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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Taps canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn novel Father Sky ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Devery Freeman ⓘ
cinematographyBy Owen Roizman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Harold Becker ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Maurice Schell ⓘ
featuresEarlyRoleOf Sean Penn ⓘ
Timothy Hutton ⓘ
Tom Cruise ⓘ
filmingLocation 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taps → title → Taps ⓘ
Harold Becker → directed → Taps ⓘ
Stanley R. Jaffe → notableWork → Taps ⓘ
subject linked to: Jaffe