Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the 1990 live action movie, tells the story of 4 turtles emerging from the shadows of the sewer to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas. The film adapts the early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics, with several elements taken from the animated series airing at the time. The turtle costumes were developed by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was released theatrically in US on March 30, 1990 by New Line Cinema. It was a box-office success, grossing $202 million on a budget of $13.5 million, the highest-grossing independent film up to that time.
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TMNT 1990 Movie Cast
Judith Hoag as April O’Neil, a reporter for Channel 3 News
Elias Koteas as Casey Jones, a streetwise vigilante and former ice hockey player who becomes an ally of the turtles
Jay Patterson as Charles Pennington, April’s boss
Michael Turney as Danny Pennington, Charles’s teenage son
Raymond Serra as Sterns, the Chief of New York City Police Department
James Saito as Oroku Saki / The Shredder, the leader of a network of runaways-turned-thieves and the main antagonist of the film
Toshishiro Obata as Master Tatsu, Shredder’s second-in-command
Sam Rockwell as Head Thug, an unmasked gang member
Skeet Ulrich and Scott Wolf appear as unnamed members of the Foot Clan, in uncredited roles. TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman has a small cameo as a garbage man. According to him, he was supposed to have an extended spot, but it ended up being a background cameo instead
Voice Cast:
Brian Tochi as Leonardo, the leader of the Turtles and the closest to Splinter
Josh Pais as Raphael
Corey Feldman as Donatello
Robbie Rist as Michelangelo
Kevin Clash as Splinter
David McCharen as Oroku Saki / The Shredder
Michael McConnohie as Master Tatsu
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