"TAPS" from 1981 is a decent drama about cadets at a military academy who make a stand after the school board decides to shut the school down in favor of a condominium complex.
Timothy Hutton plays the leader of the cadets whereas Sean Penn and Tom Cruise play his two top guys. Interestingly, Penn provides the voice of reason and Cruise the voice of extremism. George C. Scott plays the headmaster and wartime general that Hutton's character hero-worships.
"TAPS" is no where near as good as, say, "Dead Poets Society," but it's decent. There's an interesting subtext to mine in repeat viewings.
The film runs 126 minutes and was shot at Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania and nearby Wayne.
GRADE: C+ or B-
Timothy Hutton plays the leader of the cadets whereas Sean Penn and Tom Cruise play his two top guys. Interestingly, Penn provides the voice of reason and Cruise the voice of extremism. George C. Scott plays the headmaster and wartime general that Hutton's character hero-worships.
"TAPS" is no where near as good as, say, "Dead Poets Society," but it's decent. There's an interesting subtext to mine in repeat viewings.
The film runs 126 minutes and was shot at Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania and nearby Wayne.
GRADE: C+ or B-