G.I. Joe: The Movie
1987 animated film by Don Jurwich / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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G.I. Joe: The Movie (also known as Action Force: The Movie in the UK) is a 1987 American direct-to-video animated military science fiction film produced as a sequel to the 1983 animated series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, based on the original Hasbro toyline.[2] It was produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions and was animated in Japan by Toei Animation Co., Ltd.
G.I. Joe: The Movie | |
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Directed by | Don Jurwich |
Written by | Buzz Dixon (uncredited)[1] Ron Friedman |
Based on | G.I. Joe by Hasbro |
Produced by | Joe Bacal Tom Griffin |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Masatoshi Fukui |
Edited by | David Hankins |
Music by | Robert J. Walsh Jon Douglas |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Celebrity Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Created at the height of the G.I. Joe craze in the 1980s, G.I. Joe: The Movie was intended as a theatrical release to be closely followed by The Transformers: The Movie. However, the G.I. Joe film encountered unexpected production delays which allowed the Transformers feature to be released first. Due to the poor box office performances of The Transformers: The Movie and My Little Pony: The Movie, G.I. Joe: The Movie was instead released direct-to-video as well as aired on television in syndication, first in feature-length format[citation needed] and later split into a five-part miniseries format as part of the series' syndication package. It was followed by the 1989 animated series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (considered a separate series from the 1983 animated series of the same name).