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Directed by | Joe Dante |
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Cinematography | Jamie Anderson |
Edited by | Marshall Harvey |
Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $40 million[1] |
Box office | $71.8 million[1] |
Small Soldiers is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Joe Dante. It stars Kirsten Dunst and Gregory Smith, along with the voices of Frank Langella and Tommy Lee Jones. It depicts two factions of toys which turn sentient after mistakenly being installed with a military microprocessor, in turn putting two families in danger when one faction turns lethal.
The film was theatrically released on July 10, 1998 to mixed reviews and grossed $71.8 million against a $40 million budget. Small Soldiers marks the last on-screen film role of Phil Hartman, who was murdered two months before the film's premiere; the film is dedicated in his memory. It was also Clint Walker's final film role, prior to his retirement from acting in 1998 and death in 2018.