The Park Is Mine | |
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Genre | Action Drama Thriller |
Written by | Stephen Peters (novel) Lyle Gorch (screenplay) |
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 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]
A vietnam vet (Tommy Lee Jones) takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
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]
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 | |||
Tangerine Dream chronology | ||||
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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 |
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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 |
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