G.I. Joe: The Movie

"The venom of Cobra! The vengeance of Joe!"

1987 1h 33m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 123

AnimationActionScience FictionFamilyAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

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G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.

“The venom of Cobra! The vengeance of Joe!”

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Cast

Charlie Adler
Low-Light (voice)
Shuko Akune
Jinx (voice)
Jack Angel
Wet-Suit (voice)
Michael Bell
Duke / Xamot / Blowtorch / Lift Ticket (voice)
Gregg Berger
Motorviper (voice)
Earl Boen
Taurus (voice)
Arthur Burghardt
Destro / Iceberg (voice)
Corey Burton
Tomax (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Don Jurwich
Writers: Ron Friedman, Ron Friedman, Buzz Dixon
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Japan

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Japan.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "G.I. Joe Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Johnny Douglas. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Hankins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Charlie Adler and Shuko Akune and Jack Angel carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The venom of Cobra! The vengeance of Joe!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Don Jurwich directs. Johnny Douglas scores. David Hankins cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Japan. Dialogue in English.

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139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Japan.
3Part of the "G.I. Joe Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Johnny Douglas. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor David Hankins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Charlie Adler and Shuko Akune and Jack Angel carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The venom of Cobra! The vengeance of Joe!".
8IMDB entry: tt0093066 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 20 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Johnny Douglas
Editing: David Hankins
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)

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G.I. Joe Collection

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Don Jurwich

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
So, Duke and Slaughter are sergeants and somehow outrank Lt Falcon who is an officer and not a noncom? I guess they took a page out of Oliver Stone's Platoon. And Falcon is a screw-up, which was a lot different from the Falcon of the comic books who was an actual Green Beret and acted like one. Heck, he was a lot different from the Falcon of the file cards. And, Jinx, well, she was a lot different too wasn't she? And so was Beachhead and Tunnel Rat, who was actually Larry Hama, and, well, the list goes on and on. But who cares, the people that read the comics and the file cards were used to the cartoon being nothing at all like the GI Joe we really loved, but we watched it anyway because it was fun, and it didn't matter because different characters were highlighted anyway. And, ultimately, it was just... fun. It was an insane story that appealed to the child inside of us and it appeases to that same child today.

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