Top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company and as part of the move, Globotech CEO Gil Mars tells Heartland toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair to develop actual live action toys capable of "playing back". Mars selects Larry's soldiers, the Commando Elite, for the project and Irwin's creatures, the Gorgonites, for their enemies, with the toy line expected to hit the market in three months. Faced with such a tight deadline, Benson forgoes safety testing, then uses Irwin's password and chooses GloboTech's X1000 microprocessor to activate the toys.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Action, Adventure, Sci Fi, Family, Comedy |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Colin Wilson, Michael Finnell, Walter F. Parkes, Paul Deason |
Directed By: | Joe Dante |
Written By: | Adam Rifkin, Terry Rossio, Gavin Scott, Ted Elliott |
Cast: | Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Christina Ricci, Rance Howard, Michael McKean, Kirsten Dunst, Jacob Smith, Ann Magnuson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Cheri Oteri, Wendy Schaal, Jay Mohr, Archie Hahn, David Cross, Christopher Guest, Dick Miller, Tommy Lee Jones, Phil Hartman, Bruce Dern, Kevin Dunn, Frank Langella, Harry Shearer, Clint Walker, George Kennedy, Rennie Cowan, Jonathan Bouck, Jim Cummings, Ernest Borgnine, Alexandra Wilson, Julius Tennon, Belinda Balaski, Denis Leary, Jackie Joseph, Jim Brown, Robert Picardo, Gregory Smith |
In Theaters: | Jul 10, 1998 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 48 minutes |
Production: | Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, Amblin Entertainment |
Budget: | $40,000,000 |
Box Office: | $54,682,547 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |