Starship Troopers (1997)

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Writers (WGA):

Robert A. Heinlein (book)
Edward Neumeier (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Genocide doesn't compare to this.

Plot:

Humans of a fascistic, militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival.

Plot Keywords:

Floating | Army | Bare Butt | Robot Hand | Male Nudity

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Casper Van Dien	...	Johnny Rico
Dina Meyer	...	Dizzy Flores
Denise Richards	...	Carmen Ibanez
Jake Busey	...	Private Ace Levy
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Colonel Carl Jenkins
Clancy Brown	...	Career Sergeant Zim
Seth Gilliam	...	Private Sugar Watkins
Patrick Muldoon	...	Zander Barcalow
Michael Ironside	...	Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
Rue McClanahan	...	Biology Teacher
Marshall Bell	...	General Owen
Eric Bruskotter	...	Sergeant Breckinridge
Matt Levin	...	Kitten Smith
Blake Lindsley	...	Katrina McIntire
Anthony Ruivivar	...	Shujumi (as Anthony Michael Ruivivar)
Brenda Strong	...	Captain Deladier
Dean Norris	...	Major
Christopher Curry	...	Mr. Bill Rico
Lenore Kasdorf	...	Mrs. Rico
Tami-Adrian George	...	Djana'D
Teo	...	Corporal Bronski
Steven Ford	...	Lieutenant Willy
Ungela Brockman	...	Corporal Birdie
Curnal Achilles Aulisio	...	Sergeant Gillespie
Greg Travis	...	Network Correspondent
Bruce Gray	...	Sky Marshal Dienes
Denise Dowse	...	Sky Marshal Tehat Meru
John Cunningham	...	Federation Network Announcer
Julianna McCarthy	...	Expert #1
Timothy McNeil	...	Expert #2
Robert David Hall	...	Recruiting Sergeant
Brad Kane	...	Lanny
Amy Smart	...	Cadet Lumbreiser
Timothy Omundson	...	Psychic
Patrick Bishop	...	Rodger Young Engineering Officer
Hunter Bodine	...	Young Cap Trooper
Travis Lowen	...	Boy Trooper
Patrick Wolff	...	Male Pilot Cadet
Mara Duronslet	...	Rodger Young Communications Officer
Dale Dye	...	General (as Dale A. Dye)
Mike Stokey	...	Officer with Morita (as Michael Stokey)
Jim Morse	...	Male Trooper (as James Morse)
Matt Entriken	...	Marco
Eric DaRe	...	Medic
Ronald L. Botchan	...	Airball Referee
Walter Adrian	...	Judge
Stephanie Erb	...	Young Mother
Alexi Lakatos	...	Stomping Kid #1
Nathaniel Marshall	...	Stomping Kid #2
Austin Sanderford	...	Stomping Kid #3
Rhiannon Vigil	...	Stomping Kid #4
Mylin Brooks	...	Female Trooper
Armand Darrius	...	Male Trooper
Kai Lennox	...	Male Trooper
Tyrone Tann	...	Student
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dawn E. Anderson	...	Female Trooper (uncredited)
Jon Davison	...	Buenos Aires Survivor (uncredited)
Michael Gerald	...	Football Quarterback (uncredited)
Brooke Morales	...	Cheerleader (uncredited)
Edward Neumeier	...	Defendant (uncredited)
Ryan O'Quinn	...	Jumpball Player (uncredited)
Julie Pinson	...	Female Trooper (uncredited)
Zoë Poledouris	...	School Prom Lead Singer (uncredited)
Farnaz Samiinia	...	Female Trooper (uncredited)
Julia Self	...	Female Trooper (uncredited)
Parry Shen	...	Student (uncredited)
Michael A. Valenzano	...	Trooper (uncredited)
Cari Vega	...	Student / Female Trooper (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Verhoeven

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert A. Heinlein		(book)
Edward Neumeier		(screenplay) (as Ed Neumeier)

