Taps 1981

Taps is a 1981 drama film starring George C. Scott and Timothy Hutton, with Ronny Cox, Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, and Evan Handler in supporting roles. Hutton was nominated for a Golden Globe award in 1982. The film was directed by Harold Becker from a screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, James Lineberger, and Darryl Ponicsan, based on Devery Freeman's 1979 novel Father Sky. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.
      On the eve of the graduation parade at Military Academy Bunker Hill, Cadet Brian Moreland meets privately with the academy commander, retired Brigadier General Harlan Bache, who promotes him to Cadet Major, the highest cadet rank in the academy. The next day General Bache announces that the school's board of trustees has decided to sell the school to real estate developers, but that they will remain open for one more year, to allow the Seniors to graduate and the remaining cadets to find other schools. This gives many cadets hope that the school can be saved.
Initial release: December 20, 1981 (USA)
Director: Harold Becker
Running time: 126 minutes
Initial DVD release: March 5, 2002
Screenplay: Robert Mark Kamen, Darryl Ponicsan, James Lineberger