The Park Is Mine (1985 film)

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The Park Is Mine
The Park Is Mine VideoCover.jpeg
GenreAction
Drama
Thriller
Based onThe Park Is Mine
by Stephen Peters
Screenplay byLyle 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 originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers Denis Héroux
John Kemeny
Cinematography Laszlo George
Editor Ronald Sanders
Running time102 minutes
Production companies HBO Premiere Films
International Cinema
Ramble Film Productions
Original release
Network HBO
Release6 October 1985 (1985-10-06)

The Park Is Mine is a Canadian-American drama television film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen Peters.

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Plot

Mitch (played by Tommy Lee Jones), a Vietnam vet, takes temporary forceful control of Central Park from The Big Apple, to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War and to draw attention to veterans' issues. [1]

Cast

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
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedOctober 1991
Recorded1985
Genre Electronic music
Label Silva Screen
Producer Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream chronology
Dead Solid Perfect
(1991)
The Park Is Mine
(1991)
L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside)
(1991)

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.TitleLength
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

  1. The Park Is Mine at IMDb
  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.