Produced by
Jon Davison	....	producer
Frances Doel	....	co-producer
Stacy Lumbrezer	....	co-producer
Alan Marshall	....	producer
Edward Neumeier	....	co-producer (as Ed Neumeier)
Phil Tippett	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Basil Poledouris

Cinematography by
Jost Vacano		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Mark Goldblatt
Caroline Ross

Casting by
Elaine J. Huzzar
Johanna Ray

Production Design by
Allan Cameron

Art Direction by
Bruce Robert Hill
Steven Wolff

Set Decoration by
Robert Gould

Costume Design by
Ellen Mirojnick

Makeup Department
Janice Alexander	....	hair stylist
Audrey L. Anzures	....	key hair stylist: second unit
David P. Barton	....	special makeup effects artist
John Blake	....	key makeup artist
Kathryn Blondell	....	key hair stylist
Barry R. Koper	....	special makeup effects artist
Bill Myer	....	makeup artist
Shaun Smith	....	special makeup effects supervisor: KYP Inc.
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Selina Jayne	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Timothy A. Miguel	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Robert Latham Brown	....	production manager
Gregory Manson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vic Armstrong	....	second unit director
Mathew Dunne	....	first assistant director: second unit
Gabreal Franklin	....	documentary segments director
Gregg Goldstone	....	first assistant director
Peter E. Hirsch	....	second second assistant director
Jamie Marshall	....	second assistant director: second unit
Marge Piane	....	second assistant director: second unit
Joth Riggs	....	trainee assistant director
Kenneth J. Silverstein	....	second assistant director (as Kenneth Silverstein)
Hans Berggren	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Damon Allison	....	prop shop foreman
Tom Altobello	....	assistant props
Fred Arbegast	....	chief sculptor
Brian Bero	....	model maker
Scott Bobbitt	....	lead man
Erin Boyd	....	swing gang (as Erin Gould)
Randy L. Childs	....	propmaker foreman
Melanie S. Chretin	....	art department assistant
Marc Christie	....	laborer
David Cohen	....	model maker foreman
Gene 'Hap' Cooper	....	sculptor (as Gene Cooper)
Jennifer Dawson	....	assistant property master
Aaron Dick	....	laborer
Robert Fechtman	....	assistant art director
Michael R. Gannon	....	assistant props
Giacomo G. Ghiazza	....	storyboard artist
Matthew Gilbert	....	props
Richard Girod Jr.	....	paint foreman
Peter Gornstein	....	artist
Cheryl Gould	....	set dresser
Rainer G. Gruetzmacher	....	stage construction foreman
Karen Higgins	....	general foreman
Grey Hill	....	sculptor
Timothy Holcombe	....	propmaker
Kent Jones	....	sculptor
Jeff Khachadoorian	....	carpenter
Steven Kissick	....	propmaker foreman
Fireball Tim Lawrence	....	storyboard artist (as Tim Lawrence)
Jennifer Lewicki	....	art department secretary
Gregory Lynch Jr.	....	carpenter
Sean R. MacCaul	....	labor foreman
Jim Martin	....	conceptual artist
Karl J. Martin	....	set designer
Mara Massey	....	on-set dresser
Janine McEuen	....	art department assistant
Stacey S. McIntosh	....	construction coordinator
Ed Miarecki	....	senior model maker
Dennis Miyamoto	....	construction accountant
Jeff Ogg	....	carpenter
William A. Petrotta	....	property master
Eric Ramirez	....	set dressing lead man
Robin Richesson	....	storyboard artist
Jerry Sargent	....	construction foreman
Jordu Schell	....	painter
Paul Spencer	....	assistant props
Rob Stevens	....	construction buyer
Douglas J. Stewart	....	painter (as Doug Stewart)
Darrin Sullivan	....	set dresser
Stan Tropp	....	set designer
Robert Van Dyke	....	construction foreman
David Wiezer	....	model maker
Lyndell Wolff	....	carpenter
Bill Hay	....	props (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor (uncredited)
James Lima	....	concept artist (uncredited)
Steven Schwartz	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tony Araki	....	sound recordist
Michael J. Benavente	....	supervising dialogue editor
Dean Beville	....	sound effects editor
Matthew C. Beville	....	foley editor
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
