The Park Is Mine (1985 film)

The Park Is Mine
The Park Is Mine
Soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream
Released	October 1991
Recorded	1985
Genre	Electronic music
Label	Silva Screen
Producer	Tangerine Dream
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*The Park Is Mine*
The Park Is Mine
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

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 a 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]

Plot

A 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

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

The 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

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

^ 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.

External links

The Park Is Mine at IMDb

[IMDB-1] The Park Is Mine at IMDb

[The_Park_is_Mine-2] "The Park is Mine on sale at Amazon". Amazon.

[3] The Park Is Mine at Discogs

[4] Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Dead Solid Perfect". Voices in the Net.

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