---
title: 'Small Soldiers (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe Dante'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/small-soldiers-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122718/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Small Soldiers (1998)

1998 · PG-13 · 108 min · Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

Small Soldiers is a 1998 American science fiction film directed by Joe Dante from a screenplay by Ted Elliott. It stars Kirsten Dunst and Gregory Smith, along with the voices of Frank Langella and Tommy Lee Jones. The film depicts two factions of action figures that gain sentience after being implanted with military microprocessors. One faction grows increasingly violent in its attempts to destroy the other, putting lives in danger.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe Dante](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dante)
- **Screenplay:** [Terry Rossio](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-rossio), [Ted Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-elliott)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Producer:** [Colin Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-wilson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jamie Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-anderson)

## Cast

- [Christopher Guest](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-guest)
- [Christina Ricci](https://cinepixo.com/people/christina-ricci)
- [Jackie Joseph](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-joseph)
- [Jim Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-cummings)
- [Dick Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-miller)
- [Harry Shearer](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-shearer)
- [Jim Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-brown)
- [Archie Hahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-hahn-2)
- [Gregory Itzin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-itzin)
- [Jay Mohr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-mohr)
- [Michael McKean](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mckean)
- [Ernest Borgnine](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-borgnine)
- [Alexandra Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-wilson)
- [Tommy Lee Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-lee-jones)
- [Cheri Oteri](https://cinepixo.com/people/cheri-oteri)

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