Richard Burton	....	sound effects editor
David V. Butler	....	sound effects librarian
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound transfer
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor
Richard Chaim	....	sound
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Susan Dudeck	....	supervising adr editor
Alison Fisher	....	adr editor
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	sound designer
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	sound supervisor
Joseph Geisinger	....	production sound mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Warren Hamilton Jr.	....	sound effects editor
Allan Hartz	....	adr editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist
Greg Hedgepath	....	sound effects editor
Nicholas James	....	supervising foley editor
Jeffrey Kaplan	....	foley editor
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor
Patricio A. Libenson	....	sound effects editor
Diane Linn	....	adr recordist
Maciek Malish	....	foley editor
Charles Maynes	....	sound effects editor
Jon Michaels	....	assistant sound editor
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeena M. Phelps	....	assistant dialogue editor
John Pospisil	....	sound designer
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Sharp	....	sound recordist
David E. Stone	....	sound editor
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Ron Vignone	....	assistant adr editor
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Ben Wilkins	....	sound effects editor
Jack Wolpa	....	sound utility
Linda Yeaney	....	assistant sound editor
David Lewis Yewdall	....	sound effects editor
Peter Brown	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)
Erik Flockoi	....	sound transferer (uncredited)
Jeff Glueck	....	sound engineer (uncredited)
William Jacobs	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Andy Martin	....	assistant sound designer (uncredited)
Tim Rakoczy	....	sound intern (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Tony Acosta Jr.	....	special effects technician
Peter Albiez	....	special effects shop coordinator
Steve Buscaino	....	creature effects technician
Norman Cabrera	....	creature sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics
Oscar G. Castillo	....	technical director
John P. Cazin	....	special effects: additional miniatures
William Dawson	....	special effects
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects foreman
Matt Farell	....	technical director
Dave Fogler	....	model maker
Karin Hanson	....	special effects hair
Doug Hubbard	....	special effects
Robyn Jacobs	....	model maker/mold maker: Thunderstone
Nick Karas	....	special effects
Suzanne Lowe	....	plate producer: location
Brian Maris	....	special effects crew
Wes Mattox	....	special effects
Alan McFarland	....	miniature lighting
John McLeod	....	special effects co-coordinator
Barry McQueary	....	special effects
Dean Mercil	....	special effects technician
David W. Mosher	....	special effects crew: Amalgamated Dynamics
Ken Niederbaumer	....	special effects technician: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Ian O'Connor	....	miniature pyrotechics and physical effects supervisor
Frank L. Pope	....	special effects
D. Kerry Prior	....	motion control model maker
John Richardson	....	special effects supervisor
Andy Schoneberg	....	puppeteer/art department supervisor: Amalgamated Dynamics
Bryan Smith	....	special effects technician
Frank W. Tarantino	....	special effects technician
Rick Thompson	....	second unit supervisor (as Richard L. Thompson)
Karl Walser	....	special effects technician
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects
Adam Boster	....	model maker (uncredited)
Mark Christoffersen	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)
Michael Clarke	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Grady Holder	....	lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions (uncredited)
Steve Koch	....	sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (uncredited)
Josselin Mahot	....	creature effects crew (uncredited)
