20 Facts About The Ninja Turtles Movie

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mattstaff
Feb 17, 2018 8:00 PM EST

Annnd now it's time to watch this throwback film. 

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    Adventure game - The costumes were created by the Jim Henson Company.
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    Teenage mutant ninja turtles - Jim Henson wasn't a fan of the violence in the film, and was vocal aboutit.
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    Text - Corey Feldman, who played Donatello, was severely underpaid for his role in the film.
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    Photo caption - Robin Williams actually coached April O'Neal on her acting.
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    Text - The movie is a scene for scene adapation of the first 5 issues of the comic.
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    Text - The fight scenes were filmed in slow motion, then sped up for the film.
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    Hair - One of Sam Rockwell's first acting roles was in this film. CIGARETTE
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    Adaptation - The Splinter puppet took 3 operators to make it work
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    Text - Josh Pais, the actor who played Raphael, was claustrophobic and removed his head every chance he got.
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    People - The legendary Roger Corman was supposed to produce the movie.
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    Personal protective equipment - The Foot Clan was meant to be a parody of "The Hand" from Marvel Comics.
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    Text - Judith Hoag, who played April O'Neal, was not asked to reprise her role for the sequel, due to her constant on-set complaints about the workload and the film's violence.
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    Text - Towards the end of filming, the director Steve Baron was removed from the film.
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    Adventure game - It's the most successful independent film of all time
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    Hair - There's a visible hole in the Turtle's mouth to let the actors breathe.
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    Text - Playmates Toys, who were responsible for the original toys, refused to make movie-accurate ones, due to the violence. They only did, afterTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze was more family friendly.
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    Teenage mutant ninja turtles - At the end. the punk played by Sam Rockwell tells the police to "Check out East Warehouse on Lairdman Island The creators of the Turtles are named Eastman and Laird.
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    Metropolitan area - Despite taking place in NYC. most of the film wasn't shot there.
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    Motor vehicle - PHe CamEa4 Ages4nd up TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA KURTLES CHANNEL 6 NEWSVAN All the news reporters are named after months; April May & June. BONUS Apr Figure incuded Playmates AS SEEN IN T TURTLE TV SHOW!
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    Text - Originally. Shredder's right hand man Tatsu was a murderer.
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