The Park Is Mine is a Canadian-American drama television film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Peters. The film focuses on Vietnam War veteran, Mitch (Tommy Lee Jones), who takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War and draw attention to veterans' issues.[1]
| The Park Is Mine | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Action Drama Thriller |
| Based on | The Park Is Mine by Stephen Peters |
| Screenplay by | Lyle Gorch |
| Directed by | Steven Hilliard Stern |
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones Helen Shaver Eric Peterson Yaphet Kotto |
| Theme music composer | Christopher Franke Edgar Froese Johannes Schmoelling (Tangerine Dream) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Denis Héroux John Kemeny |
| Cinematography | Laszlo George |
| Editor | Ronald Sanders |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Production companies | HBO Premiere Films International Cinema Ramble Film Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | 6 October 1985 |
Plot
editA Vietnam vet (Tommy Lee Jones) takes forceful control of Central Park from The Big Apple, to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
Cast
edit- Tommy Lee Jones as Mitch Garnett
- Helen Shaver as Valery
- Yaphet Kotto as Eubanks
- Lawrence Dane as Commissioner Keller
- Peter Dvorsky as Dix
- Eric Peterson as Mike Johnson
- Gale Garnett as Rachel
- Denis Simpson as Richie
- Reg Dreger as Commander Curran
- Louis Di Bianco as Captain Juliano
- Carl Marotte as Santini
- Dennis O'Connor as Sergeant Duffy
- Tom Harvey as General Bryant
- R. D. Reid as Policeman On Ledge
- George Bloomfield as Dr. Mueller
- Marvin Karon as Warburton
- Jong Soo Park as Tran Chan Dinh
- Peter Langley as Verdanken
- Robert Windsor as Minister
- Stewart Arnott as Newsman, V.A. Hospital
- Jennifer Dean as Detective Balkan
- Andrew Thomson as Transmission Officer
- Allan Aarons as Policeman, V.A. Hospital
- James Kidnie as Policeman In Park
- Michael Copeman as Man At Desk
- Philip Akin as Hardy
- Ardon Bess as Daniels
- Jay Thomas as TV Reporter
- Gregory Francis Kruger as T-Shirt Haggler
Home media
editThe film was released in 1985 on VHS by Key Video. It was later released on DVD outside of North America, and was unavailable in North America except for bootlegs. On December 13, 2016, Kino Lorber Studio Classics released the first official Blu-ray Disc and DVD in North America.[2]
Soundtrack
edit| The Park Is Mine | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | October 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Electronic music | |||
| Label | Silva Screen | |||
| Producer | Tangerine Dream | |||
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The Park Is Mine is the sixteenth soundtrack album released by Tangerine Dream and their forty-second released album overall. It was recorded in 1985 but not released until 1991. All tracks were composed by Edgar Froese, Christoph Franke, and Johannes Schmoelling.[3][4]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Park Is Mine (Main Title)" | 1:16 |
| 2. | "Fatal Fall/Funeral" | 2:16 |
| 3. | "The Letter (Parts 1 & 2)" | 5:18 |
| 4. | "Taking the Park (Parts 1 & 2)" | 8:28 |
| 5. | "Swatting S.W.A.T." | 7:23 |
| 6. | "Love Theme" | 3:32 |
| 7. | "The Helicopter Attack" | 4:40 |
| 8. | "Morning" | 1:20 |
| 9. | "We're Running Out of Time" | 1:01 |
| 10. | "The Claymore Mine/Stalking" | 5:22 |
| 11. | "The Final Confrontation/The Park is Yours!" | 3:34 |
| 12. | "Finale/End Credits" | 6:19 |
References
edit- ^ The Park Is Mine at IMDb
- ^ "The Park is Mine on sale at Amazon". Amazon.
- ^ The Park Is Mine at Discogs
- ^ Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Dead Solid Perfect". Voices in the Net.