Gene Young	....	special effects props (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Jay Adan	....	model painter: Thunderstone
Julie Adrianson-Neary	....	digital compositor
Amit Agrawal	....	software engineer: SPI
Susan Alegria	....	model maker
Janel Alexander	....	pre compositor
Adrienne Anderson	....	visual effects production assistant
Greg Anderson	....	digital artist
Scott E. Anderson	....	visual effects supervisor: spaceship
Al Arthur	....	effects animator: Tippett Studio
Jean-Luc Azzis	....	Inferno artist: SPI
Wayne Baker	....	effects assistant camera: physical effects and miniatures
Bill Ball	....	digital artist
Johnathan R. Banta	....	digital artist: BOSS Film Studios
Alfredo R. Barcia	....	film recording technician
Carol Bauman	....	model maker
Cory Bedwell	....	digital effects artist
Ruark Behan	....	best boy grip: visual effects
Salvatore Belleci	....	model maker
Jim Berney	....	technical director: SPI
John Berri	....	assistant visual effects editor
Don Bies	....	chief model maker: ILM
Joe Biggins	....	visual effects camera assistant
Renee Binkowski	....	rotoscope/paint artist: Tippett Studio
Stewart Birnam	....	software
Nancy Blumstein	....	production accountant: SPI
Michael Borja	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Alan Boucek	....	compositor: Tippett Studio
Jeffy Branion	....	data wrangler
Anthony Braun	....	assistant camera
Brian Brecht	....	CG staff: ILM
Kandece Brown	....	visual effects coordinator
Randy Brown	....	visual effects compositor
Max Bruce	....	digital artist
Eric Bruneau	....	senior compositor: SPI
Dick Bruton	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Laura Buff	....	visual effects producer
Greg Butler	....	lead technical director: Tippett Studio
Colin Campbell	....	digital compositor
Scott Campbell	....	director of photography: miniature unit
Casey Cannon	....	visual effects producer: BFTRE
Joan Collins Carey	....	associate visual effects producer
Oscar G. Castillo	....	technical director
Anthony Ceccomancini	....	pre-visualization coordinator
Louis Cetorelli	....	CGI supervisor
Dave Chamberlain	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Audrey Chang	....	visual effects editor
Andy Chen	....	digital lighter
Lance Chikasawa	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Tamara Choi	....	visual effects plate producer
Blair Clark	....	lead animator
Clint Colver	....	lead compositor
Jay Cooper	....	digital compositor
Randy Cooper	....	model maker: Thunderstone
John Cornejo	....	digital compositor: Mass Illusion
David Cornelius	....	electronics engineer
Thida Cornes	....	systems manager: Tippett Studio
David Crawford	....	Inferno compositor: POP Film
Joshua Culp	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Matt Cunningham	....	visual effects assistant
Thomas Dadras	....	digital effects supervisor: Boss Film Studios
Brigitte Daloin	....	visual effects editor
Andrea D'Amico	....	digital visual effects producer: POP film
Henry Darnell	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Alan Davidson	....	senior technical director
Fon Davis	....	model maker: ILM
Heather Davis	....	CGI supervisor
Sidsie Davis	....	visual effects coordinator
John Decker	....	technical director
Mykel Denis	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Greg Derochie	....	compositor
Eric Alan Donaldson	....	key grip: visual effects unit
Jason Dowdeswell	....	digital compositor
Brennan Doyle	....	digital effects compositor: Tippett Studio
Brennan Doyle	....	lead compositor: Tippett Studio
Linda Drake	....	visual effects coordinator
John Duncan	....	model maker
Daniel Eaton	....	lead compositor: SPI
Jody Echegaray	....	visual effects coordinator: Boss Films
Kevin Elam	....	visual effects coordinator
Douglas Epps	....	CG supervisor
Colin Epstein	....	compositor
Kent Estep	....	computer animator: Boss Film Studios
Bill Eyler	....	compositor: Tippett Studio
Matt Farell	....	digital artist
Ernest D. Farino	....	visual effects producer
Mark Fiorenza	....	model maker
Dave Fogler	....	model maker
Page Frakes	....	digital color correction
Ron Frankel	....	pre-visualization animator
