Taps (The Siege at Bunker Hill: T.A.P.S) (1981)

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6.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Harold Becker

Starring (View all)

George C. Scott
General Harlan Bache

Timothy Hutton
Brian Moreland

Ronny Cox
Colonel Kerby

Sean Penn
Alex Dwyer

Tom Cruise
David Shawn

Evan Handler
Edward West

John P. Navin Jr.
Derek Mellott

Giancarlo Esposito
J.C. Pierce

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Darryl Ponicsan
(screenplay) and

Robert Mark Kamen
(screenplay)

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A good movie

9 years, 5 months ago at Dec 3 9:24

johanlefourbe

Following his performance in ‘Ordinary People’ for which he won an Academy Award at only 21 years old, Timothy Hutton then played the lead character in this movie which would be also a critical success. Indeed, I thought it was a solid drama dealing with a military academy and, obviously, the most interesting aspect was too see both Sean Penn and Tom Cruise when they were very young and just s... read more

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Military cadets take extreme measures to insure the future of their academy when its existence is threatened by local condo developers.

Release date: 25 December 1981
UPC: 024543009122

Tags: Drama (5), 1980s (3), 1981 (3), Military (2), 1980's (1), 80's (1), Based On Book (1), HQ (1), Military Training (1), 20th Century Fox (1)

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" The film is based on the novel Father Sky” by Devery Freeman, and adapted by James Lineberger, Darryl Ponicsan, and Robert Mark Kamen, and featured earlier performances by Evan Handler, Sean Young, Giancarlo Esposito, and Earl Hindman. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 68% of the 25 sampled critics gave the film a positive review and that it got an average score of 6.2. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3 stars (out of four), comparing the film to the classic novel"

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