Starship Troopers (film)
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| Directed by | Paul Verhoeven |
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| Screenplay by | Edward Neumeier |
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Starship Troopers 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein |
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| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | Jost Vacano |
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129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $105 million |
| Box office | $121.2 million |
Starship Troopers is a 1997 American satirical military science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier. It originally came from an unrelated script called Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine, but eventually licensed the name Starship Troopers from a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to NCO and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid species known as "Arachnids".
The only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise, it received negative reviews from critics on release and grossed $121.2 million worldwide against its budget of $105 million. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998. Verhoeven says his satirical use of irony and hyperbole is "playing with fascism or fascist imagery to point out certain aspects of American society... of course, the movie is about 'Let's all go to war and let's all die.'" In 2012, Slant Magazine ranked the film #20 on its list of the 100 Best Films of the 1990s.
In the 23rd century, Earth has become a space-faring civilization. While colonizing new planets, humans have encountered an insectoid species known as Arachnids or "Bugs", with their home being the distant world Klendathu. The bugs appear to be little more than savage, unrelenting killing machines, though there are suggestions that they were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their habitats.
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