Synopsis:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze finds our four favorite sewer-dwellers in search of a new place to call home. Along the way they once again run into the nefarious Foot Clan and their insidious leader, the Shredder. With the help of April O'Neil, Professor Jordan Perry and pizza delivery boy Keno, the Turtles manage to prevent Shredder from unleashing the mutating formula Mutagen and the monstrous creatures that it creates (Tokka and Rahzar) upon the denizens of New York City. Turtle Power!
"If there is an outstanding impression left by this movie, it is the Turtles' loyalty and love for each other and how they come together as brothers and fighting comrades to discover their own beginnings; to protect innocent citizens and to save the city from criminal destruction," said the film's producer, David Chan. "This picture leaves you encouraged. It demonstrates the importance of continuing to fight for what you believe to be right because even against seemingly insurmountable odds, there may still be a chance to win."
Behind the Camera
OOZE screenwriter Todd W. Langen also wrote (with Bobby Herbeck) the original TMNT film, and in 1990 he won the Writers Guild of America Award and the Humanities Award for Best Television Episode of the Year. Both of these awards were for his scripting on the then-hit TV show The Wonder Years. Langen began his career as a Hughes Aircraft Aerospace engineer, making him a rocket scientist! In 1986 he decided to try his hand at professional writing and began his very successful Hollywood screen writing profession.
Born in Detroit and raised in Michigan, Todd went west in 1983, after he had earned his Master's Degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan. Almost immediately he got a job working with NASA on the space shuttle in El Segundo, California. He was also part of the Mission Control team for the shuttle program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Although he was enjoying a successful career with NASA, Langen secretly dreamed of writing for TV and film. With this in mind, he began writing scripts in 1983. After receiving 30 rejections, in 1987 Family Ties producer Michael Weithorn hired him to write an episode for the series Pursuit of Happiness, and Todd's dream was well on its way to coming true. Perseverance paid off! The next year Langen was hired to write 2 episodes for The Wonder Years. After 3 years on that show, Todd decided to strike out on his own once again and he has been writing for various movie projects ever since.
Michael Pressman had directed nearly every type of film by the time he signed on to direct TMNT II. From comedy to drama to musicals, Michael had done it all. When asked to direct OOZE, Pressman accepted the assignment, and found it to be his most challenging picture to work on at the time. Not only did he have to direct the actors in the TMNT costumes, but he had to simultaneously coordinate the actions of the puppeteers to ensure that both came together to bring the character to life in a believable fashion as wells. With all the complexities of directing the four Turtles, Master Splinter, Tokka and Rahzar and the nine puppeteers needed to make the characters live, Michael still managed to finish the project on time and on budget.
The son of well-known stage director David Pressman, Michael was born and raised in Manhattan, which made him well suited to direct the second adventure of the City's resident mutant Turtles! Michael graduated from New York's High School of Music and Art and went on to study drama at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1970 he moved to Los Angeles where he majored in acting at the California Institute of the Arts. After college, Pressman met famed B-movie director/producer Roger Corman, who signed Michael to direct his first movie, The Great Texas Dynamite Chase, which, like all Corman's films, was shot with an incredibly modest budget. From there Michael went on to direct The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Those Lips, Those Eyes (which he also produced) Some Kind of Hero and Doctor Detroit.
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Michelan Sisti ... Michaelangelo / Soho Man
Leif Tilden ... Donatello / Foot #3
Kenn Scott ... Raphael (as Kenn Troum)
Mark Caso ... Leonardo / News Room Staff
Robbie Rist ... Michaelangelo (voice)
Brian Tochi ... Leonardo (voice)
Laurie Faso ... Raphael (voice)
Adam Carl ... Donatello (voice)
Paige Turco ... April O'Neil
David Warner ... Professor Jordan Perry
Kevin Clash ... Splinter (voice)
Ernie Reyes Jr. ... Keno
François Chau ... Shredder
Toshirô Obata ... Tatsu (as Toshihiro Obata)
Kevin Nash ... Super Shredder
David McCharen ... Shredder (voice)
Michael McConnohie ... Tatsu (voice)
Mark Ginther ... Rahzar
Kurt Bryant ... Tokka
Frank Welker ... Rahzar / Tokka (voice)
Raymond Serra ... Chief Sterns
Joseph Amodei ... Parlor Owner
Nick DeMarinis ... Parlor Assistant
Kelli Rabke ... Teenage Girl
Keith Coulouris ... Thug #1
Susie Essman ... Soho Woman
Lee Spencer ... Foot #1
