
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Steve Barron, 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, 1984
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a movie directed by Steve Barron in 1990 and based on the characters from the comic book of the same name by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, first published in 1984. The movie features Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Michelan Sisti, David Forman, Leaf Tilden, and others.
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Storyline
As a crime wave rises in New York City, reporter April O’Neil correctly theorizes that the mysterious ninja Foot Clan is behind the rising chaos. Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from the gang of criminal ninjas.
Movie vs Book

Year
1990
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Steve Barron
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Length: 1h33m
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Year
1984
Pages
28
Book Rate
8.16
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Comic Book
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Author: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
Country: USA
First published in: 1984
Length: 28 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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User polls & recommendations
“When you adapt a 500-page book, you have to know that it won't fit into two hours. There are things that have to be left out and others that have to be told in a different way.”
MANEL LOUEIRO (Writer)
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