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 a 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.
Plot
A Vietnam vet (Tommy Lee Jones) takes forceful control of Central Park from The Big Apple, to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
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.
Soundtrack
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.
References
External links
- The Park Is Mine at IMDb
