Toy Soldiers (1991 film)
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| Directed by | Daniel Petrie, Jr. |
| Produced by |
Mario Kassar Mark Burg Chris Zarpas |
| Written by |
David Koepp Daniel Petrie, Jr. |
| Based on |
Toy Soldiers by William P Kennedy |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Robert Folk |
| Cinematography | Thomas Burstyn |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn |
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Island World
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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Running time
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111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $15,073,942 (US) (sub-total) |
Toy Soldiers is a 1991 American action drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, Jr., with a screenplay by Petrie and David Koepp. It stars Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Louis Gossett, Jr., Andrew Divoff, Mason Adams and Denholm Elliott.
The plot revolves around an all-male boarding school overtaken by terrorists. While the authorities remain helpless, a group of rebellious and mischievous students decide to put their resourcefulness to good use.
In Barranquilla, Colombia, terrorist Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff) has taken over the Palace of Justice with a ruthless team of mercenaries. He demands the release of his drug kingpin father, Enrique Cali, only to be told that his father has already been delivered to the United States for trial. They escape by helicopter and with the weapons and logistics assistance of Luis' second-in-command, an American named Jack Thorpe, they enter the U.S. through Mexico.
In the United States, the Regis High School is a prep school for teenage boys with wealthy and influential parents, half of whom have been expelled from other schools. A group of pranksters led by Billy Tepper (Sean Astin) that includes Joey Trotta (Wil Wheaton), Hank Giles (T.E. Russell), Ricardo Montoya (George Perez), Jonathan Bradberry (Keith Coogan), and Phil Donoghue (Knowl Johnson) is carefully watched over by their teachers and the stern but well-meaning Dean Parker (Louis Gossett Jr.).
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