Taps

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Taps is a 1981 American drama film about military academy cadets who take extreme measures to prevent their school’s closure, featuring an early prominent role by Timothy Hutton.

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instanceOf American film
drama film
film
basedOn novel Father Sky
basedOnAuthor Devery Freeman
cinematographyBy Owen Roizman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Harold Becker
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy Maurice Schell
featuresEarlyRoleOf Sean Penn
Timothy Hutton
Tom Cruise
filmingLocation Valley Forge Military Academy
surface form: Valley Forge Military Academy and College
genre drama
military drama
hasTheme authority
idealism versus reality
loyalty
militarism
language English
medium feature film
mpaaRating PG
musicBy Maurice Jarre
narrativeFocus coming-of-age
military honor
student rebellion
notableFor early prominent role by Timothy Hutton
originalLanguage English
plotSummary Cadets at a military academy take extreme measures to prevent the closure of their school.
producer Howard Rosenman
Ronald L. Schwary
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseDateUS 1981-12-20
releaseYear 1981
runtimeMinutes 126
screenwriter Darryl Ponicsan
James Lineberger
Robert Mark Kamen
setting military academy
starring George C. Scott
Ronny Cox
Sean Penn
Timothy Hutton
Tom Cruise
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century
title Taps self-link

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