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Taps (1981)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
George C. Scott Gen. Harlan Bache
Ronny Cox Col. Kerby
Tom Cruise David Shawn
Evan Handler Edward West
Timothy Hutton Brian Moreland
M. James Arnett Father
John P. Navin, Jr. Derek Mellott
Sean Penn Alex Dwyer
Billy Van Zandt Bug
Brendan Ward Charlie Auden
Movie Details
Genre Drama
Director Harold Becker
Producer Howard B. Jaffe; Stanley R. Jaffe
Writer Robert Mark Kamen; Darryl Ponicsan
Studio 20th Century Fox
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 118 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 6.4
Plot
This school is our home, we think it's worth defending.

Devery Freeman's novel Father Sky was the inspiration for the far-fetched but convincingly acted and directed Taps. When an exclusive military school is threatened with demolition by a rapacious real-estate company, the students, headed by Timothy Hutton, take drastic action. Utilizing every bit of military know-how at their disposal, the boys take over the school, arm themselves to the teeth, and prepare to do battle against the "invading" developers. General 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. Whenever the action of Taps begins to flag, we recommend that you keep an eye on the show-stopping performances of Sean Penn (in his movie debut) and Tom Cruise as two of the cadets. — Hal Erickson
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 165
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
All Movie Guide
DVD Empire
Atlantic DVD
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 024543009122
Chapters 32
Release Date 6/3/2003
Subtitles English; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 4.0 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen
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