Gianpaolo Bonaca ... Foot #2
Mark Doerr ... Freddy
Tim Parati ... Crew Member
John Brady ... TGRI Assistant #1
Jon Thompson ... TGRI Worker
Bill Luhrs ... TGRI Assistant #2
Michael Pressman ... News Manager
Rick Colella ... Teenage Thug
Dewey Weber ... Foot Recruiter
Sasha Pressman ... Old Woman
David Pressman ... Old Man
Shiek Mahmud-Bey ... Audience Man
Lisa Chess ... Audience Woman
Vanilla Ice ... Himself
Earthquake ... Disc Jockey
Mark Grinage ... Dancer #1
John Henry Huffman IV ... Dancer #2
Everett Fitzgerald ... Dancer #3
Gregory Salata ... Promoter (as Greg Salata)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Curtis Bush ... Foot soldier
George G. Colucci ... Subway Commutor (uncredited)
Alistair Dean ... Lex Diamonds (uncredited)
Richard Divizio ... Foot Soldier (uncredited)
Mike Kimmel ... The Pizza Man (uncredited)
Dan Pesina ... Foot Soldier (uncredited)
Gord Robertson ... Rahzar (Animatronic Puppeteer) (uncredited)
Michael Jai White ... Audience Man (uncredited)
Produced by
David Chan .... producer
Raymond Chow .... executive producer
Kim Dawson .... producer
Thomas K. Gray .... producer
Terry Morse Jr. .... co-producer (as Terry Morse)
Original Music by
John Du Prez
Cinematography by
Shelly Johnson (director of photography)
Film Editing by
Steve Mirkovich
John Wright
Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster
Production Design by
Roy Forge Smith
Art Direction by
Mayne Berke
Geoffrey S. Grimsman
Costume Design by
Dodie Shepard
Makeup Department
Sara Seidman .... makeup artist
Production Management
Daniel Hank .... production supervisor: New York
Terry Morse Jr. .... unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Newt Arnold .... second unit director
Rob Corn .... first assistant director
Terry Leonard .... second unit director
Jeff Rafner .... second assistant director
Art Department
Kip Bartlett .... assistant art director
K. Drew Fuller .... carpenter
Richard Waldrop .... property master
Heath Berke .... set dresser (uncredited)
General Fermon Judd Jr. .... set dresser (uncredited)
Brian Kontz .... plaster gangboss (uncredited)
Michael J. Hall .... construction foreman
Tom Jones Jr. .... construction coordinator
Jerry Layton .... set dresser
Louis Medrano .... painter
James F. Oñate .... painter
Daniel Samppala .... sculptor
Mark S. Turner .... signwriter
Tyme .... assistant property master
Sound Department
Richard Dwan Jr. .... supervising dialogue editor
David Jobe .... adr recordist
David Kirschner .... sound mixer
Gregg Landaker .... sound re-recording mixer
Steve Maslow .... sound re-recording mixer
Jack M. Nietzsche Jr. .... boom operator
Greg Orloff .... foley mixer
Special Effects by
Chris Fitzgerald .... creature painter
David Fletcher .... special effects foreman
Chris 'Flimsy' Howes .... animatronics designer
Norman McGeoch .... animatronics
Vincent Montefusco .... special effects: 2nd unit-pyro/mech
Mike Scanlan .... animatronic designer
Stunts
Barbara Bernhardt .... assistant martial arts choreographer (as Barbara Bernhardt Goldstone)
Thomas Dewier .... assistant stunt coordinator (as Tom DeWier)
Ho-Sung Pak .... stunt coordinator (as Hosung Pak)
Hoyoung Pak .... additional turtle fight double
Nick Palma .... fight double: Michaelangelo
Hamilton Perkins .... stunt double: Rahzar
David Rowden .... stunt double: Tokka
Jimmy Lee Sessoms .... stunts
Brian Smrz .... stunts
David Wald .... additional turtle fight double
Benjamin Rowe .... stunt performer (uncredited)
Thomas Dewier .... turtles stunt double (as Tom DeWier)
Curtis Evans .... additional turtle fight double
Dale Frye .... stunts
Steven Ho .... fight double: Donatello
Pat E. Johnson .... stunt coordinator
Larry Lam .... fight double: Leonardo
Billy Morts .... stunts (as William Morts)
Ho-Sung Pak .... fight double: Raphael (as Hosung Pak)
Camera and Electrical Department
Allen Barnwell .... electrician
Kenneth C. Barrows .... first assistant camera
Wells A. Smith .... best boy grip
Eric Bartsch .... best boy grip
Dan Cornwall .... electrician
Chip Hackler .... second assistant camera: 2nd unit
Steve Head .... assistant camera
George Hesse .... camera loader
Jon Kranhouse .... director of photography: second unit
Frank Perl .... camera operator
Alan Pickelsimer .... electrician
Casting Department
Craig Fincannon .... location casting
Mark Fincannon .... location casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Greg Neff .... costume technician (1991)
Peggy Stamper .... costumer
Editorial Department
Timothy Alverson .... first assistant editor
Music Department
Brad Dechter .... orchestrator
Larry Mah .... score mixer
Other crew
Sue Dacre .... puppeteer
Pat E. Johnson .... martial arts choreographer
Bonnie Jordan .... production coordinator
Rick Lyon .... animatronic puppeteer: "Tokka"
Elena Santaballa .... production assistant
Peter D. Steinbroner .... production associate
Patience Thoreson .... script supervisor
Mak Wilson .... lead puppeteer
E. Michael Hewett .... production assistant (uncredited)
Thanks
Jim Henson .... in memory of
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