The Park Is Mine (1985 film)

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 (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.

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

• 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
Soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream
Released	October 1991
Recorded	1985
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.	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

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.

External links

• The Park Is Mine at IMDb