Scott Frankel	....	digital compositor
Mark A. Freid	....	visual effects equipment coordinator
Mark A. Freid	....	visual effects stage manager
Alex Funke	....	visual effects director of photography
Andy Garcia	....	technical assistant
Steve Gawley	....	model maker
Michael Gay	....	digital artist: Mass Illusions
Camille Geier	....	visual effects producer
Joshua Geisler-Amhowitz	....	texture painter: SPI
Brian Gernand	....	chief model maker: ILM
Charles Granich	....	compositor
Colin Green	....	previsualization supervisor
Brian Griffin	....	digital supervisor: VCE
Gordon Grinberg	....	visual effects editor
Jerry Hall	....	digital compositor
Chad Hammes	....	CGI supervisor
Michael S. Harbour	....	digital artist
Anthony Harris	....	timing coordinator
Aaron Haye	....	modelmaker: ILM
Craig Hayes	....	design visual effects supervisor
Neil Herzinger	....	digital artist: ILM
Brent Heyning	....	model maker
Rick Hilgner	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Roger Hinze	....	digital effects editor
Thomas Hollier	....	lead technical director
Ralph Horan	....	executive producer: visual effects
David Horsley	....	visual effects supervisor
Ivo Horvat	....	matte painter: SPI
Tony Hudson	....	digital model supervisor: ILM
Tony Hurd	....	compositor
Walter F. Hyneman	....	computer graphics supervisor
Rod Ibanez	....	lead technical assistant
Adrian Iler	....	technical director
Erich Ippen	....	digital artist
Jason Ivimey	....	digital artist: ILM
Alex Jaeger	....	visual effects art director: concept design/animatics, ILM
Darby Johnston	....	lead digital effects animator
David Jones	....	visual effects co-supervisor: Boss Film Studios (as David M. Jones)
Peter Juneau	....	digital camera operator
Jason Kaufman	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Scott Kilburn	....	technical director
Raymond C. King	....	computer special effects
Shimpei Kitamura	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Daniel Klem	....	CG animator
Aaron Kohr	....	match mover
Ken Kokka	....	visual effects coordinator: Tippett Studio
Peter Konig	....	sculptor/animator
Joanne Ladolcetta	....	digital roto supervisor: Tippett Studio
Deidre Lally	....	best boy electric: VFX
Mark Lambert	....	computer animator: Boss Films
Robert Lattanzio	....	assistant visual effects editor
Eric Leven	....	effects animator: Tippett Studio
Didier Levy	....	digital artist
Randy Link	....	animation
Seth Lippman	....	computer graphics animator
Kenneth Littleton	....	digital effects supervisor
Lawrence Littleton	....	digital effects supervisor
Molly Lynch	....	film I/O coordinator
Don MacBain	....	production supervisor: miniature unit
Annie Mahlik	....	assistant visual effects editor: SPI
Dev Mannemela	....	software engineer
Allen Mansour	....	visual effects equipment manager
Jo Martin	....	effects editor: VCE, Inc.
Don Matheson	....	model maker: Thunderstone
John McCunn	....	pipeline engineer
M. Scott McKee	....	senior compositor: SPI
Dan McNamara	....	editorial supervisor
Brandon McNaughton	....	digital effects compositor
Jim McVay	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
George Merkert	....	visual effects producer
Hal Miles	....	digital artist
Richard Miller	....	sculptor
William Millsap	....	model maker
Josh Minor	....	lead software developer: Tippett Studio
Steve Montal	....	visual effects equipment coordinator
Ray Moore	....	model maker: Thunderstone
David Manos Morris	....	CG matchmove artist
Desiree Mourad	....	technical director: Tippett Studio
Daryl Munton	....	digital effects artist: SPI
George Murphy	....	co-visual effects supervisor
Alfred Mürrle	....	compositor
Brian Mussetter	....	first assistant camera
Joseph Neumeyer	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Julie Newdoll	....	supervisor of digital lighting: Tippett Studio
Ben Nichols	....	model maker
Fong Nickson	....	lead digital compositor
Ken Nielsen	....	digital effects artist
Grant Niesner	....	previsualization: Mass. Illusions
Aurore Nightingayle	....	model maker: Thunderstone
Shannon Noble	....	digital effects artist
Cyndi Ochs	....	assistant visual effects coordinator
Conor O'Gorman	....