FILM

Every Friday and Saturday night at 11:55pm, it's another Midnight Movie Classic at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre.

Friday-Saturday, August 21-August 22:  Starship Troopers.

Synopsis: Members of Earth's space fleet battle a vicious army of gigantic insects bent on destroying humanity.

Starship Troopers is a Dutch-American 1997 military science fiction film, written by Robert A. Heinlein (novel) and Edward Neumeier (screenplay), directed by Dutchman Paul Verhoeven. It was the first of three films released in the Starship troopers franchise. The film had a budget estimated around 100 million US dollars, grossing over 105 million dollars.

The first-person narrative is about a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs". Through Rico's eyes, we examine moral and philosophical aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, the necessities of war and capital punishment, and the nature of juvenile delinquency.

Starship Troopers was nominated for an Academy Award in 1998. The film has attracted controversy and criticism for its social and political themes, which some critics claim promote militarism. The film received mostly positive reviews from major movie critics.

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Cast:Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Seth Gilliam, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside, Rue McClanahan Marshall Bell, Eric Bruskotter, Matt Levin, Blake Lindsley, Anthony Ruivivar, Brenda Strong, Dean Norris
 

MPAA Rating:R
Run Time:2hrs 9min
Release Year:1997
Country Of Origin:United States