1987 Animated
Film
Director: Don Jurwich
Writer: Ron Friedman
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: United
States
Cast:
Charlie Adler as Low-Light
Shūko Akune as Jinx
Jack Angel as Wet
Suit
Jackson Beck as
Narrator
Michael Bell as Duke,
Xamot, Blowtorch and Lift-Ticket
Gregg Berger as Motor-Viper
Earl Boen as Taurus
Arthur Burghardt
as Destro and Iceberg
Corey Burton as Tomax
William Callaway
as Beach Head
François Chau as Quick
Kick
Peter Cullen as Zandar
and Nemesis Enforcer
Brian Cummings as
Doctor Mindbender
Jennifer Darling
as Pythona
Laurie Faso as Tunnel
Rat
Hank Garret as Dial
Tone
Richard Gautier
as Serpentor
Ed Gilbert as General
Hawk
Dan Gilvezan as Slip
Stream
Zack Hoffman as Zartan
Kene Holliday as Roadblock
John Hostetter as
Bazooka
Don Johnson as Lt.
Falcon
Buster Jones as Doc
Chris Latta as Cobra
Commander, Gung Ho, and Ripper
Morgan Lofting as
Baroness
Chuck McCann as Leatherneck
Michael
McConnohie as Cross Country
Mary
McDonald-Lewis as Lady Jaye
Burgess Meredith
as Golobulus
Ron Ortiz as Law
Rob Paulsen as Snow
Job
Patrick Pinney as
Mainframe
Poncie Ponce as Red
Dog
Lisa Raggio as Zarana/Heather
Bill Ratner as Flint
Neil Ross as Buzzer,
Dusty, Monkeywrench and Shipwreck
Brad Sanders as
Big Lob
Ted Schwartz as Thrasher
Sgt. Slaughter as
Sgt. Slaughter
Kristoffer Tabori
as Mercer
B. J. Ward as Scarlett
Vernee
Watson-Johnson as Scientist
Lee Weaver as Alpine
Frank Welker as Torch,
Wild Bill and Order
Stan Wojno Jr. as
Lifeline
Plot
The G.I. Joe force must
oppose a Cobra organization that has secretly allied with a subterranean
reptilian who were their founders.
Awards: None
Trivia
The
movie was being produced by the same company, and at the same time, as The
Transformers: The Movie. It had been agreed that both movies would suffer the
loss of the lead heroes, Optimus Prime and Duke. Production had begun on G.I.
Joe first, and was thus expected to be released first. During the production of
the two films, G.I. Joe Got held up while Transformers finished production.
Release dates were changed and Transformers got a theatrical release in 1986.
Optimus Prime's death sparked some controversy and caused the writers to change
Duke's death to a coma. G.I. Joe never got to the theaters, and was released to
video instead. Had G.I. Joe been released first, Optimus Prime might have
survived the movie. According to story consultant Buzz Dixon, however, if you
watch the "Duke goes into a coma" sequence with the volume turned
down, it's obvious that Duke actually dies at the end of the scene.
Buy
4 stars
out of 5 stars
