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Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. 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".

The only good bug is a dead bug.

Starship Troopers Collection

Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Starring: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards

Released: November 6, 1997

Runtime: 129.0

Popularity Rating: 14.413

Big Bug Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, TriStar Pictures

United States of America

Johnny Rico Casper Van Dien
Dizzy Flores Dina Meyer
Carmen Ibanez Denise Richards
Private Ace Levy Jake Busey
Colonel Carl Jenkins Neil Patrick Harris
Career Sergeant Zim Clancy Brown
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak Michael Ironside
Zander Barcalow Patrick Muldoon
Private Sugar Watkins Seth Gilliam
Biology Teacher Rue McClanahan
Katrina McIntire Blake Lindsley
Lieutenant Willy Steven Ford
Corporal Birdie Ungela Brockman
Sky Marshal Dienes Bruce Gray
Sky Marshal Tehat Meru Denise Dowse
Cadet Lumbreiser Amy Smart
Djana'D Tami-Adrian George
Expert Julianna McCarthy
General Dale Dye
Commanding Officer Dean Norris

Art — Art Direction: Bruce Robert Hill
Art — Art Direction: Steven Wolff
Art — Production Design: Allan Cameron
Art — Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Camera — Director of Photography: Jost Vacano
Camera — Steadicam Operator: Mark Emery Moore
Camera — Steadicam Operator: Stephen St. John
Camera — Still Photographer: Stephen Vaughan
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Ellen Mirojnick
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Supervisor: Nick Scarano
Directing — Director: Paul Verhoeven
Directing — Script Supervisor: Haley McLane
Editing — Dialogue Editor: Hugo Weng
Editing — Dialogue Editor: Michael J. Benavente
Editing — Editor: Caroline Ross
Editing — Editor: Mark Goldblatt
Production — Casting: Elaine J. Huzzar
Production — Casting: Johanna Ray
Production — Co-Producer: Phil Tippett
Production — Producer: Alan Marshall
Production — Producer: Edward Neumeier
Production — Producer: Frances Doel
Production — Producer: Jon Davison
Production — Producer: Stacy Lumbrezer
Production — Production Manager: Robert Latham Brown
Production — Production Supervisor: Gregory Manson
Sound — Boom Operator: Raul A. Bruce
Sound — Original Music Composer: Basil Poledouris
Sound — Sound Designer: Harry Cohen
Sound — Sound Designer: John Pospisil
Sound — Sound Designer: Randy Thom
Sound — Sound Designer: Stephen Hunter Flick
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Charles Maynes
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: David Lewis Yewdall
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Dean Beville
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Ed Callahan
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Greg Hedgepath
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Patricio A. Libenson
Sound — Sound Effects Editor: Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound — Sound mixer: Joseph Geisinger
Sound — Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Greg P. Russell
Sound — Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O'Connell
Visual Effects — Modeling: Martin Meunier
Visual Effects — Visual Effects Supervisor: Phil Tippett
Writing — Novel: Robert A. Heinlein
Writing — Screenplay: Edward Neumeier