Taps is a 1981 drama film starring George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, as well as then up-and-comers Tom Cruise and Sean Penn. Hutton was nominated for a Golden Globe award in 1982 for his role in the film. The film was directed by Harold Becker. The screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, James Lineberger and Darryl Ponicsan is based on the 1979 novel Father Sky by Devery Freeman. The original music score is composed by Maurice Jarre. The film follows a group of military school students who decide to take over their school in order to save it from closing. The story takes place at Bunker... Hill, a highly prestigious military academy with a proud tradition of training young men for college and military service. That evening, a rising senior at Bunker Hill, Brian Moreland , is meeting privately with the academy commander, Brigadier General Harlan Bache, USA , who promotes him to Cadet Major, the highest cadet rank in the academy, and everyone, most especially his best friends Cadet Captain Alex Dwyer and fellow company officer Cadet 1st Lieutenant Edward West , celebrate the occasion afterwards upon learning of this.
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| Release date: | 1981 |
| Directed by: | Harold Becker |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 126 Minutes |
| Producer: | Howard B. Jaffe, Stanley R. Jaffe |
| Music by: | Maurice Jarre |
| Screenplay by: | Darryl Ponicsan, Robert Mark Kamen, James Lineberger |
| Adapted from: | Father Sky |