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Taps
1981
Taps aspires to be both a movie for the conservative '80s and a youth-in-revolt, anti-military movie of the '60s. The contradictions break the dramatic spine of director Harold Becker's film, which grinds to a predictably violent climax without ever having made its basic premise believable.
The riveting tale that took America by storm is now an unstoppable force: TAPS: 25th Anniversary Edition packs an arsenal of extras including an all-new, on-camera interview with Timothy Hutton, an Audio Commentary, two Featurettes and more! "Unequivocally thought-provoking" (Variety) and "spiked with beautiful performances (Los Angeles Times) from a cast including Timothy Hutton, Tom Cruise ...
Released December 20th, 1981, 'Taps' stars George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn The PG movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 6 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on ...
George C. Scott Timothy Hutton Ronny Cox Sean Penn Tom Cruise Brendan Ward Evan Handler John P. Navin, Jr. Billy Van Zandt Giancarlo Esposito Donald Kimmel Timothy Wahrer Tim Riley Jeff Rochlin Rusty Jacobs Jess Osuna David Reed Earl Hindman Ed Spinelli. 126 mins More at IMDb TMDb.
An announcement that the venerable Bunker Hill Military Academy, a 141-year-old institute, is to be torn down and replaced with condos sets off the young cadets led by their stodgy commander. Under the command of a student cadet major, the cadets seize the campus, refuse entry of the construction crews and ultimately confront the real military.
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Dec 18, 1981 · General Bache George C. Scott, the head of the academy, tries to quell the rebellion, but soon he too is swept up by the students' to-the-death determination when the Army is called in to rout the boys. Based on Devery Freeman's novel Father Sky, Taps features early appearances by Sean Penn (in his movie debut) and Tom Cruise as two of the cadets.
