G.I. Joe: The Movie

G.I. Joe: The Movie
North American poster
Directed byDon Jurwich
Written byBuzz Dixon (uncredited)[1]
Ron Friedman
Based onG.I. Joe
by Hasbro
Produced byJoe Bacal
Tom Griffin
Starring
CinematographyMasatoshi Fukui
Edited byDavid Hankins
Music byRobert J. Walsh
Jon Douglas
Production
companies
Distributed byCelebrity Home Entertainment
Release date
  • April 20, 1987 (1987-04-20) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 action 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.

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).

  1. ^ "Audio Commentary With G.I. Joe Writer/Story Consultant Buzz Dixon." G.I. Joe: The Movie. Narr. Buzz Dixon. Dir. Don Jurwich. 1987. Special Edition Blu-Ray. Shout! Factory, 2010.
  2. ^ "G.I. Joe: The Movie (Blu-ray)". DVD Talk. Retrieved August 14, 2010.