Joe: The Movie is a 1987 animated film spin-off from the animated series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, based on the original Hasbro toyline. It was produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions and was animated in Japan by Toei Animation.
Created at the height of the G.I. Joe craze in the 1980s, G.I. Joe: The Movie was intended as a theatrical release to be closely followed by The Transformers: The Movie. However, the G.I. Joe film encountered unexpected production delays which allowed the Transformers feature to be released first. Due to the poor box office performances of The Transformers: The Movie and My Little Pony: The Movie, G.I. Joe: The Movie was instead released direct-to-video as well as aired on television in syndication, first in feature length format and later split into a five-part miniseries format as part of the show's syndication package.
While Cobra Commander and Serpentor blame each other's leadership of Cobra as the root cause of the organization's failures, Pythona, a woman from the secret civilization of Cobra-La, infiltrates the Terror Drome. While there, she reveals to Serpentor that Cobra-La was responsible for planting the idea in Doctor Mindbender's mind to create Serpentor. At her urging, Serpentor plans to capture G.I. Joe's latest weapon—the Broadcast Energy Transmitter (B.E.T.).
Cobra assaults the Joes as they test the B.E.T. in the Himalayas. The Joes use the B.E.T. to activate their automated weapons systems. Serpentor is captured and Cobra Commander orders a retreat. Cobra Commander leads his troops into Cobra-La.
As the Joes celebrate their victory, a new group of rookie Joes are brought onto the team, including the unlucky kunoichi Jinx, military police officer Law and his dog Order, former basketball player Big Lob, EOD specialist Tunnel Rat, covert operative Chuckles, and Duke's reckless half-brother, the green beret Lt. Falcon.
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