Estimated budget of $12.5 million to $15 million.
Filmed at the DeLaurentiis Studio in North Carolina, shot in Technicolor; prints by DeLuxe.
Began shooting July 10, 1989; completed shooting September 9, 1989. Released on video October 4, 1990.
Additional credits: animatronic character creation, special effects and costumes by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Based on the comic book characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird which spawned a hit TV cartoon series, as well as a video game, and numerous tie-ins ranging from books to stuffed toys. The appearance of "Mutant Turtle" breakfast cereal on American supermarket shelves coincided with the film's USA release.
This was the highest-grossing independent film of all time, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" made over $133 million in domestic box office.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Censors.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is the live-action, feature film adaptation of the cult comic book and the popular animated television show. After prolonged exposure to radiation, four teenage turtles--Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello--have mutated into ninjas and have begun living in the sewers of a large city. Under the guidance of a ninja master Splinter the Rat and television reporter April, the Turtles embark on a mission to run crime out of the city and battle the warlord Shredder.
Source: Warner Home Video
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Original 'Sewer Maze' Interactive Game
Text/Photo Galleries:
"The T. Files" and Turtle and Character Biographies
Splinter, the rat ninja master is kidnapped by the evil Shredder and his gang of hoodlums. The green teens with the help of an ambitious reporter embark on a perilous journey through the city streets and sewers to save him.