Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1990 American live-action film adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise directed by Steve Barron. The film was followed by three sequels: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze in 1991, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III in 1993, and TMNT in 2007. This film presents the origin story of Splinter and the Turtles, the initial meeting between them, April O'Neil and Casey Jones, and their first confrontation with Shredder and his Foot Clan. The film is distributed by New Line Cinema and outside the United States is internationally... distributed by Golden Harvest. When the New York Police Department is unable to stop a severe crime wave caused by the Foot Clan, four vigilantes — Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael — come forth to save the city. Under the leadership of Splinter and together with their new-found allies April O'Neil and Casey Jones, they fight back and take the battle to Shredder.
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| Release date: | March 30, 1990 |
| Directed by: | Steve Barron |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Producer: | Kim Dawson, Simon Fields, David Chan |
| Editor: | Sally Menke, William D. Gordean, James R. Symons |
| Music by: | John Du Prez |
| Cinematography: | John Fenner |
| Screenplay by: | Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Bobby Herbeck, Todd Langen |
| Estimated budget: | $13,500,000 |
| Adapted from: | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Animation, Comedy |